Ortega OSWS100 Wireless System

You can probably tell from reading that I don't write product reviews but here goes. Admittedly, I only just purchased this therefore I cannot provide any meaningful feedback relating to length of ownership things like durability, etc. But when I saw this reviewed a few months ago I was very intrigued and waited patiently for stock to arrive and decided to take the plunge. Perhaps it's just a lack of personal skill, but I was never satisfied with my existing DAW recording method (a combination of magnetic pickup and microphone) - I just couldn't get the right balance and the fiddly setup took the pleasure out of playing my acoustic. This pickup looked like a plug and play solution for me. It came pre-charged out of the box so I eagerly fitted it and was happily strumming within moments. The clean recorded sound was noise free (even close up to my PC rig) and after that it was just a matter of adding plugins to suit my personal tonal preferences (there is a tone adjustment on the pickup but I decided on DAW plugins for increased flexibility). One item of note though - my fretboard does slightly protrude into the soundhole, but with only slight distortion of the pickup mount it nevertheless fitted ok and there was no detrimental impact. Is the pickup a transparent reproduction of my guitar's sound? Well, I'm not qualified to say for certain but I wouldn't expect anything costing £100 to be capable of that anyway. Which is not to say that I am unhappy with the sound from this pickup - far from it. It provides a level of quality and convenience which makes me want to pick up the guitar more often and for me that's worth it.

I bought the Ortega OSWS100 wireless systems for two of my acoustic guitars - I didn't want to drill into the body at all to install an under-saddle pickup.

They work perfectly with excellent sound quality and were each fitted within about 10 minutes. I had to cut the outer ring on both units to fit around small neck projections into the sound holes - but because the unit is made of rubber, this was easily and neatly achieved using sharp scissors.

They pair instantly, sound great, and I didn't have to risk any damage to the guitars. Fully recommend for 100mm sound holes"

Die Idee ist genial, aber es hat noch Potenzial zur Verbesserung. Zuerst: passt gut in das Schalloch, lässt sich einfach anbringen. Der Sender und der Empfänger arbeiten zuverlässig und ohne Aussetzer. Die Position des Mikrofon kann gut eingestellt werden. Hier muss man mehrere Möglichkeiten ausprobieren. Bei der Klangregelung fehlt allerdings die Vielfalt: egal in welcher Einstellung, ein Boomendes Geräusch im Bass-Bereich ließ sich bei der Abnahme der Dreadnaught mit dem großen M Gitarre einfach nicht weg regeln, da es nur einen Tonregler fürs Shaping gibt. Erst mit einem externen Equalizer habe ich das in den Griff bekommen. Um einen Fehler an der Gitarre auszuschließen, habe ich das mit 2 anderen kreuzteuren Gitarren von Bandkollegen auch noch mal ausprobiert. In allen Fällen hat die Klangregelung Luft nach oben. Was nervt: an die Reglerchen für Lautstärke und Klang muss man durch die Saiten greifen. Wenn die Regler links und rechts außen angebracht wären, hätte man sich das sparen können. Vielleicht bei Version 2?

Ho acquistato questo pickup per la mia 12 corde con le migliori intenzioni. L'idea che c'è dietro è a dir poco fantastica, perché risolverebbe il problema di tante acustiche non amplificate oppure potrebbe essere integrato a quelle acustiche con un piezo molto basico.
La realtà però è che a volumi alti innesca facilmente e che il timbro è troppo inscatolato. Se lo usate in casa con un amplificatore per acustica o un impianto piccolo può anche funzionare, ma dal vivo è completamente bocciato. Se non avessi avuto una chitarra di riserva non avrei potuto terminare la serata.