Best Acoustic Guitar Pickup

"The best acoustic guitar pick is manufactured by Fishman", comment by a professional sound engineer. Well, apart from personal recommendations, likes and dislikes of professionals, there are many options available in the market and all companies manufacturing standard electric guitar and bass pickups also manufacture good acoustic guitar pickups. Another viable option is getting the pickup from the best acoustic guitar brands. Such manufacturers often tend to have very good pickup products. Personally speaking, I would really recommend you to purchase the pickup that gives you the best feel.

About Acoustic Guitar Pickups

There is a simple physics that forms the basis of the acoustic guitar mechanism. The acoustic guitar pickup generates a magnetic field around itself when switched on. Then when you play the strings a specific sound will emitted from the sound hole. The sound is basically a series of vibrations. These vibration will disturb the field of magnetism that has been formed around the pickup. The pickup will report this disturbing resonance to the amplifier or will rather 'catch' the sound of the vibration of the strings.

Natural Frequency
When an object is set into motion the vibration that it generates, is known as natural frequency. Every object due to its construction and anatomy, has a specific natural frequency, which is principally its rate of vibration. When choosing an acoustic guitar pickup you will have to choose the one that catches the natural frequency of the guitar best. It should also be compatible with the guitar strings for the same. There is no specified rule of thumb that will help you to narrow down on your pick up, however the simpler way is to go to the guitar shop and play, with all the pickups attached.

Best Acoustic Guitar Pickup 2010

If you are looking for the best pickup for an acoustic guitar, then Seymour Duncan and EMG will give you beautiful sound output.

• Seymour Duncan manufactures the Woody Sc pickup which is often recommended at a beginner stage. Some more developed versions of Woody include the SA-3HC (hum-canceling) pickup which is also a good choice. There are some tube pickups that are manufactured by Seymour Duncan. These tube pickups which go inside the body of the guitar are fantastic for all steel string guitars. There are also couple of clip-on models in use. These pickups can be attached over the sound holes. Most of the Duncan pickups are used for soft rock and country music. Some woodies are used by classical musicians and Jazz musicians.
• EMG on the other hand has two principal variants of the acoustic pickups. The ACS is a great clip on pick is attached over the sound. This pickup is profoundly used by country and blues and bluegrass musicians. With EMG your second option is Saddle pickup. This pickup goes into the sound hole to capture the deepest possible resonance.
• The aforementioned name has come into the picture as the Fisherman company has a reputation of producing the best pickup and acoustic amplification systems. There is a standard range of common clip on pickups, which have been introduced by the company.

There are quite a number of alternatives and options that you can opt for in cases if you are not getting a good acoustic guitar pickup. One of the viable options is to contact the manufacturer of your guitar and get a simple attachable pickup shipped. However as I said above, use the pickup if you feel the tone is beautiful.