Techstuff

The many ways to amplify a musical instrument

The microphone way by air
One way is to stick the player to a microphone stand and point a good quality microphone at the … read more >

The StringAmp™ way
The StringAmp™ – basic principle is electrodynamic, as in very high performance microphones … read more >

The piezo way
The expression “bug” derives from the spy world, used for a concealed listening device. The common … read more>

More about piezo’s
Even ideal scientific calibrated acceleration transducer will only reproduce the “sound” of the … read more >

1$ do-it-yourself pickup
Many have tried to make a magic golden sound from lesser materials … read more >