Hi Everyone,
I just had a new Anthem SL pickup installed into my Martin J40. I brought it home to try it out.
The pickup sounds great, very natural, I love the tone. However, I noticed that the signal level is quite low as compared to my other guitars with active pickups. When plugged straight into a Roland AC33 acoustic guitar amp and I have to turn the amp volume up to nearly max level to get a decent volume. Is it typical to use a separate pre-amp with this pickup to get a usable signal level? It seems to need quite bit of level boost. Is this normal or is it a sign of a weak battery or bad installation? The tone seems really good, just the overall level is really low.
Thanks for any tips.
-Jim
I just had a new Anthem SL pickup installed into my Martin J40. I brought it home to try it out.
The pickup sounds great, very natural, I love the tone. However, I noticed that the signal level is quite low as compared to my other guitars with active pickups. When plugged straight into a Roland AC33 acoustic guitar amp and I have to turn the amp volume up to nearly max level to get a decent volume. Is it typical to use a separate pre-amp with this pickup to get a usable signal level? It seems to need quite bit of level boost. Is this normal or is it a sign of a weak battery or bad installation? The tone seems really good, just the overall level is really low.
Thanks for any tips.
-Jim
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