Such a pleasure watching an expert do the job properly using a spanner instead of all those hacks using pliers. Cheers. Well done.
@normanc918
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Stevie for you tips. I have installed under saddle pickups in the past 10 years, for my 3 guitars they all got rattling and strings volume not balanced. After watching your video I have fixed up one (will fix the other 2 later days). My mistakes were 1. pickup cable ran down from high E making the cable floating across the soundhole. 2. cable hole was not big enough to let the pickup freely lying on the slot, so that both high e and low E had bad contacts, and less strings volume than the other 4 strings. After your tips I reinstalled the same PU, now I have balanced strings volume, higher amplifier output and sound nicer. Very happy.
@PeteCarlton
2 жыл бұрын
I don't play an acoustic, so this video is of absolutely no use to me at all - but I loved it. Thanks, Kris!
@ThomannsGuitarsBasses
2 жыл бұрын
Haha, things could change. Maybe you fall in love with acoustics one day. :) Cheers //Kris
@stefancapan9475
Ай бұрын
Wait a minute! You have time to watch guitar videos that you have absolutely no use for? So, that would be on top of the guitar videos you do have use for? WOW! I see all the guitar videos available to watch out there. How is that even possible? lol
@oludamolafamoriyo
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the educative training. Please what is the name of the amplifier you installed.
@alfonsozarco6365
7 ай бұрын
Excellent video thanks very much
@akapuliewalnuts
3 ай бұрын
Thanks
@hbrmetal
7 ай бұрын
God bless you for stopping by with this comment, and may your entire family prosper in every aspect
@sagrsalem6340
Ай бұрын
Hi great Thank you for video I just need to know what brand is that piezo pickup ? dose it work for nylon guitars ?
@Pinkybum
2 жыл бұрын
The reamer is tapered. Didn't you need to drill it out after reaming with a 1/2 inch drill bit?
@briankeenan4901
Жыл бұрын
I have done a few of these, but some guitars have short saddles and you cannot trim them to compensate for the pickup height. Therefore, you must deepen the saddle slot. Without spending millions at stewmac, do you know how I can trim the rosewood slot deeper( not wider) on an acoustic guitar?
@sasuofficial3448
23 күн бұрын
This pickup is insane wth ????
@michaelp8856
Жыл бұрын
put some tape over the place where you want to drill !
@davehernandez4177
Жыл бұрын
Time to set my fears aside and install one myself.
@sammaples554
2 жыл бұрын
What brand & size of strings are you using? I like the sound of your guitar
@ThomannsGuitarsBasses
2 жыл бұрын
Hey, these are 11 gauge strings by Elixir. You'll find the strings and everything else that I used in the description box under the video (gear link). Cheers //Kris
@RobertCameron-t1c
Ай бұрын
To avoid bending it to much….like this.😂
@dhirenjazz8100
2 жыл бұрын
I do have a piezo pick up electro acoustic guitar, it has active pick up with battery and tuner, im getting humming issue into it What should I do?? Do help me out brother
@ThomannsGuitarsBasses
2 жыл бұрын
Hi, that can have many reasons so I can't give you an instant solution. Please write our guitar department an email and ask what the reasons could be. Gitarre@thomann.de Good luck with it! //Kris
@florisvanlingen
2 жыл бұрын
Would recommend to use drill bit designed for drilling wood instead of a bit designed to drill iron.
@ThomannsGuitarsBasses
2 жыл бұрын
Hi, I will use wood drill bits if I'm drilling unfinished headstocks / bodies. I always found it way safer not to crack the finish with metal drill bits though thanks to their flat and more "subtle" profile on the top. Cheers //Kris
@szrnkabela
2 жыл бұрын
Special tools warning 2x
@ThomannsGuitarsBasses
2 жыл бұрын
Fair enough! 😅 On the other hand, this is not a usual episode with a simple setup. As soon as you want to make bigger changes I highly recommend using proper tools. Otherwise you can damage the instrument easily or just waste way too much time with figuring out alternative methods. You can use an old string instead of the jack installation tool but then you can scratch the inside of the body. Same for the reamer: you can only use drills instead but then it's easier to crack the finish around the hole. Cheers //Kris
@szrnkabela
2 жыл бұрын
@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses yeah I beleive if you say, Kris 😄👍 luckily I found my Seagull with a pre installed piezo pickup and preamp
@PaulCooksStuff
2 жыл бұрын
5:20 world's smallest cameraman!
@PooNinja
2 жыл бұрын
Or a gigantic mock up and a giant hand model?
@ThomannsGuitarsBasses
2 жыл бұрын
Second one. Btw does anyone need a room-sized fake hand and some huge, round wooden wall panels? Asking for a friend. Haha!
@eishiba3916
11 ай бұрын
on second thought i dont want my guild baritone going into surgery.
@SylS340
6 ай бұрын
Is that a Simon and Patrick Guitar ?
@sooprem
19 күн бұрын
I also install pickup like this but my first sorting not sound louder than others
@anthonyryan8528
2 жыл бұрын
Hi thanks for the instructions that's really helpful 😊
@minuitboulevard
Жыл бұрын
Hello Kris, I have a Breedlove acoustic guitar and when I plug my guitar into my acoustic amp, all the strings are amplified except the A string. Do you have any idea where the problem is coming from as you are familiar with this type of equipment. Thanks a lot for your help Sincerely
@TKD187
Жыл бұрын
I'm going to be honest ,this blew my mind! I've been playing guitar for 20 years but I have never installed a pickup on an acoustic ,only electric guitars, but the fact that you just put a wire underneath the saddle which I'm assuming was the pick up I'm not sure is awesome and it's probably really simple to other people but I've never seen one , I've only seen the kind where you have to put a battery in them and they have effects or EQ on them . I was going to do a transplant because I have a regular acoustic I want to make electric but I'm pretty sure this style pickup doesn't cost that much so I might as well just buy a pick up instead of destroying one of my guitars... Very nice video 🤘🏻
@joemack897
2 жыл бұрын
nice job! so many other. videos leave out important steps such as mounting volume/tone controls and wire management inside guitar, etc. I’m going to try install in my Alvarez and then my Martin HD-28V…thanks!
@RotorRotorowicz
10 ай бұрын
OUESTION: how to instal a piezzo pickup in Takamine guitar with its split bridge? Is it possible?
@KELVINLUISTRO
4 ай бұрын
My number 3 string sounds dead after this project. What should I do?
@rmee5165
6 ай бұрын
how did you test using a strap... the preamp jack did not look to be a combo jack/strap pin ??
@AchrefRoubhi
Жыл бұрын
i see your YAMAHA THR30II Wireless ❤️💪🌹♥️🎵
@sbearly
7 ай бұрын
What is that tool called and where can I get one? I have a pickup that came installed on an acoustic bass but it has come loose at the endpin and I can't figure out how to tighten it.
@storx
2 жыл бұрын
Great Episode! Thank you so much for all the clear explainations!
@arnoikke
2 жыл бұрын
Hey Kris, The premise of this show is not to use too many special tools. Could you make a video on some of your most exotic tools perhaps? Thanks
@kiwihans100
3 ай бұрын
This then is only part of the job! what about the control panel instalation?
@ukestarsmusic3638
9 ай бұрын
My friend wants to know what chords you were playing at the end.
@schmalarm
Ай бұрын
tolles Video, woher bekomme ich so eine konische Reibahle auf 12,7 mm?
@kristian7520
10 ай бұрын
will this work on classical nylon strings guitar?
@bacnic
2 жыл бұрын
Please do how to move the strap button, from the side of the neck heel to the little base of the neck heel, on the back of the guitar and cover up of the hole
@waxtin48
13 күн бұрын
Fantastic instructions
@HammoMatMusic
Жыл бұрын
Great video. I'm about to tackle this job, installing a Fishman Neo-D with an endpin preamp into my new Harley Benton CLGS-10S travel guitar, and this is every step I needed to see, covered in 6 minutes. No messing about, just the facts, all presented and filmed superbly. Thank you.
@danieljamra906
5 ай бұрын
You are not only an awesome technician but having amazing guitar playing Skills ❤❤❤❤loved it
@RideAndVlogChannel
Ай бұрын
what kind that pick up
@dhirenjazz8100
5 ай бұрын
Good info video by you actually I'm facing same issue noise humm ground issue so do I need to change saddle pick up regarding hum noise ?????????
@cradd00
2 жыл бұрын
I think you need a bigger drill!
@ThomannsGuitarsBasses
2 жыл бұрын
Do you mean the HUGE Bosch? I wanted to use a bigger one but it didn't fit in the room. 😆 Yeah, the more compact ones were all in use in the workshop so I had to take the biggo. Haha! //Kris
@cradd00
2 жыл бұрын
It still got the job done. It just looked ridiculously huge to drill through the thin guitar body. Thanks for the great videos!
@cobwebcottage48
Жыл бұрын
Will a piezo pickup work with a nylon string instrument ( Banjo Ukuelle )
@walterdavidscottnongkynrih543
11 ай бұрын
I play the acoustic guitar but I need a jack and a speaker compatible with the whole contraption
@PooNinja
2 жыл бұрын
Pie zoe, pe at zo, pee at zow, crystalline transducer! Hear the power quartz 🤘🏽
@martintaylor1701
2 жыл бұрын
Poozo.
@boomerbassmeme
2 жыл бұрын
May the quartz be with you!
@PooNinja
2 жыл бұрын
@@boomerbassmeme 🤘🏽🤣
@ThomannsGuitarsBasses
2 жыл бұрын
Haha! What a classic movie!!!! 🙌 //Kris
@Dlee966
11 ай бұрын
If the saddle does not sit perfectly onto the actual pickup it will cause your guitar to sound dead
@suhangsusubba4145
Жыл бұрын
How do I replace an already existing pickup? I have a cheap pickup already installed but I want to replace it with a soundhole pickup
@R.L.Humpert
2 жыл бұрын
Hey there. So I am ordering a Martin 000-18 from sweetwater. I really want the pickup installed because my other guitars do not have one and I have a really nice acoustic amp I want to use. I’m a little terrified now of my guitar getting drilled into even though most of you all know what you’re doing. Does it take away from the sound or weaken the wood around the area where it’s drilled? Like does the holes drilled make that area more likely to crack or chip? Some people tell me don’t do it you’re going to ruin the natural sound of the Martin and I don’t want to do that but here I am with this super nice amp and I have no more guitars to plug in because I sold them to get this 000-18. I guess I’m just trying to figure out how invasive in the acoustic guitar is the install of a pickup? Thanks.
@brititalia
Жыл бұрын
Why do you shake your guitar?I tried it but nothing happenss...
@waynechurchill7212
Жыл бұрын
My accoustic telecaster didn,t came whiet pre amp I like to install
@raphaelgierscher1290
2 жыл бұрын
Sehr interessant! Wie würde man vorgehen wenn man einen aktiven Tonabnehmer mit Batterie durch einen Anderen austauscht und der Neue größer ist (der Teil mit Batterie und Potis/Stimmgerät in der Gitarrenseite)?
@tjeppenbrackx9067
2 жыл бұрын
Sehr vorsichtig 🙂
@ThomannsGuitarsBasses
2 жыл бұрын
Tjeppen schreibt es richtig, sehr vorsichtig. :) Ich würde unbedingt eine Schablone machen von dem neuen Bedienelement. Diese rund um das alte, etwas kleinere Loch platzieren and der Zarge und markieren. Dann die gerade schnitte mit einer Holztrennscheibe am Dremel durchschneiden. Die runde Ecken händisch, mit einer halbrunde Feile vorsichtig formen, bis das neue Teil reinpasst. Bitte sehr vorsichtig sein und bei Zweifel lieber zum Gitarrenbauer gehen. Viel Glück! //Kris
@raphaelgierscher1290
2 жыл бұрын
@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses Danke für die Antwort. Das hilft mir sehr! Euer Kanal ist echt super. Macht weiter so! :)
@willschmahl1240
Жыл бұрын
Can this be done with belong stringed classical guitars ?
@shanep1223
4 ай бұрын
i like everything about this video besides the $45 tool needed to help install it. Gotta be a cheaper way sorry.
@davekguitars
3 ай бұрын
Wood dowel
@shanep1223
3 ай бұрын
@@davekguitars Simple Solutions to Simple Problems
@davekguitars
3 ай бұрын
@shanep1223 I actually just installed a Lyric today in a parlor. Only 3 3/4" diameter sound hole.. but inwas able to get the pickup jack in by just reaching my hand in..
@shanep1223
3 ай бұрын
@@davekguitars oh cool. This will be helpful. I plan on slowly buying all the stuff for in the the next few months and installing a pick up in my Urban Guitar.
@santana1002001
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Chris, great video as usual!👍 May I ask you an advice? I planing my first pedalboard, but I thinking maybe it is a good think to use the Nux mg 30 or similar to learn pedals in combination with my black star ht 20. What you think about this?
@Dlee966
Жыл бұрын
Awesome video!! Becoming more and more of a Thomann's fan
@ThomannsGuitarsBasses
Жыл бұрын
Cheers Daniel, I really appreciate that! //Kris
@johngalvin6352
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
@pjguitar15
2 жыл бұрын
How much is that pick up your using?
@peteredwardescano6300
Жыл бұрын
What size of reamer are you using?
@markbass354
2 жыл бұрын
WHAT ABOUT BASS KRIS I NEED A NEW BASS
@boomerbassmeme
2 жыл бұрын
That tool is much cooler than the bent bass string I usually use when working on acoustic/electrics!
@ThomannsGuitarsBasses
2 жыл бұрын
This might be cooler but your string solution is much more creative. :) Cheers //Kris
@musicalal3752
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Kris, good video, very informative.
@shivanandsakhare5724
Жыл бұрын
Wow what a Beautiful work And u r Beautiful player Love you Thankyou...
@ThomannsGuitarsBasses
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! //Kris
@neusprach
11 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@ChristianSurieux
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks but where do you took the reamer from, its specifications ?
@ThomannsGuitarsBasses
2 жыл бұрын
Hey Christian, I took it from our workshop. 😅 I'm not sure from which luthier tool supplier they got it from, there are quite a few. These are called endpin jack reamers. //Kris
@RobsAquariumRoom
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@horschy4856
2 жыл бұрын
Are you missing Guillaume or why is the tuner on all time G? 😂
@ThomannsGuitarsBasses
2 жыл бұрын
Always! 😆 I'm just half a person without the G boy. //Kris
@dhirenjazz8100
2 жыл бұрын
Great info
@capymusic6319
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Kris, what grit of sandpaper did you use for the saddle? Thank you
@ThomannsGuitarsBasses
2 жыл бұрын
It depends on how much material you want to sand off. This was a 180 grit and I tend to use a finer one at the end (400 grit) just to make the bottom nice and smooth. Cheers //Kris
@capymusic6319
2 жыл бұрын
@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses thank you for answering
@abednigondlovu4096
Жыл бұрын
Agreat lesson. Thanks man
@ThomannsGuitarsBasses
Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it! Cheers //Kris
@xti2020
2 жыл бұрын
You really are good at this
@ThomannsGuitarsBasses
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I had the best teachers here at Thomann. Our luthiers are insanely good and experienced. Cheers //Kris
@randyschmittou8708
Жыл бұрын
Great video
@ThomannsGuitarsBasses
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! //Kris
@p.s8950
Жыл бұрын
Great vid. Im gonna tackle mine on the weekend. Plus I like your video style, nothing worse than heavy metal background music and lame attempts at standup comedy. Thanks. 👍
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