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Originally Posted by Skip Ellis
My advice: get a really good guitar that sounds great and a really nice mic to make it louder. There is no pickup out there that gives a true acoustic sound...period. If you want an electric guitar, get an electric guitar; otherwise, see above advice. Just my $.02.
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All true! No pickup will recreate the acoustic tone of your instrument.
That said, there's plenty of situations where acoustic guitar with a pickup works fine, and especially at higher volumes can certainly be less problematic than a microphone. My Taylor 322 with a K&K Pure Mini sounds very nice and I have no feedback issues. It does not sound like my Tele, nor would I want it to.
My first foray into playing Taylor guitars was a GS Mini that I purchased when I had a year long recovery from a "pulverized" collarbone. I had a gig that I was obligated to do about 6 months after getting the GS Mini so I added a K&K Pure Mini and a sound hole cover. It allowed me to play comfortably for 3 hours at high volume bar band level without discomfort. I didn't miss slinging my Tele for that 3 hours.
There are circumstances where playing an acoustic with a pickup is totally
acceptable.