Harley Benton TrueTone SH-30 Pro Active

The dual coil / mic pickup is great to have. I haven't found anything for that price that have these options and it's one I really wanted so percussive sounds would be picked up.

Sounds good with my dreadnought plugged into an amp.

In my case the G string sounded way louder than the others. I did find a way to attenuate the effect by taping two small coins on the pick up just under the G string. After that it just seems perfect for me.

Single coil gives it that particular sensitivity / dynamics that humbuckers don't have, it's something to know (I really like that, I've never had a single coil guitar before and I think they sound really cool).

The wire is not super thick but still decent. Since it's short and just meant to be attached to the guitar and not directly on an amp, I think it's better than other options where you got a long thin cable, which seem riskier.

Obviously if you have a way bigger budget for a pickup there probably is way better out there, but in this price range this one seems really good. Let's see how it holds up in the long run.

My main acoustic guitar's pickup broke, and I borrowed this one from a friend for a gig I had. It was very satisfying. The pickup sound is relatively close to the natural sound of the acoustic guitar and if you combine the mic with the pickup you can achieve pretty nice results. After that trial I bought it and I have it now as a spare pickup.
The system is active but you don't have any kind of eq, and while that is a limitation, you will probably need very gentle or no eq. It sounds nicely with no eq. The mic tends to capture the high frequencies better.

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