RELATED PAGES: 
I use a L. R. Baggs Para Acoustic Preamp and a L R. Baggs Element with my Ko'olau CS Tenor.
A few manufactures have pickups installed on their productions models. Most custom builder's have a preference for the system to use on their ukulele but can install whatever system you would like.
The preamp & pickup system on my Ko'olau is passive, I use a L. R. Baggs Para Acoustic Preamp.
For an amplifier I use a custom Reazer's Edge cabinet and Acoustic Image Clarus amplifier head - which for sale and to be replaced with a Quilter Micro 200 *" and extension speaker cabinet.
Roland Micro Seres of Battery powered amps are a great choice for portable amplification.. I have a Micro Cube which is really great for small settings. Gerald Ross uses a selection of the Roland Micro Series of amps as a main part of of performance setup.
Here is a great thread and review on UkuleleUnderground on portable amps for busking and performing with ukulele.
Contents
My Personal Recommendations
- L. R. Baggs
The Para Acoustic DI is a main part of my live setup.
- Roland AC33
I've had a tone of Roland gear over the years and never had any trouble with any of it. This is next on m list of gear to get.
Active and Passive?
Active requires Phantom Power or a battery supply.
Passive does not require a power supply.
If you are running a passive pickup in you acoustic instrument, be it guitar or ukulele you will need to run a Direct Box (DI).
Also see Ukulele Amplification |
Guitar Pickups
Award-Session
34 Belvedere
Basingstoke
Hampshir
RG24 8GB
UK
Tel. +44 (0)1256 477 222
↑ Listing's Web Site Thumbnail Image
Links
Info
AP10-2 Electro-Acoustic Preamp
Although designed for acoustic guitars, we have learned of many musicians using them with mandolins, violins, double basses and a whole host of ethnic stringed acoustic instruments fitted with transducers. So, it appears as if it’s usefulness is only limited by the users imagination!
top
.png){kind=icon}
.png){kind=icon}
.png){kind=icon}
BBE Sound, Inc.
5381 Production Drive
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
Tel: (714)897-6766
Fax: (714)896-0736
Links
Listing Info
( from listing's site ) - Located in Huntington Beach, California, BBE Sound, Inc. has been providing music professionals and consumers with leading edge sound improvement technology since 1985.
Acoustimax
In the four years since BBE last offered its award-winning 386 acoustic preamp, BBE’s design and engineering teams studied the recording and sound reinforcement needs of serious acoustic players. The result is the Acoustimax, a foot-pedal-style (or “stompbox- style”) acoustic preamp which raises the bar for amplified acoustic instrument sound quality.
top
The Leon Audio Company
62 Edgeware Road
Aldgate
South Australia 5154
Phone: (08) 8339 3865
Fax: (08) 8370 8780
Links
Info
(from their site) - High performance audio, theatre and conference products.
This is the box that ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro been running as of late.
top
Links
Listing Info
( from listing's site ) - Tech 21 was formed by a guitarist possessing the unusual combination of a trained ear and electronics expertise. In 1989, B. Andrew Barta incorporated Tech 21 and made his unique invention commercially available to players and studios around the world. His highly-acclaimed SansAmpTM pioneered Tube Amplifier Emulation in professional applications for recording direct and performing live, and created an entirely new category of signal processing.While there have since been many entries into this niche, SansAmp continues to maintain its reputation as the industry standard.
This floor version of our RPM rackmount provides the same detailed tone shaping possibilities for any signal source. It is particularly useful with acoustic, electric and bass guitars, and upright bass, either direct to a mixing console or with an instrument amplifier. The Para Driver DI gives your instrument a natural warmth and presence, as if miking it through a tube pre-amp. The SansAmp circuitry eliminates the harsh, unnatural harmonics of piezo pickups, while the Drive control offers some tasteful edge -- just a little or over-the-top. top
L. R. Baggs
483 N. Frontage Rd.
Nipomo, California 93444
Phone (805) 929-3545
Fax (805) 929-2043
↑ Listing's Web Site Thumbnail Image
Links
Shoreline Music has a great
selection of the top brands of pickup and preamps and loads of great information for
making an informed decision.
Visit their site: Shoreline Music
NEW - The L.R. Baggs FIVE.O ukulele system is small, light-weight, and best of all, specifically tuned to track the uke’s natural dynamics and its unmistakably unique voice.
I'm usign the Para Acoustic D.I. with my ukuleles.
Info
We started this in a loft in downtown Los Angeles, California, with a hope and a dream, and no business sense whatsoever. The first L.R. Baggs product was our LB6 Series Pickup. We would like to thank Leo Kottke for his early support. Stores would call us and say, "Leo Kottke said he was using your pickup." We could literally track his touring route as the stores would order in his wake. Early endorsers were Steven Sheehan of the Judds, James Taylor and Kathy Mattea. These endorsers gave us the encouragement and support that sustained us when we had more enthusiasm than business sense. They spread the word and gradually our business grew.
We've come a long way from those old "mom-and-pop days." Every year we have designed new and exciting products. We have endeavored to use our God given talents to offer the cutting edge in guitar amplification. We hope that we have created products that will encourage, motivate and inspire you, our customer. We would like to take this opportunity to say, "Thank You." We hope that we have been able to enhance your musical talents in some way and we very much appreciate all of you who have chosen L.R. Baggs.
The Para Acoustic D.I.
is a studio-quality direct box,
featuring a five-band equalizer with tunable notch and midrange controls,
adjustable gain and phase inversion. Our proprietary Quasi-Passive EQ
circuitry is totally transparent and allows control over voicing without
sacrificing tone -- a big advance over conventional equalizers. In short, the
Para D.I. Is engineered to bring out the best in any pickup. top
Roland US
Corporate Offices
Roland Corporation U.S.
5100 S. Eastern Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90040-2938
P.O. Box 910921
Los Angeles, CA 90091-0921
Phone: (323) 890-3700
Fax: (323) 890-3701
Links
Listing Info
Roland AC-33 Acoustic Chorus Guitar Amplifier
(from Roland USA site) Rich, deep, stereo sound to go — introducing the AC-33, the world’s first AA battery-powered amp made specifically for acoustic guitar. Portable yet powerful, the AC-33 provides true stereo sound, Guitar and Mic/Line channels, custom-tailored effects, anti-feedback, and a Phrase Looper. But this amp was made to go places no amp has gone before. Thanks to its battery-power capability, the AC-33 lets you take your act anywhere — into the backwoods, onto the streets, or wherever your imagination leads you.
top
