Journey InstrumentsClassical Passive Piezo Pickup – EP004K Four Balanced German-Made Passive Piezo Pickup Elements – Piezo Pickup for Classical Guitars

Sounds Great, I used the 4 piezo passive and tested it through a Fender twin reverb, very smooth sound by placing 1 just on the out side hole of the treble, 1 on the outside hole for the bass e string and 1 in between / directly behind the 2nd and 3rd and one directly behind the 4th and 5th strings as they come through the saddle, making sure not to block a string hole I put all 6 pegs in the saddle so I could feel them. You have to use medium thick CA glue (super glue) or the like on the metal side of the piezo and hold them in place for about 1 minute to hold where you place them and I placed them about 1/8 inch from the pegs in the saddle. The pegs are what hold the strings in the saddle that are pushed inside the guitar.

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These piezo’s are amazing! They look and feel very high quality and they sound just as good as the k&k’s at a much cheaper price. If I had to think of something to add it would be the way you need to super glue them to the bridge plate. It would be alot better and easier if they had the 3M double sided adhesive on them so it can be removed if needed. With super glue there is no way you are removing them if one breaks or stops working. That would be my only complaint and feedback on these hence why I didn’t give 5 stars. Other than that they really make a good resonant guitar sound spectacular. Not flat at all and has amazing response but I installed them in my cordoba so I’m not surprised. It had amazing resonance as it so once the piezo’s were installed it really came to life! Remember a piezo captures the guitars natural resonance and amplifies it while an under saddle pickup only picks up the strings vibration and amplifies it. I prefer piezo’s on classical guitars and under saddle pickups for steel string guitars. Will 100% buy again when I need to add electric’s into another classical guitar!

I have a late 70s Takamine classical that is one of the best they ever made. Using it in a studio was not easy because apparently all my mics are crap and can't handle the dynamics this guitar creates. Rather than spend $5K on a new mic I decided to put one of the new generation of piezo pickups in it. I chose Journey based upon the reviews and demos. It didn't hurt that they cost half of what the K&Ks do.It was rather daunting to drill a hole in this rare guitar but everything went perfectly. I was not able to install it exactly the way Journey intended because the bracing under the bridge was narrower than more contemporary guitars. There was less space between braces but I was able to get them in by staggering them so that the ones under the low E and high E were forward of the centerline of the bridge. The other two were behind it. I was able to get my hand in there and place them rather easily.Unless you're dealing with a 40-50 year old guitar you probably won't need to do this.I stuck them on with double sided tape. The very strong type used for electronic assembly. When/if they fall off I'll switch to super glue.One weird thing: Journey includes the parts and jigs used for guitars with bridge pins. Why?How do they sound? Just like the guitar does but louder. No quacking, no weird harmonics, no noise. They require a little more gain at the mixer to get adequate signal but that's not a problem. If it was a problem a simple DI box would solve it.So far I'm impressed.On edit. Aug 30 2022One of the transducers came loose and I did stick it back on with superglue.The sound remains excellent and much better than my crap microphones. I've learned not to use too much gain on input and prefer to normalize tracks recorded with these pickups in my DAW. It just sounds better that way. I sometimes rung the signal through a Beheringer DI box and it sounds pretty good that way too.So here it is October 30th. I've done several projects with this guitar and have changed my mind about how it sounds. There is a weird phasing problem that makes the pickups completely worthless. I don't know if something happened to one or more of the transducers or what. I'm back to using a pair of microphones. I'm glad only one of the pickups is glued in with super glue. I'm not sure how to uninstall it yet.I changed my review from 5 stars to 2.

muy buen sonido, el manual de instalación podría ser mejor, para ser un elemento pasivo suena bastante bien y con buena ganancia, la instalé yo mismo en mi La Patrie clásica