Nuuska
Enlightened Member
. . . . In fact kind of surprised to see a piezo p/u on an AA for that reason.
Kind of like putting too-skinny tires on a car designed to corner very well.
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ALONE piezo was/is horrible unless heavily processed - today we have nice digital processors with mighty powers - but back then I used the dual output wiring to process both piezo and magnetic pickup separately and then combining them.
And remember - I did not keep the AA very long - it was not my thing. Extremely gorgeous instrument - but not my alley. So I put the original bridge back and sold it.
The Magnetic pickup gives the body and such and the piezo adds a touch to that - but the balance must be right - this is what SWIVELTUNG was wondering in this thread - http://www.letstalkguild.com/ltg/showthread.php?194909-Songbird-conversion&highlight=songbird
I was after a certain sound - being Leo Kottke fan and fingerpicker - realising that I touch the strings differently than Leo ( while my head is not like his ) and all that jazz - anyway - I managed to get fairly ok sound on stage with my three guitars - self-made stagebox with two preamps and eq and chorus - power-amp and two JBL Cabaret 2x8+tweeter cabinets.
Today I would connect the guitar into two channels of digital mixer and have a riot.