Harley Benton TrueTone SH-20 Singlecoil

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Harley Benton TrueTone SH-20 Singlecoil
24,90 €
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Wood snicker picker!
Hrks 25.04.2020
Good pickup, great tones - all in all - a high recommended product!

pro's:
- No noise
- Long cable
- clear tones
- cool "wood" looking design
- easy installation
- seems pretty durable
- fits most acoustic guitars but also other instruments

con's:
- at this price - really nothing!

Use it with your acoustic. At home or live. Use it for recording if you like. There's no real recepie here. It's how you like it.

The sound is clear and jangly. Output is a bit lower but personally, I like it better than the cheapy "Fishman" sys+ DI preamp from the guitar. There's much more dynamics but also more grit with the SH-20. You can also experiment with various effects at this point. I did. With pretty good results. I mean it's not always easy to control drive with an acoustic. But i sound that with this pickup i could control the drive frequencies much easier.

So for this price you really can't go wrong, just give it a go - and here's an idea! - you can mic (connect) your guitar dual outputs (one from the pickup, the other one from the piezo output) into the mixer at the same time - that should produce a marvelous effect and a pretty original sound.

HB - way to go!
Guys - Cheers!
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Берите смело, не пожа&#108
Uklein 18.05.2020
Нормальный звукосниматель, аналог Seymour Duncan Woody SC SA-3SC только за вменяемую цену.
По звуку понравилось что он не звенящий, не режет ухо. Звук получается тёплый и немного приглушенный, напоминает запись динамическим микрофоном с большого расстояния.

Минус это кабель, видимо в качестве экрана в нем используется фольга которая не плотно сидит. Из -за чего ели его шевелить то возникает микрофонный эффект и усилитель уходит шуршащий звук.
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Great pickups for their price.
stanzer55 06.01.2022
Sound good after recording, haven't tried them in amplifier
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Simple and effective
graymac 23.04.2020
Couldn't be easier to use, and no drilling / sawing / hammering the precious guitar.
I thought the sound was very good. No feedback problems and it's warmer than the piezo options. Decent length lead, should be adequate for most purposes. Nice metal jack plug, rather than the plastic sort that some items are provided with.
I'm using this with a 12 string and it's absolutely fine.
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I use this on a "placcy back",
Peter R. 438 24.04.2022
The placcy back's electrics failled after 17 years, but the guitar was good quality. A new guitar for my type of work is around 4 to 500€, but I was completely "whacked" by the natural sound from this p'up and No batteries to fail.
this p'up needs a little more "pre gain" than some, but it's natural sound and string separation far outweigh the topic.
I could not believe its "sound for cost" as I've been digging through sound hole p'ups costing almost ten times this for a few years, all with irritating little sound problems. This p'up really astounded me.
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Exceeded expectations
Pat the Dog 25.11.2022
Very surprised how good this sounds. Using it on a Fender acoustic plugged into a bass amp. Thought it would need some drastic EQing, but it sounds great out of the box. Sounds more natural to me than a piezo setup. Bright and sparkly with plenty of sustain.

Even though it's magnetic, it's quite microphonic so will pick up some of the acoustic nuances. Still, for recording I'd probably combine it with a traditional mic signal.

I'm using it in a moderately loud live setup and have never heard it feedback. It's a little susceptible to interference but nothing that you'd notice while actually playing.
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Amazing value for money
gstjepan 23.01.2020
I have an acoustic guitar that I wanted to record and while recording through the mic is an option I wanted a proper pickup.

Harley Benton TrueTone SH-20 doesn't disappoint. I was actually quite surprised with the sound I got from the guitar. My guitar is quite bassy so I made use of the installation option to pronounce the higher frequencies and I'm actually very happy with the result.

As always, the sound you like is personal and subjective so for me I'm happy with the sound I get and for this price it's not really a problem to give it try if you are in need of such pick up.
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Unusable in my case
Reyi 20.11.2023
I have a cheap harley benton acoustic guitar.. I tried to use this pickup to do a gig where I went through the PA system. Unfortunately the volume from the higher strings (G, B, high E) was simply too quiet in comparison to the other ones. I tried to bring it up as close as possible to them, but it was not enough. Had to use a normal microphone instead.
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sehr gut
Anonymous 10.01.2017
The SH-20 shell is made of maple wood, just like my Fender electric guitar neck. very beautifu. I always like wooden shell pickup. This product is nice and cheap, after all, it is a Thomann product. My roommate has bought a Dean Markley and is almost the same effect. Later I would like to buy speaker, probably Harley Benton HBAC-20.
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super SH-20
Anonymous 22.03.2017
The selection of SH-20 is entirely out of Harley Benton low-cost high-quality image of the trust, and I really do not
want to open the hole in the whole single-mounted pickup, and previously bought Artec and the installation is not easy, also bought and tried Seymour Duncan, Fishman in the past. but the SH-20 is the best, which is very favorable price
and expected sound quality.
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Harley Benton TrueTone SH-20 Singlecoil