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replacing my piezo with K&K pure mini issue?
so I have a fishman sonotone piezo pickup in my guitar. im going to take that out and replace it with a K&K mini. I have just purchased a new saddle as the piezo adds height under the saddle
heres the question the way that a piezo is installed is in the saddle of the guitar bridge. there are 2 little holes in the bridge so the piezo can be fed through. will these 2 mini drill holes effect the sound of the k&K pure mini once installed? |
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They shouldn't? The K&K is installed on the bridge plate. Underneath the bridge and saddle.
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Two holes into the saddle slot? Sometimes its good to drill a bit of slot extension on the far end from where the pickup is threaded through, but I don't know why there would be two holes going through the bridge to the saddle slot. I've found only one hole with the three Sonicore systems which I've removed.
By the way, the K&K Pure Mini employs piezo crystals and could also be classified as a piezo pickup. I don't know why the term "piezo" has become synonimus with undersaddle pickups. |
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Regardless of the origin of the two small holes, they are irrelevant and there are likely several other small holes you can't see which were used for alignment in the construction of the guitar.
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Just to be clear - the K&K mini is a piezo pickup, as well.
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Thanks for the replies. Your right it is one hole in the bridge. Turns out I’m going to sell my guitar that I was going to put the k&k in. Just can’t get on with the neck it’s to slim
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cool let us know when it's NGD..!
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You don't have to remove the UST and redo the saddle. You can just clip the leads off the piezo flush so nothing protrudes through the bridge plate. then mount the K&K.
For the most part having the piezo UST under your saddle doesn't affect the acoustic tone of your guitar. (Some may argue that). But my point is you can clip the lead off the UST, install the K&K, and string it up and see how it sounds. You don't have to replace the saddle if you really don't want to. Of course, you can swap out the saddle. But you don't have to if you don't feel like messing with getting it the proper height and intonation and notched.
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The two holes are not relevant to the K&K mounting on the underside of the bridgeplate. You are good to go. I agree too that you could clip the leads and leave the saddle that is already there. Either way, the two holes will have no effect on your K&K.
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i personally would re do the saddle. Your guitar
should sound better with a one peice bone in there. But if your selling it than don't bother. |
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acoustic guitar, k&k pure mini, peizo, pick up, pick up install |
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