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Hey folks with a yam silent guitar....have us seen
this....pretty nice mag pickup for your guitar.
https://www.borsipickups.com/?gad_so...SAAEgKcKfD_BwE
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They were on sale for a pretty significant discount recently. They look great but are rather expensive. My Silent Guitar is the nylon one, so it is irrelevant to that.
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How much of a discount? And where did you learn of the discount?
An interesting idea. Though I suspect most of us who have the Yamaha Silent Guitar bought it for it's fantastic acoustic sound. $488 seems a bit too expensive to add the versatility of an electric pickup sound, too. But still an interesting idea if one wants to be able to switch between an acoustic pickup and electric pickup type sound on the same guitar. |
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They sound very thin and stringy to me.
But I do have to say, what an elegant design. A+ there. |
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I emailed and asked to see if they had any discount codes. They sent me one (a measly 5% off), but decided to go ahead and order one. I gig with the Yamaha Silent Guitar, and having another option for sound seems pretty interesting to me. I kinda liked the blended sound demos, too. Another way I thought about it: it's almost like having a backup guitar (at least the electronics section). What if the standard pickup decided not to work at a gig? I'd at least have this alternate pickup to use (and it doesn't require batteries). |
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Do pull up this topic and include what you think about the product after you install it and get used to playing with it. Last edited by Rudy4; 05-15-2024 at 08:15 AM. |
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For use at a gig, there are more options to consider. |
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I have a battery-powered Bose S1. I suppose I could plug each output into that and use the 1/4" line out to plug the 1/4" cable the open mic hands me to plug into. |
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All of that depends on the gain structure of the input jack of the Yamaha and how the signal flow is routed. The auxiliary may not even go to the 1/4" output, but it's worth checking the manual. |
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I ordered this . . . could be useful for other things, as well. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09HR5ZW12/ |
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From the manual: https://jp.yamaha.com/files/download...6770_r1_en.pdf "• Never return the signal sent from Silent Guitar’s outputs directly, or via an external device to the AUX IN jack. Doing so can result in a feedback loop that may result in damaging the instrument’s electronics." That implies, to me, that the AUX IN signal must also be going out the main 1/4" output of the guitar. Any reason you can see *not* to try this? |
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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09Q8W6B3Z/ |
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If the AUX level lacks sensitivity, ideally you would want to re-wire the internals so the "MIC"wiring actually connects to the AUX input jack. That would probably take care of the blend level, but without having knowledge of their electronics that's a bit of a guess. That would eliminate the MIC part of the circuit, but allow the smooth blending of the piezo bridge element and your new dual bucker pickup. You are going where no man has gone before! |
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If the world blows up this weekend, you know what happened. LOL
Don't think I'll be messing with anything internal. But we'll see what this does. It's possible that if I turn down the volume knob on the SG200, its output from the piezo might go away and if I turn up both the input on the Borsi and the input on the Aux-In, I might end up getting a good signal of just the humbuckers. We shall see. I don't think I'd typically run it in "full humbucker" mode, though. But I liked (in the video) where they blended the humbucker with the SG200 piezo. So I'm thinking of just mixing in a bit of the Borsi with the SG200 . . it might make for a more interesting sound. I already know one guy (a professional) who tours with the SG200, so this would set me apart from him. LOL |