Pickup plus mic for gig

[kidblast]

17 minutes ago, billroy said:

You can go with a soundhole pickup, but most attract hi gravity situations and want to put dings in the top of your guitar when putting it in and out and you accidentally drop it while thinking about kidblast. 🙂

Awe,,  He still loves me...

 

[Murph]

On ‎6‎/‎18‎/‎2019 at 9:17 AM, thegreatgumbino said:

Thanks for your real world feedback, Murph.  I appreciate it.  I have a J45 Vintage (no p/u) and have been back and forth on going amplified and whether or not to drill the endpin.

 

I would NOT drill the endpin. I'd learn to mic it.

I have considered removing the pickups on both my J-15 and my J-45, but they sound great and if I ever need the ust's, they work just fine for 99.99% of the crowd. There are very few corksniffers hanging around most places I play. 

And, most people are dazzled by my skilled playing and brilliant lyrics.....

[thegreatgumbino]

19 hours ago, Murph said:

 

I would NOT drill the endpin. I'd learn to mic it.

I have considered removing the pickups on both my J-15 and my J-45, but they sound great and if I ever need the ust's, they work just fine for 99.99% of the crowd. There are very few corksniffers hanging around most places I play. 

And, most people are dazzled by my skilled playing and brilliant lyrics.....

 

Hehe.  I love it.  I think there's a lot of truth to cork sniffers statement.  

I'm trying to figure out my first amplified rig, and it's easy to run down the rabbit hole and go for the gold.  I think buy once, cry once has it's merits, but so does learning from your mistakes.  I'm going to go the mic'd route to start.  Only playing with buddies and by myself.  I need to jump in and figure some of this stuff out instead of only reading about it.