Pure Mini

This pickup is winning a lot of friends on the acoustic guitar forums, and it's certainly my most popular bridgeplate transducer. The Pure Mini (previously called the Pure Western Mini) is the transducer system which K&K recommends for most steel-string acoustics. (Exceptions are 12-string guitars and other guitars with heavy spruce tops and maple bridge plates - for which the Pure 12-string is recommended.) It features absolutely balanced and linear sound transmission all over the guitar's frequency spectrum.

Three special Pure surface transducers are attached to the bridge plate, just in front of the brige pin holes. They transmit a significant portion of the soundboard because they are not as close to the strings as an under-saddle pickup. Each of the three transducers is designed to pick up a specific string pair, but also "listens" to the adjacent area around the bridge. The Pure pickups are not under pressure and therefore do not sound percussive or harsh. The Pure System reproduces all strings nicely balanced, a known problem with under-saddle pickups.

The Pure Mini is a transducer system only. It does not include a battery or on-board electronics. It sounds great just in passive mode! Unlike under-saddle pickups which passively sound weak and thin, the Pure Mini puts out a nicely balanced, warm, full range signal. It sounds full and rich and has sufficient output to drive most amps and PA systems directly.

Permanent installation of the pickups with superglue is required for optimum performance. Alternatively, the transducers can be glued to a strip of double-sided tape (supplied) which is then attached to the bridge plate. A simple placement jig is included to ensure that the pickup is correctly located inside the guitar, and the Pure Mini system is supplied ready-wired to a high quality Switchcraft endpin jack assembly.