This acoustic pickup system is great for the price. The eq is very useable and it sounds nice. Instalation is pretty straight forward but there are a few things you have to watch out for.

The first thing I did was to cut the heat shrink off of the transducer. This was for better vibration transfer between the saddle and transducer. The rubber heat shrink acts as a damper resulting in a thinner sound.

When you file your bridge saddle down make sure it is dead flat or you will have a string or two thats not as loud as the rest. It is a piezo system so even pressure has to be applied across the transducer. My A string was a bit thin sounding, this was easily fixed with a piece of aluminum tape stuck under the saddle under the A string. It will take some time and patience to get all strings even.

I also dont care for the output jack that came with the system. I replaced it with an end pin jack designed for an acoustic. Using the jack that came with the system would have been very unprofesional looking.

All in all its a great sounding system at an unbeatable price.

The pickup and preamp were delivered on time as promised. The parts fitted straight into my cheap Ovation acoustic and they work very well. Sound reproduction through my acoustic amp is good. The preamp mounting curve is designed to be fitted to the upper bout of a right hand guitar or the lower bout of a left hand guitar but I found that it still fitted ok to the lower bout of my right hand guitar. (This leaves the controls facing the correct way toward the player).

Is the same EQ as the previous BUT the curve of the bottom mount. Is so when installed the controls are upside down. Thought its was strange and funny! It works well anywho!