ACOUSTIC GUITAR
Acoustic Gold pickup with Poly-Drive II Active Electronics
shown on MORGAN steel string guitar serial # 95208
Intonated pickup installation by Gary Brawer of San Francisco CA
Original music : "L.A. to Rio" © 1997 by Richard McClish
ACOUSTIC GOLD deluxe Sensor Saddles set
The Acoustic Gold for steel or nylon string acoustic guitar is a universal solution to
the amplification and recording challenges every serious player must face in times of
critical listening.
Individual sensor saddles accommodate any string spacing over .400" and
factory-matched saddle sets provide the best string-to-string evenness of any bridge
pickup. The sound is sweet, clean, powerful and dynamic with minimum string noise, a great
playing feel and no electrical hum or buzz, even when playing near neon lights or next to
a computer monitor.
You don't have to struggle with the controls forever or buy an expensive PA system to get
a decent sound. As the pro users have confirmed, his is the ultimate Plug and Play system,
equally performant through an amp or sound reinforcement system. It's like playing
unamplified . . . and being heard by the audience at the same time. The separate string
signals provide the greatest versatility and reliability of any pickup.
For best performance, the Acoustic Gold pickup is used with a Poly-Drive preamp which
produces a perfectly balanced mono sound and also has the unique ability to drive a
polyphonic processor, guitar synth or MIDI converter, such as :
ROLAND GR-50, GR-09, GR-1, GI-10 or VG-8
AXON NG-66, NGC 60, NGC 77
YAMAHA G-50
For Mono operation without MIDI access, use the Acoustic Gold with a BMT-200, BMT-300 or
DIFF micro II preamp, depending on the features you prefer.
Installation instructions are easy to follow and individual string height adjustment is
easily performed by shimming the saddles. The saddles fit into a standard 1/8" bridge
slot.
- Acoustic Gold : 6 string nylon - - $250.oo
- Acoustic Gold : 6 string steel - - - 250.oo
POLY-DRIVE II Remote Polyphonic Active Electronics
Designed to complement the exceptional sound and versatility of the Acoustic Gold
pickup, the POLY-DRIVE II is by far the best Active Electronics unit available for steel
or nylon string acoustic guitar.
Housed in a separate enclosure for minimum instrument modification, it features 6 'factory
equalized' string channels, feedback eliminator circuitry, a 3-band EQ with Mid-Range
Frequency Select switch, and synth drive controls. Power can be supplied either internally
by a single 9V battery or externally via the 13-pin DIN connector when the unit is
connectd to a polyphonic processor, guitar/synth or MIDI converter.
The unit comes complete with a 6ft. multi-conductor cable and locking DIN instrument
connector for easy operation and high reliability in demanding stage and studio
applications. Longer cable lengths are also available at a slight surcharge.
- Poly-Drive II unit with 6ft. multi-conductor cable & instrum. conn. - - $350.oo
- 6 ft. multi-conductor cable - - - - - 45.oo
- 15 ft. multi-conductor cable - - - - 65.oo
Poly-Drive II M
As above with side-mounted XLR male connector wired to pins 7 & 8 of the locking
DIN input connector, for use with onboard microphones or auxillary transducers which are
processed separately from the pickup sound.
- Poly-Drive II M w/6ft. cable & conn. - - $380.oo
POLY-DRIVE IV Onboard PolyphonicActive Electronics
Same circuitry as POLY-DRIVE II but without enclosure, cable & connector. For
mounting inside the instrument. Supplied with oversize cover plate, jackplate &
associated mounting hardware. Easy-to-follow installation instructions, drawings and
diagrams.
This is the preamp found in the original GODIN MultiAc with synth access, which has been
successfully acclaimed in the marketplace and obtained excellent reviews in all major
guitar publications. Now you can upgrade your instruments to this level as well.
- - - Poly-Drive IV $250.oo
- - - Coverplate & Jackplate kit 50.oo