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Originally Posted by lppier
I always see praise for this system - does it pick up body sounds ?
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Nope. None - I went and plugged in again to listen. The only sound comes from the undersaddle pickup - I tapped the saddle with my fingernail and got a sound but none from the body or top.
Next I grabbed my Maton EBG808 to compare - the system has an undersaddle pickup PLUS a condenser mic in the soundhole that makes everything sound so ‘real’, great for fingerpicking......but of course the mic catches any body noises. The mic makes this guitar way better than the Martin Retro because when fingerpicking fast, for example, the basses track really nicely instead of doing their own thing, like a lot of pickups do!
Let us hope the new Baggs gadget can make my other guitars with fat necks and foibles sound like the Maton plugged!
BluesKing777.