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I have also had the very experience the OP describes: I had a cutaway acoustic where the factory-installed B-Band (on-board pre-amp) system died, and a replacement was not available since it had been a *special* production of that B-Band system made for Yamaha.....but Yamaha had stopped making that guitar and offered no replacement pre-amp. In the end, I was left with the choices of a dead panel, and ugly hole, or make an even bigger hole for a different electronic panel. I would have preferred just to have bought the guitar (I would have paid the same), and made my own pick-up decisions. There are good pick-up options which don't require anything more than an end-pin instrument jack (Barbera and K&K to name just two), and I for one would vastly prefer not to have the electronic panel hole cut out of the guitar.....but I don't think my tastes are driving the market much...... |
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Some of you may be familiar with Zager guitars--I have two. I wanted to update the barn-door pickup system on one of them, and ran into this problem. Corresponded a bit with Denny Zager Jr. and it turns out they asked Fishman (IIRC) but it would have been too much of a basically custom job for very low production numbers.
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Here's my fix:
A sound port hiding the passive controls for a magnetic pickup. I might make a fancier version some time.
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And certainly, the trend seems to be in favor of minimally invasive electronics, probably in recognition of the sentiments expressed by many here. I will say that some posters on the forum see no redeeming quality to side-mount preamps. I maintain that they have a place. To me, someone who takes extensive steps to de-electrify an acoustic-electric might not have the proper instrument for their needs. |
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When I first saw those "barn door" Fishman controls in the '90s my thought was "what happens when you replace the pickup with a better one".
I avoided buying guitars with onboard controls. Taylor started using those in '96 and my 2 '96 Taylors, my '97 & my '98 were all bought sans-electronics so I could avoid that & I just added a pickup myself. It doesn't bother some people. It bothers me. I suppose you could fit in a matching piece of tonewood and refinish to cover the hole. I'm just glad I don't have to deal with that.
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