Making An Acoustic guitar Electric
How you make an Acoustic Guitar Electric too?
I found a guitar pickup on Ebay for a really cheap price, and then realized i probably couldn't just put it where it would go on a normal guitar, and then my dad said i would need a microphone. Please help. also i really don't want any answers that say buy an acoustic electric.
Well, the thing is that most likely the guitar pickup you bought on EBay is a pickup built for an electric guitar, because if you just search for "guitar pickup" on EBay the ones that pop up are all replacement or aftermarket pickups to be installed on an electric guitar. Electric guitar pickups have a completely different design then acoustic guitar pickups, so most likely you're not going to be able to use the pickup you bought. To add pickups to an acoustic guitar so you can run it through an amplifier, you need to get a pickup specifically made for an acoustic guitar. There are three kinds - the first is a pickup that you slide in to the sound hole of the acoustic so it fits under the strings. They look like this: http://www.guitarcenter.com/Lace-California-Acoustic---Acoustic-Pickup-Female-104612320-i1391932.gc and there are a bunch of different kinds at different prices. The second kind is something called an under-bridge transponder, also called an under saddle. This is a single pickup that is inserted underneath the bridge, right at the bottom of the strings. This is the sort of pickup that is most common on factory made acoustic-electrics. There are kits for you to install one of these at home, but it can be EXTREMELY difficult if you're not an experienced guitar technician. The kits look like this: http://www.guitarcenter.com/Fishman-Matrix-Infinity-Acoustic-Guitar-Under-Saddle-Pickup-309393-i1424016.gc The third type of pickup is having a small microphone installed inside the guitar, but really that's only possible to do while the guitar is being built. I'm not aware of any aftermarket kits to install interior mics on an acoustic, but I could be wrong.
The first option, the pickups that you stick in the soundhole under the strings, is probably going to be your easiest and cheapest solution.
How to Make Your Acoustic into an Acoustic/Electric
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