K&K Pure 12-String acoustic guitar pickup.
The Pure 12-String is the transducer system for 12-string guitars and is
a good alternative to the K&K Pure Mini for guitars with heavy
spruce tops and maple bridge plates.
Three surface transducers are attached to the bridge plate, just in
front of the brige pin holes. They transmit a significant portion of the
soundboard because they are not as close to the strings as an
under-saddle pickup. Each of the three transducers is designed to pick
up a specific string pair, but also "listens" to the adjacent area
around the bridge. The Pure pickups are not under pressure and therefore
do not sound percussive or harsh.
The Pure 12-String is a transducer system only. It does not include a
battery or on-board electronics. Unlike under-saddle pickups which
passively sound weak and thin, the Pure Western Standard puts out a
nicely balanced, warm, full range signal. It sounds full and rich and
has sufficient output to drive most amps and PA systems directly.
This pickup system has larger transducer heads than K&K's Pure Mini.
(The Pure 12-String's three transducers are each 20mm in diameter,
compared to the 12mm of the Mini transducers.) It has a little more
output than the Mini system, and features extra strong bass response and
pronounced midrange. While this bass and midrange response is too
strong for many guitars, especially very resonant ones, it is ideal for
12-strings and other guitars with thicker than usual bridgeplates.
The Pure 12-String system is supplied ready-wired to a high quality Switchcraft endpin jack assembly.
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