Bassman Brad
New member
Hey, gang!
O.K. Here’s the situation. My blues/rock band (minus the drummer) did a couple of “unplugged” gigs at a local bar/restaurant recently. This was mostly “just for fun” gigs, and were very informal. The two guitarists had done some acoustic duo gigs before, so I just brought a bass along and joined in the fun. Pretty much no rehearsal, whatsoever. However . . .
Much to our surprise, these gigs went over fabulously well. The audience had a great time. WE had a great time. And the club owner now wants to start booking us monthly as an acoustic trio.
Last night, we had a pretty long rehearsal with just the three of us. Very productive. We added about 10-12 good songs that could be added to the show pretty quickly. I brought along my cheap acoustic that I’ve had for ages, just to show them some of the songs that I like to play on acoustic. (I’m not really “a guitar player” by any means, but I do have an acoustic and an electric that I bang around on a bit.) However, we started discussing what we would like to do with the arrangements of some of these songs, and it was decided that we’d like for me to switch over to acoustic on some of the songs, so we could do some arrangements with either three acoustics, or two acoustic guitars and a mandolin or slide guitar (dobro). I'll admit that this would add some nice variety. Well, O.K., then. I’m game.
However, I currently have no way to amplify the acoustic, and we have been doing these gigs with a small amount of PA support. (Basically, we are using our monitor system for the whole house. This is mostly for vocals, but we’ve been putting the guitars in there a little bit, too.) So, I need to get a pickup to stick in my acoustic to be able to jack it into the PA. Obviously, I don’t want to spend a whole lot of money to amplify a guitar that only cost a couple of hundred bucks. I just need to have a way to amplify my cheap acoustic guitar when I switch to acoustic for a few songs. I’m assuming the way to go would be one of those removable, magnetic acoustic guitar pickups. Although I suppose I wouldn’t entirely rule out putting a piezo under the bridge, if it didn’t cost too awful much. I will be talking to a luthier pretty soon, anyway, since I need him to do some work on my electric. He might be willing to drop in a piezo bridge for not much money.
Suggestions?
Thanks,
O.K. Here’s the situation. My blues/rock band (minus the drummer) did a couple of “unplugged” gigs at a local bar/restaurant recently. This was mostly “just for fun” gigs, and were very informal. The two guitarists had done some acoustic duo gigs before, so I just brought a bass along and joined in the fun. Pretty much no rehearsal, whatsoever. However . . .
Much to our surprise, these gigs went over fabulously well. The audience had a great time. WE had a great time. And the club owner now wants to start booking us monthly as an acoustic trio.
Last night, we had a pretty long rehearsal with just the three of us. Very productive. We added about 10-12 good songs that could be added to the show pretty quickly. I brought along my cheap acoustic that I’ve had for ages, just to show them some of the songs that I like to play on acoustic. (I’m not really “a guitar player” by any means, but I do have an acoustic and an electric that I bang around on a bit.) However, we started discussing what we would like to do with the arrangements of some of these songs, and it was decided that we’d like for me to switch over to acoustic on some of the songs, so we could do some arrangements with either three acoustics, or two acoustic guitars and a mandolin or slide guitar (dobro). I'll admit that this would add some nice variety. Well, O.K., then. I’m game.
However, I currently have no way to amplify the acoustic, and we have been doing these gigs with a small amount of PA support. (Basically, we are using our monitor system for the whole house. This is mostly for vocals, but we’ve been putting the guitars in there a little bit, too.) So, I need to get a pickup to stick in my acoustic to be able to jack it into the PA. Obviously, I don’t want to spend a whole lot of money to amplify a guitar that only cost a couple of hundred bucks. I just need to have a way to amplify my cheap acoustic guitar when I switch to acoustic for a few songs. I’m assuming the way to go would be one of those removable, magnetic acoustic guitar pickups. Although I suppose I wouldn’t entirely rule out putting a piezo under the bridge, if it didn’t cost too awful much. I will be talking to a luthier pretty soon, anyway, since I need him to do some work on my electric. He might be willing to drop in a piezo bridge for not much money.
Suggestions?
Thanks,