A fantastic way to amplify acoustic guitar!

The Seymour Duncan SA-6 Mag Mic is an acoustic pickup that begs the question: "Why mix a magnetic pickup with a microphone?" Because, the magnetic pickup senses the guitar strings' vibrations while the mic accurately reproduces the complex and rich character of the acoustic guitar's tone. Blended together, the result is the most natural-sounding, 3-dimensional soundhole pickup. The Seymour Duncan Mag Mic is the first active, humbucking, magnetic soundhole pickup ever created. The SA-6 features a blend circuit and adjustable pole pieces-2 for each string. It uses Seymour Duncan's patented, hum-cancelling stack design to eliminate 60-cycle hum. Permanent or temporary installation is a snap, and the sound is amazing. Deep, rich lows; percussive mids; and shimmering highs. The SA-6 pickup accurately duplicates and amplifies your acoustic guitar's entire sound spectrum. The Mag Mic gets up to 500 hours continuous operation from a single standard 9V battery. You can attach N-size battery clips directly to the Mag Mic pickup for a completely self-contained unit.

Seymour Duncan SA-6 Mag Mic Active Acoustic Guitar Pickup Features:

• First pickup of its kind
• Blend circuit
• Adjustable pole pieces
• Pattern: omni-directional
• Sensitivity: -35dB
• S/N ratio: >62dB
• Frequency range: 20Hz-20kHz
• Battery life: 450+ hours

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Seymour Duncan SA-6 Mag Mic Active Acoustic Guitar Pickup

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Great acoustic pick-up

Posted by Harpsichord from Nortthern NJ on May 11, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Singer/Songwriter

Reviewer's Play Style: Most everything

I recently installed this pick-up in my 1998 Taylor 422R (Grand Concert body - spruce top & rosewood body). It sounds amazing, especially with the mic turned up most of the way. It is responsive to technique and the location of where you pick the strings, but does pick up fret and other noise. Played through a Bose L1 - it is crisp and very true to the acoustic tone of the guitar. Plugged into a Fender Acoustasonic SFX II it is rich and very warm. Complaints - It does not seem to have a high output compared to factory pick-ups in other guitars I have played, but it is stronger than passive pick-ups I have tried. Also - the 12 adjustable polepieces are a great feature but one was seized in place and rounded out the allen key when I tried to turn it. Thankfully I could compensate by turning it's mate a little higher. I did the installation myself in about an hour and 15 minutes (including re-stringing and cleaning), and I was being slow and deliberate. Thankfully my Taylor has the endpin hole already drilled for the jack. Conclusion - I have been wanting to put a pick-up in this guitar for some time and SA-6 seems to be the perfect retrofit.

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expensive, but good

Posted by J.P. from Near Philly on Aug 17, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: played guitar for over 30yrs

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock

The Semour Duncan SA-6 Mag Mic is great sounding. I like the range of tones.You can adjust the mix and pole pieces...it's as close as I've heard to the natural sound, without that shrill piezo/pickup sound. The only negative for me was that it barely fit into the sound hole. I know it's only a minor thing, but having to slide the unit closer to the bridge clearly is going to be a different sound than if it had been located dead center of the sound hole (less vibration of the string). I installed it on a Parkwood that I liked because of it's bass response, which means a larger sound hole. Other than that, it works fine.

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simply great! try it with a tube amp (clean ch.)

Posted by ric from berkeley, ca on Apr 1, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: rock, latin, tango

it sounds great! the mic picks up what you hear, and the mag pick up flavors it greatly. try it with a quality guitar tube amp on the clean channel and be amazed! to my own surprise,i like it better than through the acoustic amp. and now i plug in even if i don't have to. it is just so nice to fill the room with rich beautiful sound.

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Posted by GIBSON MARSHALLOVATIONSEYMOURDUNCANGUY! from Neosho, MO on Mar 17, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Gigging pro musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Blues-Rock-Classical-just music!

I have this pickup installed in my 1976 Ovation Custom Legend 1119. (RARE GUITAR IN GOOD CONDITION) I love this pickup! I run it through a marshall as100d acoustic amp and I can't imagine running anything else. I use all Marshall stuff. Ovation acoustics, and Gibson Les Paul electrics. I have a marshall jcm 2000 dsl 401 from 2003. I needed a pickup that would blend perfectly with my electric tone... and... this is it boyz & girlz!!!!!!!!

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Has beat everything . . .

Posted by Captain from New Orleans on Aug 10, 2007

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active live / studio musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Praise, rock, blues, fingerpicked

I play live twice a week, and do a lot of studio work. We played an outside festival once on the beach and the soundman was shocked by the great acoustic tone of my guitar. (1980 Martin D-28) But I owe it to the SA-6 to get that sound to the PA! During a studio session we recorded an acoustic fingerpicked song using Pro Tools laying down three tracks of the guitar, one direct (SA-6), and two others using very high quality tube mics. During the mix I was surprised that the SA-6 captured the guitars rich tone better that these mics! I highly recommend this pick-up.

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