Off of piezo pickups now onto magnetic, been using 80/20 Bronze strings and wondering if this is still a good option or if better are recommended?
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Off of piezo pickups now onto magnetic, been using 80/20 Bronze strings and wondering if this is still a good option or if better are recommended?
thanks
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I am a cheap-ass most of the time. I get Musicians Gear strings from Musicians Friend. They have acoustic and electric strings and lights, mediums etc. Good strings! For just over $2.00 a set and free shipping.
I make the occasional exception. My one and only factory six has Elixirs. They last a long while, play easy and sound good. And my Swamp Witch. I stick with strings from the Anonymous Pick.
Also, I like electric strings for slide.
There are magnetic pickups made for acoustic guitars that fit in the soundhole of an acoustic guitar. Some more expensive units put out a good acoustic - ish sound. Leo Kotke comes to mind.
There may be an imbalance in output between the plain steel strings and the bronze wound strings of a set of acoustic strings, through other types of pickups.
Taff
Magnetic pickups don’t amplify nylon core strings, you want a metal core for magnetic & piezo for nylon core strings. But to make it more confusing :) piezo also amplifies metal core strings as well, it amplifies any & all vibrations that come into contact with it, which is why it works for both. There’s alot of info available on the internet about the how’s & why’s of pickups if you wanna do some reading. Hope this helps,cheers
Thanks all
All I know is that of the two magnetic builds just completed the bronze/phosphorus strings sound a lot different than the steel, both good, steel more tinny and bronze deeper
Amplified the bronze sounds deeper?
Yes
That's cool, but odd. Normally bronze wound strings with mag pickups sound pretty weak because the only thing the mag is picking up is the steel core of the string which doesn't have a lot of mass.
Q: Does the type of pickup matter on strings?
A: A piezo pickup is an acoustic device like a microphone. That being the case, it will respond to different types of strings (Brass, Bronze, Nickel, etc) based on how they sound acoustically.
A magnetic pickup in NOT an acoustic device (or shouldn't be if properly wax potted) and reacts to the strings based on how the strings interact with the magnetic field of the pickup. Brass or bronze strings are non-ferious (except for the wire core) and non-ferous metals do not interact with a magnetic field. As a result, brass/bronze strings used with a magnetic pickup do not produce much sound. Nickel wound strings, on the other hand, DO interact with the pickup's magnetic field to produce sound. That is the reason commercially available electric guitars always have steel or nickel strings.
So, the short answer is "What Chickenbone said" Go with nickel.
Hi, if one understands how the different pups work the answer becomes obvious.
piezo pups react to the vibration of the surface they are attached to, be it top back or saddle. They do not need to be in proximity to the string to create a singnal.
Magnetic pups need the strings in close proximity, the strings must vibrate within the magnetic field of the pickup to produce sound.
Type of string does not matter for piezo pickups. The rest as already mentioned by others.
Taff
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