JourneyTek SBT pickup review

[Rudy4]

Originally Posted by kurth

I noticed they disappeared on amazon. Wonder what to make of that? Everybody wanted a better k&k for half the price. Me included.

Sometimes there's truth in the old "You get what you pay for" adage.

[Goat Mick]

Originally Posted by kurth

I noticed they disappeared on amazon. Wonder what to make of that? Everybody wanted a better k&k for half the price. Me included.

I still like the JJB Prestige 330 better than a K&K and it's also half the price.

[Marty C]

Originally Posted by Rudy4

Sometimes there's truth in the old "You get what you pay for" adage.

They appear to be back on Amazon today. I looked for the companion volume adjustment, found it on Amazon and also saw the pickup there as well.

[kurth]

Originally Posted by Marty C

They appear to be back on Amazon today. I looked for the companion volume adjustment, found it on Amazon and also saw the pickup there as well.

sorry...not on amazon usa they didn't. I searched ...'journeytek pickup' and 'journey instruments' pickup and they aren't there.

[kurth]

Originally Posted by Goat Mick

I still like the JJB Prestige 330 better than a K&K and it's also half the price.

thanks I wasn't aware of those....although they aren't on amazon. Sadly one of the best ways to get things internationally.

[Marty C]

Originally Posted by kurth

sorry...not on amazon usa they didn't. I searched ...'journeytek pickup' [ATTACH]fc[/ATTACH]and 'journey instruments' pickup and they aren't there.

I did a screen shot of what I am seeing. Maybe we are talking about two separate things.Screenshot_20220804-200937.jpg

[Goat Mick]

Originally Posted by kurth

thanks I wasn't aware of those....although they aren't on amazon. Sadly one of the best ways to get things internationally.

JJB is a small company and Jessie may be willing to ship internationally. Contact him through the website and ask, he’s always been very responsive to me.

http://jjb-electronics.com/

[ljguitar]

Originally Posted by Marshall

The open mic gig didn't work as well as I would like. It could be the sound system as much as anything. The guitar sounded shallow and a little brittle. But so did all the other piezos that were on stage. I'll give it another shot next week in a more professional stage sound setup. But I was not as happy with the sound as I have been in the past with the Mag/SBT pickup system. Plus the JT didn't have anywhere near the volume output of the Mag/SBT, even with an endpin preamp boost.

I'm kind of a folk/rock strummer with most of my material. I'm not a detailed finger-picker.

Hi Marshall
Glad you're having a good experience with them.

The 20mm sensors wouldn't even fit under the bridge plate of two of my guitars.

The 12.5mm sensors K&K uses are the best balanced I've used. The original ones were oversized, and very bassy. They really do a good job in 12 string guitars which tend to lack bass.

Perhaps Journey Tek has done something to theirs to cut the strong bass of a large sensor, but it still will not fit into guitars with small bridge plates.

[kurth]

Originally Posted by Marty C

I did a screen shot of what I am seeing. Maybe we are talking about two separate things.Attachment 78496

yeah....swear when I search amazon usa as I said they don't show, but I just accessed an old bookmark and the 4 disc classical version came up....so it's strange.
https://www.amazon.com/Passive-Acous...s%2C140&sr=8-1
and even now when I search even adding 'ep001k' to the search field, only the classical version appears. Maybe being in Mexico affects how amazon search works.

[Rudy4]

JJB has been sold on Amazon in the past and is listed as currently unavailable.

JJB Prestege 330 Acoustic Guitar Pickup

They may be back on Amazon in the future, but should be available directly from JJB.