The Perfect Pickup System for my Nylon String Guitar

**kris** · 01-14-2023, 03:03 PM

I like it very much:

**Woody Sound** · 02-01-2023, 03:58 PM

Oooo, me too. Great tone, once of the best I've heard.

**Michael Neverisky** · 02-03-2023, 12:27 PM

Excellent!

**RJVB** · 02-04-2023, 08:10 PM

Is that the McGill who built Delvecchio "clones" for a while? I knew he was working on a natural sounding PU system but didn't know any of the specifics.

**Flat** · 02-08-2023, 12:21 AM

Thanks for the link, Kris. That does sound great on Walter Rodrigues' Cordoba GK Pro!

How difficult is the installation? At about 1:44 in the video, Walter points out the two controls on the upper bout. Does the installer need to cut a hole in the side of the guitar, or can these controls be mounted in another way?

**RoelandVerhoeven** · 03-20-2023, 02:42 PM

Kris, thanks for the link to Walter Rodrigues Jr. I really enjoyed it. Watched many more videos from his channel.

**RoelandVerhoeven** · 03-23-2023, 01:51 PM

I love his playing. However, this pick still has that buzzing, piezoelectric sound that I hate. I am considering the JourneyTek system, which is inexpensive and sounds extremely natural on steel strings, but I have yet to hear it on classical...

**kris** · 03-23-2023, 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by RoelandVerhoeven

I love his playing. However, this pick still has that buzzing, piezoelectric sound that I hate. I am considering the JourneyTek system, which is inexpensive and sounds extremely natural on steel strings, but I have yet to hear it on classical...

I do not like to use super glue for piezo elements.
Works best with super glue.

**RoelandVerhoeven** · 03-23-2023, 02:35 PM

You may be right.

**nyc chaz** · 03-29-2023, 10:01 PM

The James May Ultra Tonic pickup is the most natural sounding one i have heard on a classical guitar.The one in the video sounds good too but i would have to hear it in person to really judge it.

**sgosnell** · 04-04-2023, 10:11 AM

The perfect pickup system, like unicorns, does not exist. However, some are better than others.

**KRosser** · 05-28-2023, 12:13 AM

I do a lot of classical playing, whenever I've done chamber music in nice theaters or halls I usually get a DPA 4099 with guitar clip put on me. I just got home from a set of concerts doing exactly that, and put one on order of my own.