![]() ![]() Mics are great for reproducing natural violin sound, but feedback in live settings is problematic, which is why the bulk of the signal is bolstered by the use of a piezo pickup.īut back to your question, most if not all violin pickups should be run through a preamp of some sort, like a K&K pure preamp, although some manufacturers say this is not necessary for their products. This is fine, if you happen to have a soundman who can configure the system at a gig. The pro players I know tend to use bridge embedded piezo pickups in conjunction with a violin mounted miniature goose neck microphone, and the signals are blended for optimum sound. All have liabilities, even though strong proponents of this or that model can be found. Truth be told, regardless of the hype for particular products, there is no one pickup that accurately reproduces the sound of the violin. ![]() Thoughts? Advice? Voices of experience in this area?Īs you note vttom, the vast majority of discussion about violin pickups relates to how well they reproduce the natural sound of a violin. ![]() Headway's The Band=" …"]Headway's The Bandįishman's V-200=" …"]Fishman's V-200 They mainly address how accurately the pickups reproduce the acoustic tone of the violin, which is not what we're after.įrom poking around on the web, I've come up with these 2 examples of something I'm hoping will work. Online reviews and such seem non-existent in this area. effects pedals, amps, etc.) without any additional stuff, or will I need to pre-amp it? Impedance-match it? Can you use a piezoelectric pickup with electric guitar kit (eg. The most popular pickups appear to be piezoelectric. We thought we could try putting a pickup on her acoustic violin and play around with the idea before making the jump to a real electric violin. She'd like to experiment with lead-guitar-type effects, but doesn't want to put the money into a solid-body electric violin (at least no yet). My wife plays violin and, increasingly, she's finding opportunities to play it in a rock band setting. Not sure if this is the right forum for this, but it seemed the closest. ![]()
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