Will this work with a passive pickup in a ukulele or do I need an active pickup in the instrument?
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I haven't tried a passive signal to the instrument input. Samson states this must be a "line level" signal. I'm not a sound expert, but I don't think passive signals are of "line level". However, one could use a simple signal booster, or processor, in-line to the mic input to achieve adequete signal strength if needed. If you didn't want, or need, signal seperation between your vocals & instrument...you could always play & sing directly into the mic without plugging in. Makes for a much easy mix down too since you don't have two mono signals, (guitar on left, vocals on right) to tie together into a common stereo bus. Depends on what type of recording, and sound editing, you're looking to do. I haven't tried a passive signal to the instrument input. Samson states this must be a "line level" signal. I'm not a sound expert, but I don't think passive signals are of "line level". However, one could use a simple signal booster, or processor, in-line to the mic input to achieve adequete signal strength if needed. If you didn't want, or need, signal seperation between your vocals & instrument...you could always play & sing directly into the mic without plugging in. Makes for a much easy mix down too since you don't have two mono signals, (guitar on left, vocals on... » Read More I haven't tried a passive signal to the instrument input. Samson states this must be a "line level" signal. I'm not a sound expert, but I don't think passive signals are of "line level". However, one could use a simple signal booster, or processor, in-line to the mic input to achieve adequete signal strength if needed. If you didn't want, or need, signal seperation between your vocals & instrument...you could always play & sing directly into the mic without plugging in. Makes for a much easy mix down too since you don't have two mono signals, (guitar on left, vocals on right) to tie together into a common stereo bus. Depends on what type of recording, and sound editing, you're looking to do. « Show Less
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I am not exactly sure, so I don't want to lead you astray. I do mostly podcasts and audio (voiceovers) for educational training videos. I have a friend of mine who uses it for vocals and electric guitar and vocals and keyboard (guitar is mono; keyboards are stereo) and it works nice. I don't know whether it will work with the ukulele, sorry!
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I don't know anything about ukuleles, but this is a fine general purpose microphone. It should work very well all by itself.
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I apologize, I only do voice work on the mike so I don't really know. But the ukulele being a small, intimate instrument, I can't imagine that the mike wouldn't pick it up.
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You need to connect the pickup to a preamp. Fishman or LR Baggs make them for acoustic musical instruments. LR Baggs is more expensive, but probably higher quality.
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Dear Docpain,Pls forgive me reply in delay.Yes,it is active pickup.how to estimate it,just depends on your bass.Warmest regards,Emma
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For some reason Amazon thinks I should answer you, but I don't have an active pickup bass right now so I can't check. I can say that I've used a SansAmp Bass Driver in front of it and it handles it well. There's a lot of good tone in this (Orange) box.
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My wife bought this for me as a gag gift. I'm not sure if it will work with an acoustic/electric instrument, but this amp is not that powerful. Your ukulele will probably be just a loud on its own as the speaker breaks up past the half point. It does a decent job with headphones on the clean setting. You can get some distortion, but it's not that great of a sound if too high on that as well.
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It makes it easy to connect the guitar to an amplifier or multi-effect pedal. I use mine plugged in about half the time.
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Yes. I bought this for my daughter to use on her ukulele, and it works well. She clamps the pickup onto the headstock, and plugs the jack into a guitar amp when playing with others. For practice, she uses a tiny Honeytone amp, and that also works nicely. My only concern is that the lightweight cable looks like it could be easily damaged, but we've had no problems in several months of use.
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Not at all, I prefer it without an amp, I only use an amp if I wanna mess around with the sound I use a amp and its fun but for the true ukulele sound I prefer it straight from the ukulele it's self
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Hi, not sure about a ukelele but it works great on the smaller fret board of my ibanez electric and my kids fender strat mini. Great quality
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Hello There. The battery powers the active preamp system. You only need the battery if you're plugging the Uke into an amplifier. Thanks! ~Todd, The Music Farm
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Hey Ryan. It's what you would call a passive pickup, meaning there is no battery or power source attached to the pickup. It is essentially "always on" once plugged into a 1/4 inch cable. There is no on board volume or tone controls either. I personally already owned a really good preamp / direct box that I run the guitar through. It's an LR Baggs Paracoustic DI. I'm sure Amazon has a great deal on one. Or you could use an acoustic amp, the EQ settings on your PA or run it straight without a preamp. Either way, I'm a fan of this pickup. I have on in my Taylor DN4 and my '49 Gibson LG-3. I really like it. Feel free to ask any other questions. Hey Ryan. It's what you would call a passive pickup, meaning there is no battery or power source attached to the pickup. It is essentially "always on" once plugged into a 1/4 inch cable. There is no on board volume or tone controls either. I personally already owned a really good preamp / direct box that I run the guitar through. It's an LR Baggs Paracoustic DI. I'm sure Amazon has a great deal on one. Or you could use an acoustic amp, the EQ settings on your PA or run it straight without a preamp. Either way, I'm a fan of this pickup. I have on in my Taylor DN4 and my '49 Gibson... » Read More Hey Ryan. It's what you would call a passive pickup, meaning there is no battery or power source attached to the pickup. It is essentially "always on" once plugged into a 1/4 inch cable. There is no on board volume or tone controls either. I personally already owned a really good preamp / direct box that I run the guitar through. It's an LR Baggs Paracoustic DI. I'm sure Amazon has a great deal on one. Or you could use an acoustic amp, the EQ settings on your PA or run it straight without a preamp. Either way, I'm a fan of this pickup. I have on in my Taylor DN4 and my '49 Gibson LG-3. I really like it. Feel free to ask any other questions. « Show Less
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I'm not sure. It takes up a lot or width in my guitar sound hole. I do use the third smaller packet that comes with the set for my banjo. I just lay it on top of the banjo in its case. The packets are pretty flexible and I think might work in your ukulele. I do like these. So much better than soaking and squeezing out water in other units.
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I've used this capo on three different ukes and never had a problem with it. I really don't have an answer as to why it would do this. Sorry.
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I'm not sure I understand the question. This uke is made with & without a pickup. So, if that's what you're asking... Both models are identical, otherwise. Hope this helps.
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I got this amp a few months ago. I am using a classical nylon with built in pickup. I do get some feedback when it at about 1/4 volume if I get close to the amp so I ended up purchasing a soundhole cover to keep the amp noise from being picked up by the guitar pickup and it solved the problem. As you are using an external pickup that is not really an option for you. I'd try to just not face my pickup towards the amp
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yes. It does have reverb, chorus and flanger effect. The spring reverb would be nice for Ukulele. Good luck.
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If a soprano ukulele has a 1/4" output jack and has a quality pick up system this cable will work perfectly. I have purchased several of these cables and I would recommend them for multiple use. I use mine professionally and they hold up well in that environment.