I have three acoustics, a 1975 Takamine, non electronic, great for strumming around at the beach or at a friends. A Ovation 12 string round back. Beautiful guitar, sounds bad unplugged, but very nice plugged in, i hate playing it as it is not comfortable to hold while seated. Lastly a Carvin Cobalt, elec/acoustic, super nice sounding and very nice playing. For Playing live, or plugged in, the pickup system makes a huge difference, as does the Amp system.

I agree with Scott, if your current guitar sound pretty good electrify it, the i-beam system i hear is great. I added a non pre-amped pickup to my older Takamine, and it worked but not well. I did the surgury my self used a good pair of vise grips to remove the strap peg, and a new very sharp drill to drill out the hole to fit the plugin adapter, and then wired it up. I wish i had spend more on one with a battery, but did not want to try that.

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