Shadow Ukulele Under-Saddle Pickup with Endpin Jack Review

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(More customer reviews)I put this in the ukulele of a 12-year old and she's now convinced that I'm a magician.
If you already have a ukulele, this is much less expensive than upgrading to an electric one. Great amplified sound, even with so-so ukuleles, and it works with any nylon-like ukulele strings.
We've played this through the Roland Micro Cube Guitar Amplifier- Black and the Roland Mobile Cube: Battery-Powered Stereo Amplifier. Sounds great.
This is very easy to install, but the included instructions aren't great. All you need is a power drill and 1/8 inch and 1/2-inch drill bits. Search on-line for one of the crystal-clear installation videos out there. (Be very careful handling the thing during installation. The piezo-to-wire connection looks very fragile, but this should be no problem once you finish the installation.)
(Oh. You'll also some sandpaper to sand down the saddle. It took more sanding work, but i replaced the old saddle with a Graphtech Tusq Acoustic Saddle Uke PQ-9250-00.)

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Shadow's SH-1110-UK is a complete pickup system to amplify your acoustic ukulele. The Shadow SH-1110 consists of a undersaddle pickup (50 mm x 2,3 mm x 1,8 mm) which installs invisibly under the saddle and fits all standard slots and guarantees, with correct installation, a balanced volume of your ukulele's strings.The pickups screwable, high-quality stereo-endpin connection (SH 012) has a 2.5 mm input jack for the pickup cable (length: 200 mm) and a 6.3 mm output jack for standard instrument cables. The SH 1110-UK does not require a battery.If you want to combine the SH 1110-UK with an external preamp, Shadow recommends the SH ACP-1. Shadow cable preamps will allow you to make your passive pickup active without a modification to your instrument.

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Sennheiser e609 Supercardioid Dynamic Guitar Mic (Silver) Review

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(More customer reviews)Great instrument mic. for guitar, banjo, dobro or mandolin. good feedback rejection and good at isolating the instrument. Only drawback it mic. clip does not hold the mic well and I had to improvise to keep the mic. stable on the mic. stand. A replacement clip solves this issue.

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The e609 Silver is based on the legendary MD 409 microphone. Able to withstand high SPLs without distorting, the e609 Silver's flat-profile capsule facilitates extremely close miking of guitar cabinets and is also suitable for drum miking, particularly toms. The e609 Silver's super-cardioid design improves isolation in live sound reinforcement and recording applications while its increased output and wider frequency response improves performance. Its sound inlet basket, made of refined steel, is distinguished by a unique silver address side.

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Tascam CDGT2 Guitar Trainer Review

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(More customer reviews)I wish they made things like this when I was a kid, I wouldn't have worn so many records out playing the same passages over and over and over. Eight bars..move the needle back...... It got slightly better with cassettes, but not much. This Tascam Guitar trainer is fantastic, I can slow down fast passages and not only be sure I'm getting the notes right, but I can pick up the little nuances that are so often tips to fingerings, hammer ons, pull offs, etc... And, it stays in the same key! Not only that, if you want to learn it in a different key, you can just set the Guitar trainer to play the song in whatever key you want. You don't have to learn it in one key and then transpose in your head.

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Featuring an improved compact design, the Tascam CD-GT2 guitar trainer allows artists, musicians, students, and music teachers to practice, learn and teach fast licks, rhythm parts and solos from their favorite artists. It offers comprehensive LCD display with graphical user interface, album title/track title indication by CD-Text, expanded effect banks for user preset, chromatic tuner.
Tascam's VSA feature (Variable Speed Audition, pitch control without affecting key) lets you learn a continuous mix of your favorite songs anywhere you go, while Flash Back, loop, and other play functions help review parts without having to constantly reach for the controls. The CD-VT2 also includes a vocal/instrument canceller, allowing you to play along to featured parts with your own vocal or instrument.
Key Features
Portable CD guitar trainer (More compact than previous CD-GT1MKII)
CD-DA/CD-R/CD-RW disc playback
10 second anti-shock memory
Comprehensive 128 x 64 dot matrix LCD display with graphical user interface
Album title/Track title indication by CD-Text
Elapsed Time/Remain Time display with bar meter
+16 to -50% pitch control in 1% steps
VSA (Variable Speed Audition, pitch control without affecting key)
Key control: +/-6 semi-tone, in semi-tone steps with +/-50 cents fine tune
Single play and continuous play
Single Loop, All Loop, and Seamless IN-OUT Loop
Flash Back function (Instant review up to 5 seconds prior playback)
Guitar Canceller with selectable canceling pan point and selectable frequency range
10 effect banks for user preset
Chromatic tuner with calibration (435 to 445Hz)
3 octaves tone oscillator
Metronome (BPM: 40 to 220, Beat: 2 to 6)
1/4-inch Guitar input
Guitar/Mic input volume
Guitar/Mic input level meter indicator on LCD display
CD level meter indicator
Foot switch connector
5 selectable functions by foot switch (Flash Back, Rewind, FF, Bank, Effect on/off)
1/8-inch stereo line output
1/8-inch stereo headphone output
Headphone volume
MONO monitor for CD (L+R, L, R)
Split monitor (Left ch: CD, Right ch: Input or vice versa)
Battery operation
Optional power supply PS-P520

Specifications
Disc Type:8cm and 12cm CD
Line Output Connector:1/8-inch Stereo mini connector
Nominal Stereo Output Level: -10dBV
Output Impedance: 600ohm (2V RMS)
Maximum Output Level (LINE OUT): +6dBV
Headphone Output Connector: 1/8-inch Stereo mini connector
Maximum Output Level (PHONES): 15mW (at 32ohm loaded)
Guitar/Mic Input Connector: 1/4-inch Phone Connector
Nominal Input Level
Guitar Input: -15dBV
Mic Input: -40dBV

Maximum Input Level
Guitar Input: +6dBV
Mic Input: -19dBV

Frequency Response: 20 Hz to 20 kHz (-3/+1dB); (A weight filter + 20KHz LPF)
Signal to Noise Ratio: Better than 85 dB
Total Harmonic Distortion: < 0.03% (200Hz HPF + 20KHzLPF)
Channel Separation: Better than 80dB (A weight filter + 20KHz LPF)
Power Requirements: DC 5V (Optional AC adapter PS-P520) AA batteries x 4
Power Consumption: 4W (with PS-P520)
Dimensions: 7.64 x 1.52 x 5.43 inches (WxHxD)
Weight (excluding batteries): 19.4 ounces

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