After years of fussing with contact pick ups, attachable microphones and the like for playing small gigs in bars and restaurants, I have come to the conclusion that they are more trouble than they are worth. I see so many pros playing with a Peche or other magnetic pick up.

I have come to very much enjoy the Krivo gold slim. It has a very natural sound, and because it’s a humbucker, it doesn’t make the single coil hum noise in certain orientations with the amplifier.

As for the amp, I’ve gotten a lot of mileage out of my Schertler David. It works well with contact or magnetic pick ups. It has the added bonus of being able to plug in a microphone for the singer in the band, so I don’t have to set up a separate PA speaker. The problem is, it has developed some noise and shorting out sounds that I have had to send to factory rep repair people to fix, and it’s still is having problems. I think I got a lemon, unfortunately.

I’ve been contemplating purchasing an AER Compact 60, but it occurs to me that since I am not using an acoustic pick up set up, why I pay all that money for an acoustic amp? I have a nice Fender Superchamp 2 with amp emulation including a Roland jazz amp. It sounds great with my electric solid and jazz guitars, so why wouldn’t my acoustic guitar with a magnetic pick up sound just as good? The only downside upfront is the fact that it does not have a separate channel for a microphone input, so I would lose that versatility for my plugging in my singer’s mic.

Anyone have experience with plugging into a regular amp with a Peche or Krivo or other magnetic pickup? Seems like Django’s Peche and electric amp set up was exactly that.