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Acoustic Pickups & Amplification Systems (ukulelePickups.shtml) | Updated: 15-Aug-2008 - 16:02
Acoustic Pickups and Amplification
- B-Band Ltd.
- Duncan Turner Acoustic Research
- Dean Markley
- Fishman Transducers
- K&K Sound Systems, Inc.
- L. R. Baggs
- Mi-Si Design Electronics, IN.
- Pick-up the World
- Schatten Design
- Shadow Electronics NEW
- Tech 21
Direct Boxes - DI
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- Acoustic Pickup Comparisions
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Check out the Guitar Amplifiers page for some good solutions for amplifying your ukulele.
B-Band Ltd
Konttisentie 8 B
FI-40800 VAAJAKOSKI
FINLAND
Phone: +358-14-332-9050
Fax: +358-14-332-9001
USA
B-Band, Inc.
10909 Vanowen Street, Suite 300
N. Hollywood, CA 91605 USA
Phone (main): (818) 508-9412
Phone (sales): (818) 508-6685
Fax: (818) 508-9413
Email: sales@b-bandusa.com
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Harmony-Central user reviews: B-Band
Shoreline Music has a great selection of the top brands of pickup and preamps and loads of information.
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Duncan Turner Acoustic Research
5427 Hollister Ave
Santa Barbara CA 93111-2345
tel 805.964.9610 fax 805.964.9749
Links
Harmony-Central user reviews: D-TAR
Info click here to view more info
(from their site) -
D-TAR (de-tar): 1: n The logical union of the world's leading pickup builder and the world's foremost authority on acoustic instrument amplification. 2: n The new company whose motto is: "with respect to acoustic tone"
More information available on listings's web site.
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Harmony-Central user reviews: Fishman
Info click here to view more info
( from listing's site ) - For over 25 years, the Fishman name has been synonymous with technical innovation in acoustic amplification. Fishman pickups and preamps, toneshaping products and amplifiers are the essential tools acoustic musicians, performers and sound technicians rely on to accurately amplify the natural tones of acoustic instruments.
Shoreline Music has a great selection of the top brands of pickup and preamps and loads of information.
From the largest arena to your own living room, wherever you hear an acoustic guitar, you can bet you’ll hear a Fishman. Fishman users are passionate about their brand of choice, for one simple reason: we put the needs of the acoustic musician first.
We at Fishman are grateful for our longstanding relationships with an extended family of players, technicians, repair professionals, and instrument manufacturers. We like to think that the loyalty from our “family” is a result of our loyalty toward them, as evidenced by our innovative, reliable products, over-the-top customer support, and unwavering goal of amplified acoustic excellence. In fact, every artist who chooses Fishman does so without incentives other than a desire for the best possible sound.
More information available on listings's web site.
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K&K Sound Systems, Inc.
PO Box 626
Coos Bay, OR 97420
(541) 888-3517
1-800-867-6863
Fax: (541) 888-4846
Links
Harmony-Central user reviews: K_And_K_Sound_Systems
Shoreline Music has a great selection of the top brands of pickup and preamps and loads of information.
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Harmony-Central user reviews: L. R. Baggs
Info click here to view more info
LR Baggs Para DI
The Para Acoustic D.I.
is a studio-quality direct box,
featuring a five-band equalizer with tunable notch and midrange controls,
adjustable gain and phase inversion. Our proprietary Quasi-Passive EQ
circuitry is totally transparent and allows control over voicing without
sacrificing tone -- a big advance over conventional equalizers. In short, the
Para D.I. Is engineered to bring out the best in any pickup.
This is the DI/Preamp that I'm using with my ukuleles.
LR Baggs Gigpro Acoustic Guitar Preamp
The small L.R. Baggs Gigpro preamp clips to your belt loop and works with almost any type of pickup or mini-mic eliminating the need for active circuitry (and batteries) on your prize guitar. Its Class A input, adjustable gain, and quasi-passive EQ are modeled after the ever-popular Para Acoustic DI. The Gigpro will make any pickup sound better and put fingertip control of your sound right at your side.
More information available on listing's web site.
Shoreline Music has a great selection of the top brands of pickup and preamps and loads of information.
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Mi-Si Electronics Design, Inc.
52 Aberdeen Street
Newton, MA 02461-1802
office / fax: 617.795.2146
cell: 617.943.0414
fax: 617.795.2146
Links
Battery-Free Technology for Acoustic Amplification
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Harmony-Central user reviews: Pickup_The_World
Shoreline Music has a great selection of the top brands of pickup and preamps and loads of information.
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Schatten Design
367 Ottawa Street South
Kitchener, Ontario Canada N2M 3P3
(519) 742-3862 fax (519) 742-1843
toll free (877) 633-0177
Links
Info click here to view more info
SH NFX-UK
The SH NFX-UK is a Nanoflex undersaddle pickup with preamp for ukulele. The installation is done in seconds - without any modification to your instrument.
As the Nanoflex technology was born it opened the window to the beautiful world of the natural sound reproduction of acoustic instruments. Only Nanoflex pickups sense the vibrations of the strings and the movements of the soundboard simultaneously. The sound is sweet and percussive with exact attack. This gives the feeling of having a microphone mixed with an undersaddle pickup.
More information available on companys's web site.
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