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Bill McCloskey

 

Post  Posted 4 May 2022 4:36 pm    
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Just picked up an old Oahu square neck and I'd like to put a pickup in it, soundhole or whatever. Any suggestions?
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D Schubert

 

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Columbia, MO, USA
Post  Posted 4 May 2022 7:20 pm    
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Fishman Neo Humbucker has worked well in mine.
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Bill McCloskey

 

Post  Posted 4 May 2022 7:20 pm    
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Thanks D.
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K Maul


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Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
Post  Posted 5 May 2022 3:20 am    
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I like the Baggs M-1 or EMG ACS.

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Erv Niehaus


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Litchfield, MN, USA
Post  Posted 5 May 2022 6:52 am    
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I put a Sunrise soundhole pickup in my Oahu acoustic.
Erv
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Bill McCloskey

 

Post  Posted 5 May 2022 8:35 am    
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I ended up going with the Baggs M1. Mostly because my local music store had it in stock and could install it. sounds pretty good so far.
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Brett Lanier

 

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Madison, TN
Post  Posted 6 May 2022 3:43 pm    
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The Fishman sound hole pickups work really well for this. Even sounds great going into a guitar amp. I have the baggs too, but imo doesn’t sound as good as the Fishman, and the bass is a little harder to tame.
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D Schubert

 

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Columbia, MO, USA
Post  Posted 6 May 2022 8:36 pm    
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I also tried on of these plexiglass pickup adapters....

https://www.thetonegod.com/acousticpickupadapter

...with a humbucker pickup. It was a cool experiment, but it pretty much wiped out the acoustic sound of the guitar altogether, just turned it into a lap steel.
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