I have several guitars with the K&K. It's a great pickup, especially with a good external preamp. I bought an Emerald T8 with the stock BBand and at first I REALLY liked it. It's quite small compared to other 'barn door' systems, and it's nice to have all that onboard control. It also sounded really good. I have found over time, however, that the pickup quite easily becomes unbalanced during string changes (even changing one string at a time) and it is maddeningly difficult now to get an even signal on all 6 strings. I've tried many tricks, including a new saddle installed by MacNichol, but it just doesn't stay balanced. Currently the high E is super low volume. Other times the low E string is booming. It's really frustrating! If I had it to do over, I'd probably go with the K&K.
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