Product: Radio Shack 273-073-01
Price Paid: US $1.79
Submitted
10/02/2003
at
12:50pm
by
Anonymous
Features
:
Pickup features: piezo buzzer
Impedence or other specs: n/a
Instrument
:
Model of guitar or bass: Cheapo Japanese Mandolin
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: none
Other pickups on guitar: none
Artists using this pickup: me
You musical style(s): bluegrass
Reason for pickup change:
Sound
:
No Opinion
Perceived output level: Loud for a passive pickup
Tone: Trebly without EQ
Sonic evaluation: I tried this in several positions...on the bass side of the bridge, and believe it or not, on the headstock!
For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: I play bluegrass on mandolin
Overall Rating
:
10
Comments: For the money, this is a fantastic deal, and I'm glad I read about it on ths site. It's brighter and "airier" than an undersaddle piezo on my Takamine EF-341C (I tried it on there for fun), so I may even add it and use a blender, or an extra mixer channel. There's plenty of gain, too, more than ANY other passive pickup I've ever used. The minuses? Well, handling and string noises are really evident, and you'd better have a means to tame the high-end, but again...THE PRICE! That and the fact that you can get one at any strip mall in the free world. Seriously... you will not believe that something so cheap can sound so good.
