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===== Research on existing pickups =====
===== Research on existing pickups =====
So, i did some research on usual pickup technologies and guess what i found? None of them really met my specifications. Also existing DIY solutions tended to fail my specifications utterly  
So, i did some research on usual pickup technologies and guess what i found? None of them really met my specifications. Also existing DIY solutions tended to fail my specifications utterly  
and were mostly very crude (gluing a piezo transducer directly to guitar and drilling holes in my guitar - seriously?). Well, after ruling out picking the sound up from the strings directly i saw two options: Picking up vibrations
and were mostly very crude (gluing a piezo transducer directly to guitar and drilling holes in my guitar - seriously?). Well, after ruling out picking the sound up from the strings directly (which btw. only works with western guitars) i saw two options: Picking up vibrations
of the corpus directly (e.g contact mic) or picking up "airborne" sonics (e.g. classic microphone). Both have their pros and cons: e.g a contact mic has a very low susceptibility to background
of the corpus directly (e.g contact mic) or picking up "airborne" sonics (e.g. classic microphone). Both have their pros and cons: e.g a contact mic has a very low susceptibility to background
noise whereas a classic microphone is more true to the sound of the guitar. That ment i needed a third option - a mix of both techniques. I investigated different designs for acoustic  
noise whereas a classic microphone is more true to the sound of the guitar. That ment i needed a third option - a mix of both techniques. I investigated different designs for acoustic