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I'm a great fan of K&K acoustic instrument pickups and preamps. Since 1984, K&K Sound has manufactured top-quality pickups, microphones, and preamps for a wide range of instruments, including acoustic guitar, archtop/jazz guitar, resonator guitar, upright/double bass, banjo, mandolin, saxophone, flute, piano, harp, violin, cello, accordion, harmonica, and more. K&K has won many awards for its products, and regularly receives favourable comments in the guitar forums and other media.
I keep most of the more popular models in stock, and the complete range is available to special order. Special order items can be ordered using the 'Add to Basket - Special Order' buttons - please allow about 15 working days for delivery. I am also happy to fit your pickups if you prefer to acquire them directly. Please feel free to contact me if you're looking for something special!  Back to K&K pickups and preamps - acoustic guitar pickups
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Pure Archtop
The Pure Archtop is a twin-head transducer with cable harness and endpin jack. It includes a 2' feeder wire for easy installation and all necessary installation materials. It is ideal for natural and true to your instrument amplification of Archtop and Jazz guitars. The Pure Archtop can be combined with a magnetic pickup via a Dual Channel Pro ST preamp. The included stereo endpin jack is wired to the tip terminal so that a magnetic system can be wired to the ring terminal (or vice versa - technical know-how and soldering is required!). This combination will give exceptional life and brilliance to the guitar's sound and is, in our opinion, the ultimate in high class jazz guitar amplification.
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Pure Maccaferri
The Pure Maccaferri is a twin-head piezo transducer for internal installation in Maccaferri guitars. This pickup sounds very natural and is the most true-sounding solution to amplify a Maccaferri guitars on the market today. This pickup is installed inside the guitar underneath the outer edges of the bridge moustaches. The Pure Maccaferri is designed to be permanently affixed with superglue. The installer needs to be able to fit his/her hand into the soundhole to reach the area underneath the outer edge of the mustaches. The endpin-jack can be easily mounted from the outside so no soldering is necessary. Pure Macaferri Technical Information: Pickup Head diameter: 1/2" Pickup Height: 1/32" Impedance: High ohmic Length of connection cables 1 ft. Jack: Shielded Endpin Jack (stereo type, connected mono) no soldering necessary
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Pure Floating Bridge Pickup
The Pure Floating Bridge Pickup is designed especially for instruments with floating bridges. Its design makes it one of the most powerful systems in K&K's line of pickups. It features an extremely high output signal, warm and powerful sound, plus it is capable of extremely high volume without feedback! The pickup is sandwiched between the feet of the floating bridge and the soundboard. This position allows the pickup to "hear" the soundboard as well as the bridge and strings in perfect balance. If the jack is installed on the outside of the instrument, it can be installed with no (or minor) modifications to the bridge or instrument. If you prefer to install the pickup with an internally mounted jack, we recommend leaving this task to a professional. With the outside mount, the jack is installed with the doublesided self-adhesive "dual-lock" fastener, which is factorymounted to the jack (see photo). This adhesive will not harm glossy lacquered finishes. The glue residues can be removed with WD40. With unlacquered finishes, we recommend applying some masking tape to the instrument first and then mounting the dual-lock to the masking tape. If possible, use the surface of the tailpiece or tailpiece holder.
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