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No, appreciate you for posting! I use a Peche and it has fantastic tone but it is a bit bulky in comparison to the Krivo, which is probably the biggest detraction (although it doesn't have a built-in cable so there is that I guess). For the contact mic, I use the one from Jokko and before that, I used a Shure lavalier - lavaliers are poor on their own due to the nearly inherent feedback issues but when paired with a magnetic, you don't have to worry about feedback & excess noise nearly as much; that said, the contact mic is far less feedback prone plus so much easier to setup and after switching to it I never looked back.
Of course, I knew that...not...but I should've.
I've been wanting to do that, blending two signals. Krivo and built in contact mic, also by Jokko. I have a Headway preamp which has two ins. But then I tell myself it's too much. Next gig is going to be it. I also just got an EQ pedal and my first ever reverb that I'll test.
"@scot you mean it sounded good in general or something changed after you swapped the jack?"
No the jack did not change the sound at all. But the coil inside looked different that a later Stimer. Played through my 1968 Princeton Reverb, that thing sounded so good I couldn't believe it, just like '50s Django. The funny thing is that amp is a class AB amp and I think all the amps in Django's time were class A which is a different sound. I'd hook it up and play it that way at home just because it sounded so cool. Of course, the only person who ever notices stuff like that is you yourself or another guitar player. Audiences don't care
My latest thing is I've decided to leave the pickup on the guitar(for now)...or at least as long as the putty will hold. The past day I've left it on and I think I'm getting more of a feel for what it's like to play the guitar with it attached, even when it's not plugged in.
I also got a wild hair, may have the wire attached internally to an end pin jack with one male/female connector inside in case I get over that and want to pull the pickup. I dunno. I've done that on a couple of acoustics before...granted not a GJ guitar though.
>Audiences don't care
Preach.
It always amazes me when some players focus so much on their tone at gigs...I mean, unless you're playing a genuine concert hall, it truly doesn't matter (and even then it really doesn't that much either lol).
It occurred to me also to leave the Krivo on the guitar, change the connection to a female and run it through an endpin jack. But I assume the drawback would be that you'd have to keep re-applying the putty - especially before a gig.
At that point just I'd use a few dabs of glue. It would still be reversible. Without the unfortunate fretboard extension, it really could be left there permanently, without it affecting anything acoustically.
On my main gigging guitar (Altamira M-10), I just leave the micro manouche puttied in place at all times, ready to go to the next gig. After every 8 gigs I change the strings (Argie 11's from Michael here) and that's the only time I take the pick-up off). The modern grey putty doesn't cause any issues. In older times, the putty was that flimsy blue stuff & it was a stringy sticky mess. But I've had no issues just leaving the micro on the guitar with the grey stuff. I practice every night I don't have a gig, but I use a different guitar to practice with, with no pick-up attached. Those pics of the krivos that I promised are coming soon...
I'm not sure I'd agree that tone on gigs doesn't matter at all. I've definitely played with people using piezo setups that were distractingly harsh at gig volume. The audience may not understand why things sound bad but they'll pick up on something being off.
The Krivo pickups I've heard have sounded great!
That's absolutely the case. I definitely pay attention to my tone and try to make the guitar sound good. But I don't split hairs.