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Originally Posted by Per Burström
The Behringer X18 runs on AC.
I tried to use one of the "normal" (non-HiZ) inputs, and it does indeed make it a little better, but the hum is still present. But as I wrote in my initial post the hum goes away if I rotate the guitar (and thereby the pickup) 90 degrees so the side and not the front of it face my equipment.
Anyway, the hum will not be a problem in the recording anyway as it's drowned by the signal when I actually play the guitar.
A bigger problem though is that the Dean Markley in a very obvious way change the acoustic sound from the guitar. But I guess all sound hole pickups that actually lock to the top of the guitar will do that?!?
Anyone that has experience using the Shadow Nanonmag end of fretboard pickup? That must be the solution with the least effect on the guitars acoustic sound?!?
https://www.customworldguitarparts.c...sh-nmg-pu.html
Edit: Found a thread covering the Nanomag here: https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/...d.php?t=593692 |
There are no magnetic pickups that accurately reproduce the sound of an acoustic guitar, IMHO. Which is not to say some don't sound pretty good in some uses, maybe even better than other pickup options, e.g. USTs, for some types of playing or venues. For [home] recording they probably come in somewhere below 3rd place after mics. (That's right, there's no 2nd place after mics.)
If rotating the guitar changes the hum, you've got a source of EMI in the room (or walls!). It could be an old tube guitar amp, or just anything, but poor shielding and improper grounding can all contribute. Try different, shorter, perhaps better cabling (again, a good, short cable to a DI with a balanced run to the preamp), and watch where/how they are arranged. A decent humbucker is going to produce a lot less noise. (I replaced a single coil Fishman with the
same looking humbucker version to fix a problem in a friend's guitar - he played sitting down in front of an old Acoustasonic amp.)