This pick up is very good in it’s class and I don’t have too much to add to the comments which are already done here.
I’ll try to find the solutions for the ‘contras’ mentioned and get some ways to overcome them.
1. Some people complains about the cable which seems not of very good quality to them. Some folks complains about the fact that the cable can’t be detached, or ‘unplugged’ from the pickup itself.
The reasons are very simple and explainable I think.
First of all, any guitar cable of good quality is comparable in price with the price if this recent pickup. Isn’t it?
Suggestions could be the following. You can cut the cable leaving some 0-30 cm ‘tail’ which could be equipped by female 3.5 mm (cable type) jack socket.
Please don’t buy the cheap ones – any jacks by Sennheiser, Swithcraft, Neutric are fine. Preferably with the screws so you never lose the electric connection…
Then you can choose any guitar cable you like and replace one of the 6 5 mm standard jacks with a small one, 3.5 mm jack which fits the socket you’ve installed.
Then you don’t need to wrap your guitar with cables – just unplug the long part and leave the short one inside your guitar.
2. Some buyers complains about the situation when the height of pick up gets to high after it’s installation, so the strings lays down right on a pickup making the playing impossible.
Suggestion: The pickup’ holders are equipped with gaskets made of cork, to exclude damage of coating of the guitar top or the upper deck, if you wish. Thickness of cork is about 4 millimeters. You can replace the cork’s upper parts of the gaskets with a softer material - polyurethane foam or something similar. You can even put pieces of thin velvet or corduroy instead. Then we can decrease the height and opportunity to lower the pickup by 2-3 millimeters down. The screws shouldn’t be tighten too strong – just to keep pick up on its place and make no mechanical noises. That’s it. Have fun!
