Dean Markley 3000 Artist Transducer Acoustic Guitar Pickup

by Dean Markley

Product Features

• A quality product at a bargain price

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 6 inches ; 4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0002GXVFS
• Item model number: 3000
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,533 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
  • #36 in Musical Instruments > Instrument Accessories > Guitar & Bass Accessories > Parts > Acoustic & Classical Guitar Parts > Pickups & Pickup Covers

Product Description

Dean Markley's Artist pickup is once again a pickup which is so unique that it is patented. Housed in a maple wood housing, Artist Transducer gives you that sound that every professional artist wants. Through use of a lead differential weight the Dean Markley peizo reacts through compression rather than just bending, like all other Peizo pickups. This unique patented design gives Dean Markley's Artist Transducer its high quality sound at an afordable price. Artist Transducer's special mounting adhesive allows the Artist to be mounted and removed many, many times without hurting the finish. The Artist pickup has many other uses besides amplifying acoustic guitars. It's a great pickup for Violin, Cello, Stand-up-Bass, Banjo, Mandolin, Piano, Horn, or practically anything else you would ever want to amplify. The bottom line is: if it vibrates, the Artist Pickup will catch the vibrations. You do whatever you want with them after that.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For my classical guitar, November 12, 2009

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Varga - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dean Markley 3000 Artist Transducer Acoustic Guitar Pickup

I love this thing. Using it with an acoustic AG-60 amplifier and it is doing a very decent job with my nylon string guitar.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars High quality inexpensive pickup, April 4, 2007

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Bagpipe Player - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dean Markley 3000 Artist Transducer Acoustic Guitar Pickup

This little pickup was the perfect solution for amplifying my classical guitar. Most acousitc pickups are magnetic and use a magnetic field to catch the sound, so that left me with very few options for amplifying my classical guitar (for those of you who don't know classical guitars have nylon strings). This was one of them. I ordered one due to the inexpensive price not knowing what I would get, but I was very impressed at the sound quality of this pickup. After adjusting the positioning on the guitar and the volume/tone controls on my amplifier, I got the guitar to sound like a mic'ed guitar...all of the guitar's natural unamplified tone was preserved, only the sound was louder. Just the sound I was looking for.

I also took time to try it on my steel-string guitar and mandolin and it performed very well on those as well.

The only drawback this pickup has is depending on the placement on the guitar you might experience a bit of feedback. The cable is very sensitive and will pick up on any movement. Other than that everything is great.

If you need quality amplification for your acoustic instrument and don't want to pay a small fortune for it, this is the pickup to get.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential, November 1, 2008

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Midnight Owl (Wishful Thinking, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dean Markley 3000 Artist Transducer Acoustic Guitar Pickup

I got them for my cello. I say them because live I use two of them in different spots, plus a mic. My cello now sounds amazing live... (well, better than before, and except for my out of tune notes!)...

Don't forget, you can literally record anything with these: stick them on an organ paired with a mic... put them on a bathtub... I like creative recording and I've found them very useful!