I have the active version on my 12 string and I cant express how much I love it! Before it was a fishman neo-d and then some crappy dean markley humbucker. The sound is just superb and the string balance is wonderful!
had this pickup installed in a taylor acoustic today by charlie chandler (guitar-xperience) and it's every bit as good as this video suggests! Definitely worth playing a guitar with various pick up types installed to hear the difference for yourself as often its a matter of personal taste rather than which is 'better'.
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@arthur84 The M1a is a little bit different as it will help pick up resonation from the guitar helping it give a blend of the straight magnetic pickup and the guitar's natural sound. Here's the test. When you tap on the body or on the pickup itself, it picks up that sound. Slightly different than a straight magnetic pickup. Agreed, not as good as a straight mic'd setup.
shit if i wouldve known you could just drop a pickup in the soundhole i wouldve done that. but its kind of cool having an acoustic guitar with a p-90 from an epi casino in it.
Also this video was a test of the LR Baggs Para DI not the M-1. Those who have seen it at Fingerpick Magazine (the original source) understand that and that we found the Para DI lacking compared to better preamps. Doug
If you went to the site that actually created this original video, Fingerpick Magazine in the Guitar Pickup section, which was up loaded (stolen) without permission, all of your questions would be anwered. There are a lot of Fingerpick Magazine videos on YouTube that have been pirated that generate many questions, all which are answered in detail at the original source. Doug
What's the point of using a magnetic pickup on a acoustic guitar? The bronze wrap isn't magnetic, and the instrument sounds like a hollow electric. Does it even have any body sensitivity?
@arthur84 I agree totally. These pickups always sounded cruddy to me. They're only picking up the core of the string. Taylor's Expression system is probably the best one I've heard. They've gotten rid of that piezo plinkyness but it still has that annoying glassy high end sound. I haven't heard a good example of the Ibeam system.
@darkknight91 Taylor's expression is great, personally i think the b-band soundboard & bridge piezo with the bass/treble crossover captures any guitar's sound most accurately. People don't seem to realize that the sound a magnetic pickup produces is not any sound an instrument is capable of producing acoustically.
I've heard/read a lot of positive reviews of this Baggs M1 "revolutionary" M1 pickup. I'm in a position of immediate need to "electrify" two of my acoustic guitars. Frankly, if this is what I can expect from the M1, I'm not impressed at all. The bottom end sound in this video is garbage. I was under the (false?) impression that the M1 was capable of reproducing the clean, natural, acoustic effects and sound of my guitars. Apparently I have been mislead. The guitar sounds muddy and dead.
i have had this pickup for 3 days now and for me it sounds shit..........a very hollow boxy sound........but im trying to work it out in different ways for a better sound because apparently everyone thinks its great...........maybe in a few weeks if it still sounds crap i will sell it and stick to the condenser microphone.......i live in hope
@ylju it's meant for live sound. of course it sounds terrible compared to a condensor mic, which is completely impractical for live sound if your band are playing at much of a volume.
@ylju maybe its your guitar. I went through the anguish of searching for the right pickup for my guitar and wasting a bunch of money. i think it comes down to the axe in the end
I used this for awhile. The sound is great but if you hit the cover with a pick it makes a very annoying clicking noise while playing. I went to something else finally.
Too many to go into here. Dearmond 210, Gibson P90 stuck in the sound hole. Couple other sound hole pickups not cheap. Now a Baggs I beam. I seem to like but havent tried it out in a gig yet. The Fishman active humbucker is excellent is not as powerful but just turn up the amp or PA but its very transparent and balanced and no pick click.
Wow, fantastic playing, just ordered one of these for my epi hummingbird, due to the rave reviews and the advantage of not having to mess w/ the bridge (my action is perfect). I hope it sounds 1/2 as good as yours on the martin. This makes me want to buy a thumbpick, but I'm so used to bare fingers, its gonna be tough for me to learn. You've got a real Kenny Sultan groove going.!
hey guys, can anyone recommend an acoustic pickup? cos im not familiar with acoustic pickup brands or anything so yea..
additional info: i just want to add a good pickup to one of my medium range acoustics.. i wouldnt wanna mess wrongly with the expensive ones. Is it a bad/stupid idea to add a good pickup to a lousy guitar? its a J.D. by marvell guitar i got from a small music store in brisbane.. its not fantastic but good enough to play at a normal gig.
It's actually standard tuning, but dropped down a whole step: DGCFAD, so when the capo is on the 3rd fret, in this song, you're actually in "F".
Of course, you can just capo the 1st fret in standard tuning if you're not dropping down, but it will feel and sound a bit different, and the spacing is tighter. :)
i see all the great reviews people give the M1...I owned one for about a year and a half and absolutely hated it. It was the worst sounding pickup I have heard to date. It made my Martin OM-18v sound like an Applause plastic-back. The I-beam, however, is an amazing pickup! For the non-destructive installer it's highly recommended.
It isn't the best right out the box but if you apply the right kind of effects processing, drop the mids and add a tiny bit of reverb it sounds far more natural and they are less feedback prone than a lot of pickups.
The problem is you need the right gear to really make it sing but it sings more nicely than most pickups once enough tweaking has been done.
I don't know anything about pickups but I know I don't want ANY holes drilled in my guitar. Does this pickup, which sounds great, install without drilling holes? I'm okay with wires hanging out.
and what's even better, if you have a Larrivee, you can STILL put in the end pin jack without drilling anything, because they pre-drill their endpins to 1/2" already!
do you need a preamp to amplify the sound? Or do you plug it straight into an amp?
Rottmad 4 days ago
Very Nice this take!!
samelectricuncle 2 months ago
I have the active version on my 12 string and I cant express how much I love it! Before it was a fishman neo-d and then some crappy dean markley humbucker. The sound is just superb and the string balance is wonderful!
psychotikpaisano 2 months ago
Its funny i was looking at this on my local music store catalog like 2 seconds ago and heres a vid with both they sound quite good
ronoc931 3 months ago
How much does this pick up and that pre amp cost in the US? Is it easy to find in major capitals?
vver 5 months ago
had this pickup installed in a taylor acoustic today by charlie chandler (guitar-xperience) and it's every bit as good as this video suggests! Definitely worth playing a guitar with various pick up types installed to hear the difference for yourself as often its a matter of personal taste rather than which is 'better'.
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JacksGotHacks 7 months ago
do you need to buy other things so that this pickup will work???
EVH3m 7 months ago
@EVH3m of course the amp xD
shana09923 7 months ago
@shana09923 other than that nothing else
shana09923 7 months ago
Jak sie zwie to urządzenie
Matd8e2 10 months ago
Anyone has the tab for this song or the name
goelandwini 1 year ago
@arthur84 The M1a is a little bit different as it will help pick up resonation from the guitar helping it give a blend of the straight magnetic pickup and the guitar's natural sound. Here's the test. When you tap on the body or on the pickup itself, it picks up that sound. Slightly different than a straight magnetic pickup. Agreed, not as good as a straight mic'd setup.
jdtiff 1 year ago
shit if i wouldve known you could just drop a pickup in the soundhole i wouldve done that. but its kind of cool having an acoustic guitar with a p-90 from an epi casino in it.
PennybagDarrell 1 year ago
wat a playing sir full 7 star********
TITOODJX 1 year ago
Also this video was a test of the LR Baggs Para DI not the M-1. Those who have seen it at Fingerpick Magazine (the original source) understand that and that we found the Para DI lacking compared to better preamps. Doug
firestick550 1 year ago
If you went to the site that actually created this original video, Fingerpick Magazine in the Guitar Pickup section, which was up loaded (stolen) without permission, all of your questions would be anwered. There are a lot of Fingerpick Magazine videos on YouTube that have been pirated that generate many questions, all which are answered in detail at the original source. Doug
firestick550 1 year ago
What's the point of using a magnetic pickup on a acoustic guitar? The bronze wrap isn't magnetic, and the instrument sounds like a hollow electric. Does it even have any body sensitivity?
arthur84 1 year ago
@arthur84 I agree totally. These pickups always sounded cruddy to me. They're only picking up the core of the string. Taylor's Expression system is probably the best one I've heard. They've gotten rid of that piezo plinkyness but it still has that annoying glassy high end sound. I haven't heard a good example of the Ibeam system.
darkknight91 1 year ago
@darkknight91 Taylor's expression is great, personally i think the b-band soundboard & bridge piezo with the bass/treble crossover captures any guitar's sound most accurately. People don't seem to realize that the sound a magnetic pickup produces is not any sound an instrument is capable of producing acoustically.
arthur84 1 year ago
I've heard/read a lot of positive reviews of this Baggs M1 "revolutionary" M1 pickup. I'm in a position of immediate need to "electrify" two of my acoustic guitars. Frankly, if this is what I can expect from the M1, I'm not impressed at all. The bottom end sound in this video is garbage. I was under the (false?) impression that the M1 was capable of reproducing the clean, natural, acoustic effects and sound of my guitars. Apparently I have been mislead. The guitar sounds muddy and dead.
tejasbullet 1 year ago
HEy have you had any feedback problems with it???
illnastic 1 year ago
how much is this pickup? i have a fishman soundhole pickup that i got for 130+tax
RT101894 1 year ago
Anyone else hearing that high feedbacky overtone?
Annoyingfilms 1 year ago
@Annoyingfilms yes I hear that very high frequency tone ... strange
scronculous 1 year ago
@Annoyingfilms yes i hear that very high pitch riding through the whole thing. Strange.
scronculous 1 year ago
@Annoyingfilms I cannot hear it.
Forsure3333 1 year ago
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brossej07 1 year ago
i have had this pickup for 3 days now and for me it sounds shit..........a very hollow boxy sound........but im trying to work it out in different ways for a better sound because apparently everyone thinks its great...........maybe in a few weeks if it still sounds crap i will sell it and stick to the condenser microphone.......i live in hope
ylju 1 year ago
@ylju it's meant for live sound. of course it sounds terrible compared to a condensor mic, which is completely impractical for live sound if your band are playing at much of a volume.
ssenmail 1 year ago
@ylju maybe its your guitar. I went through the anguish of searching for the right pickup for my guitar and wasting a bunch of money. i think it comes down to the axe in the end
SnkJakson 1 year ago
@ylju So have you found the microphone of your dreams?
Forsure3333 1 year ago
I love this little tune!
rooflee 1 year ago
what kind of guitar is that?
THESlvrmn 1 year ago
give me my old de-armond wheel pick up
KINGSLIDEGUITAR 1 year ago
A little more info on what you are playing thru/into would be helpful. Nice finger work.
MrBasilGanglia 1 year ago
whats that name of the song
JAEZUZ15 2 years ago
I used this for awhile. The sound is great but if you hit the cover with a pick it makes a very annoying clicking noise while playing. I went to something else finally.
resoblues 2 years ago
how much is this ,and what did you change to
Dane333 1 year ago
Too many to go into here. Dearmond 210, Gibson P90 stuck in the sound hole. Couple other sound hole pickups not cheap. Now a Baggs I beam. I seem to like but havent tried it out in a gig yet. The Fishman active humbucker is excellent is not as powerful but just turn up the amp or PA but its very transparent and balanced and no pick click.
resoblues 1 year ago
I think you just convinced me to buy this pick-up
nateandguitar 2 years ago
d 35 yeah man:)
leodileodileo 2 years ago
good stuff...stumbled upon it while trying to decide what pickup to get for my 12 string. you recommend the active over the passive?
brennonjohn 2 years ago
sounds great. Better than piezo pickups
82markyboy 2 years ago
That's some pretty picking. I may have to favorite that and cop your fingerstyle. :-)
Question: What's the hum like? Is there any? Being a noob, I have a Dean Markley humbucker that doesn't do much at all.
nevikmoore 2 years ago
love it ^^ great pickin, keep on keepin on
kball69 2 years ago
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaa stenjlajt :D:D:D:
ShTakLe 2 years ago
Wow, fantastic playing, just ordered one of these for my epi hummingbird, due to the rave reviews and the advantage of not having to mess w/ the bridge (my action is perfect). I hope it sounds 1/2 as good as yours on the martin. This makes me want to buy a thumbpick, but I'm so used to bare fingers, its gonna be tough for me to learn. You've got a real Kenny Sultan groove going.!
rotagen5 2 years ago
geeze popcorny.. YOU'RE STARING AT ONE. LOL
mysticradio 2 years ago 2
hey guys, can anyone recommend an acoustic pickup? cos im not familiar with acoustic pickup brands or anything so yea..
additional info: i just want to add a good pickup to one of my medium range acoustics.. i wouldnt wanna mess wrongly with the expensive ones. Is it a bad/stupid idea to add a good pickup to a lousy guitar? its a J.D. by marvell guitar i got from a small music store in brisbane.. its not fantastic but good enough to play at a normal gig.
so can anyone please help?
popcorny11 2 years ago
Rag time on the Guit.... Very Nice! 10++++
KokasIsland 2 years ago
nice
dimaflour 2 years ago
Song name please?
metalistas1993 2 years ago
wow! Nice Job!
rbutler8585 2 years ago
Amazing! You're very good. I'm definitely getting one of these things. I've heard nothing but good things about it
agreen182 2 years ago 2
good
ninetysevenford 3 years ago
does anyone know what kind of tuning he is in? =s
maffooo 3 years ago
He's in standard tuning, he just has the Kappo on the 3"rd fret.
twinadultclub 3 years ago
capo
ihawk247 2 years ago
It's actually standard tuning, but dropped down a whole step: DGCFAD, so when the capo is on the 3rd fret, in this song, you're actually in "F".
Of course, you can just capo the 1st fret in standard tuning if you're not dropping down, but it will feel and sound a bit different, and the spacing is tighter. :)
artstar193 2 years ago
um standard? just a wild guess
guns1rose 2 years ago
sounds like season of the witch, very nice
29256860 3 years ago
That cable coming out of the soundhole would definitely get in my way.
Darryld1 3 years ago 2
mine too
FR3TKI113R 3 years ago
u can thread it through / solder the pickup wires to the guitars output 1/4". if it doesnt have one then go buy one, $20, and borrow someones drill.
maffooo 3 years ago
This is just a temporary install to demo the pickup.
OklahomaSooner99 3 years ago
What's the name of this tune he's playing? Beautiful sounding song. I would love to learn it.
sdmf44wylde 3 years ago
haha awesome
PeoplesBadmash 3 years ago
Robert0z 请问你有这个谱子咩？非常有味道啊 知道的话讲下名字，我去搜索也可以 期待
rowlandlx 3 years ago
I like the sound but found the clicking noise when i hit it with a pick to be annoying. Finally went to something else
resoblues 3 years ago
i see all the great reviews people give the M1...I owned one for about a year and a half and absolutely hated it. It was the worst sounding pickup I have heard to date. It made my Martin OM-18v sound like an Applause plastic-back. The I-beam, however, is an amazing pickup! For the non-destructive installer it's highly recommended.
dursoman 3 years ago
It isn't the best right out the box but if you apply the right kind of effects processing, drop the mids and add a tiny bit of reverb it sounds far more natural and they are less feedback prone than a lot of pickups.
The problem is you need the right gear to really make it sing but it sings more nicely than most pickups once enough tweaking has been done.
katanamanatee 3 years ago
what song is this?
TranAndre 3 years ago
my palmer guitar
juanitocarlitos77 3 years ago
I don't know anything about pickups but I know I don't want ANY holes drilled in my guitar. Does this pickup, which sounds great, install without drilling holes? I'm okay with wires hanging out.
gilliangirl1 4 years ago
none whatsoever.
DnMZen 3 years ago
and what's even better, if you have a Larrivee, you can STILL put in the end pin jack without drilling anything, because they pre-drill their endpins to 1/2" already!
Theonlymoog 3 years ago
well,maybe i should make a little disclaimer~this is a video i downloaded from the internet~not my playing:)
but,i've tried the M1a pickup,impressive~
Roberttheluthier 4 years ago
wow.. the sound.. everything.. huh.. playing.. great!..
siki1981 4 years ago
I agree with Pascal: super sound.
And well played !
best regards,
wolfgang
Vreci 4 years ago
You have an AMAZING sound here!!
Merry Christmas
Pascal
Qpidon 4 years ago