Mojotone Quiet Coil NC-1 Ac. Pickup

My oh my where to start with this bad boy. It's simply breathtaking. Clarity of all strings, regardless of whether you play lightly and with a bit of gusto. Simple to install, doesn't have to be permanent, (although I'm considering replacing my Martin 000 standard pick up, which I think is a fishman sonitone- it's a piezo type whatever it is). The usual quack from it's original piezo pick up has gone, it's so quiet but lovely full tones/sounds when you play, no fuzziness or lost of sound with the treble strings, bass notes don't get boomy. I've tried this with my fishman acoustic amp, blackstar ID core 20 and my Yamaha stagepas 680 (direct into hi rez channel). No preamp required as there's one tucked away itside the mojotone pickup (pretty amazing right?).

Overall my opinion is, if you looking to get natural velvetly tones without the hassle of setting up a microphone, something easy to use (no eq'ing required really I'd be happy just to plug in and play with this beauty! 👍) And that sounds great, then this pickup is for you!

I did a lot of research into this pickup having previously had a LR Baggs M1 Active. The reviews had me sold, I listened to a few YouTube reviews and took the plunge. The pickup is well built however arrived with a significant indentation in the cable due to a super tight cable tie keeping it all together. I contacted Mojotone who assured me that this would affect sound quality.

Onto the sound quality.... It is quiet, not noiseless, but quiet. Despite claiming the quietest performance it hums, it is noisy and doesn't have the volume you can achieve with other soundhole mounted acoustic pickups. You really have to turn the volume up but with that increases the notable hum.