Plastic 301 Acoustic Guitar Preamp Pickup Guitar Pickup Tuner Preamp Black

Fits exactly as a replacement for my Fishman which stopped working. Nice that it has an additional mic pickup. Sound is decent for what it is as a replacement. Easy, quick one for one installation worked well.

Works great. Excellent value.

Sounds great to me! Not too bad to install and pretty easy to use. Really nice sound overall with lots of room for adjustment.Things I didn't like:-The mid contour knob is very subtle. Idk if the internal trim pot-I'd recommend getting a soundhole cover to help prevent feedback when using the mic-The tuner on/off switch is pretty noisy/scrapey when engaging/disengaging. Might try some de-oxit and see if that will helpOverall, not perfect, but pretty great for the money

I bought an Ibanez acoustic bass guitar with a dead "Fishman equipped SST" preamp. Seems to be a common issue, so I got this based on another review that said it'd fit with a little trimming.I'll confirm this can replace the type preamp that uses the cover plate pictured. Fitting took about 20 minutes with a Dremel sanding drum. It's easy, but take your time. The existing hole needs to be widened on the long sides a few mm, plus a tiny bit to accommodate the battery compartment hinges. Short sides are correctly spaced. The body contour curve on the control panel is a close match to this bass, and the plastic washer/bracket doo-hickeys make exact hole alignment less of an issue.I LOVE that this has the battery below the controls. This allows the original jack-plate to be reused, just resolder the lead from this preamp to the old 1/4" jack. I'm ignoring the original XLR, but may put a DI transformer in there later.I reused my piezo, splicing it onto this preamp's input cable. Included piezo is the soft wire type, and seems to be well made.Sound quality is quite good, amazing for the price, actually. I had a little hum, so I ran a ground wire to the G string inside the bass, and threaded a little bit of brass stock through the rest of the strings. Works great.For bass, the EQ is solid. Likely better for guitar. The notch is subtle, but seems to help with feedback, as does the phase switch. Tuner is a nice convenience and provides a mute; your standalone tuner will be better.The microphone is not good on bass. I didn't think it would be and I can't deduct points here. It's just in a weird spot, and this bass doesn't sound great acoustically anyway. There is a hidden trim pot accessible when the battery compartment is open. This seems to be tone for the mic, which is mounted in a rubber grommet and has lower handling noise than I would have thought.The mic is pre-master volume, and has easy to access wiring, so I may try to hack into its leads and wire in a magnetic pickup.

not the best quality

Take it apart, the board is a Fishmann!Well worth the price, pain in the butt to mount.

I have installed many inexpensive preamps from various manufacturers with excellent results, but this is the first time I’ve gotten a defective one.The pickup itself works fine, but the on-board tuner does not. The note does not display in the window.When I push the tuner button, the light flashes and the pickup mutes as normal. However, the note does not display when attempting to tune. Unfortunately, this is a function that you cannot test prior to installation.Edit: I reported the problem to Amazon and had a new unit shipped. This one doesn’t work at all. I’m disgusted with this brand and would not recommend AT ALL!

I bought a Cordoba guitar and found out the preamp was bad. I found this one, it looked the same, so I gave it a shot. It worked.Tip 1) Removed the strings and the old parts. The new phono Jack takes a little work to install, cuz your hand don't bend that way. Get a 1/4" wooden dowel sharpen the end a little push it from outside the guitar, set the new jack up like the old jack, nut washer etc. push the dowel into it and draw it out the hole. Slide the outside washer and nut over the dowel and thread them onto the jack. Carefully Snug them up. Route the wires. Screw the pre amp in. New strings. Ready to play