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Composite acoustic OX & K&K pickup advise please.
I am thinking about ordering a CA OX without any electronics and then installing a K&K Pure Mini.
My question is, will the underside of the bridge plate be smooth enough for the contacts? Any Ox owners out there?
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I would be careful based on the problems people on the forum had installing K&K on cargos and getting a balanced sound....
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Thanks, good to know. Hoping for more feedback. Not a big fan of the electronics that come on this model.
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I bought my concert series parlor sans e and had K&K installed. Very happy with it. Sounds wonderful, almost as good as the K&K in my 000ec. I have LR bags lyric in my 00 and fishman in the martin dread. I favor the sound of the K&K. for the rainsong I really don't want batteries and junk inside.
The guys that installed it at 12th fret in Portland said the guitar was just fine for installation. I thought I saw somewhere that Rainsong might install K&K now. Might be worth checking with Dave at their customer support. I bugged him a little bit about doing it for me a year ago.
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I put a K&K in my early OX. I like it
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I take it then that the underside is smooth enough for good contact? Did you have to make any mods to make it work or basic K&K instalation.
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I know Emerald talked about preparing a flat surface?
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Yes, that's what got me thinking. If Emerald needs to know ahead of time if a K&k is being used so they can prepare the surface, then I would assume the same for other manufacturers?
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So much is made about getting away from undersaddles and I get that I have a K&K on my best wood guitar. But I recently saw Jason Isabel go over his rig, fishman undersaddle through aura spectrum preamp. He sounds awesome and he knows a ton about guitars. I've put my JM-1000 through a AURA and it sound pretty darn good.
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The OX should not need any mods to accept the K&K. Any qualified luthier should be able to handle it for you.
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I think I sanded lightly first... but that was years ago and I was just a kid so don't remember... I recorded it in my very first youtube and it was plugged in.
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YUP.... Emerald: X-20, Center hole X-10 (Maple) and X-7 (redwood), Spalted Chen Chen X 10 level 3, CA: Early OX and Cargo McPherson: Early Kevin Michael Proto Some wood things by Epi, Harmony, Takamine, Good Time, PRS, Slick, Gypsy Music, keyboards, wind controllers.. etc |
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Any particular reason you want to go for the K&K? CA has the Aura system as an upgrade option and that is one awesome pickup! I had two guitars with Aura and they are great for live performance and even for direct recording.
Last edited by studioman001; 03-01-2017 at 03:24 PM. |
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Pure Acoustic LR Baggs Element K&K Pure Mini LR Baggs Anthem They are pricing the K&K higher than the Element though, so it's probably considerably cheaper to just have your local tech install one. (mine charges half as much for a K&K compared to an undersadle) I really don't get the love this forum has for the K&K. It certainly sounds good, but I hate having to haul around a bunch of extra external crap to make it do so. I put one in my Rainsong, and if I had to do it again I would spend the extra for a Fishman Matrix Infinity.
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