Other than my Taylors, my other guitars are vintage/semi-vintage (including a couple Alvarez Yairis) and I didn't want to create a permanent installation of a pickup system in any of them. The best solution for me was a removable soundhole pickup that could be shared by three guitars. While not the best pickup in the world, but good enough for my situation I bought a Seymour Duncan Woody XL (the XL is noiseless and has adjustable poles). I bobtailed the cord to accept a standard guitar cable.
I've been using an external LR Bags Gig pro pack that I can put on the guitar strap, wear on my belt or attach it to my music stand. With that pickup it works fine, but I've read that the K&K doesn't play well with the LR Baggs preamp and you're better off with the K&K preamp. The K&K external preamp looks pretty small and if it does the job, perhaps that's the way to go.
I'm sure you'll find the solution that works best for you.
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