[
Date Prev][
Date Next] [
Thread Prev][
Thread Next]
[
Date Index][
Thread Index][
Author Index]
Re: AXON AX 100
Hi Richard,
I don't have any experience with the gk3 pickup but I did play around
with a gk2 for a while on my Taylor. Generally I found the tracking
wasn't real good until I switched strings to nickle wound strings.
The pickup just didn't seem to like the ph. bronze acoustic strings
at all. After using that for nearly a year I got an inexpensive
electric (a used Parker p44 about 450.00) and put a Graphtech Ghost
system (about 650.00) in it. Wow, an amazing difference! The pickup
system cost me more than the guitar did but was well worth it! Since
that experiment I've now built a small bodied electric with no mag
pickups but just the Graphtech ghost pickups and a fan fret neck.
Very happy with it. Graphtech is located in Vancouver and very nice
folks to talk to. I'm sure they'd talk to you about your options.
I'll part with the Parker if anyone is interested........
Paul Haslem
At 04:16 AM 10/31/2007, you wrote:
>Richard Sales wrote:
>
>>So question - have any of you used the AXON AX 100? Has anyone used
>>it with an acoustic guitar? And do any of you know where to get
>>PICKUPS - especially the hexaphonic pickup for acoustic guitars? I
>>was given the AX 100 and it looks very cool. But it don't got no
>>pickup! Argh!!! It
>
>Hi Richard,
>probably the Roland p/u is your best bet,
>but check that the string spacing lines up first.
>
>You could check out the Graptech Ghost system
>
>http://www.graphtech.com/
>
>...but I think that would need guitar surgery.
>
>Terratec market their own p/u, but don't make any claims about it
>being better than the Roland.
>
>General consensus is that the AX100 onboards sounds aren't up to much,
>so you might want to think about some kind of synth.
>(It's essentially a wavetable pc soundcard, the default piano sound
>is not so bad if you can stand digital piano, but otherwise think
>80's General Midi)
>Of course, if you want to plug in a laptop an run some soft synths
>using Bidule
>then you're going to enjoy yourself.
>
>
>andy butler