A fellow Forumite made a new housing and used the parts from two GK style pickups to use on a 12 string steel guitar, with two GR-30 Synth units, and says it worked very well. The GK pickups have a fixed string spacing and are also curved for a six string guitar, which prevents them working successfully on a steel. I guess it's possible you could install the pickup slanted so that the pole pieces land under the proper strings. Therefore, I doubt a standard midi pickup made for guitar would work on a steel with standard pedal string spacing. The pole pieces have to be exactly under the strings, and at exactly the proper height. ![]() Therefore, I predict some settings won't work at all with a steel guitar.Īlso, the pickup settup is tricky. I'd never realized how much I accidentally, unintentionally, minutely bend certain strings while running finger licks against a thumbed bass line. To sound like a piano, you have to play it like a piano. Though harmony parts on flute, sax, and trombone worked fine with bends, the more percussive settings such as piano or vibraphone make the darned thing try to yodel in Chinese if you even barely bend a string. However, the piano sounds didn't work when I attempted Travis picking. ![]() ![]() It was great for throwing piano, sax, trombone, and flute sounds into a mix. I had a Roland set up on a Strat at one time, and loved it.
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