Shadow unveils Nanoflex-6 hexaphonic acoustic guitar pickup
After three years of research and development, Shadow is releasing a revolutionary pickup system for acoustic and classical guitar.
The Nanoflex-6 hexaphonic pickup is based on Shadow’s popular and successful Nanoflex pickup technology and unites six pickups in one unit – one for each string.
Conventional under-saddle pickups don’t have separate volume controls for each string. But it’s all to easy for the volume balance of the strings to vary, and this often means you’ll need to adjust the bridge bone to solve it – a tricky task.
Also, if you play a mixed playing style with plectrum and finger technique, or if you use a thumb ring, there are enormous differences in the volume of the strings. Generally you need excellent finger technique to balance the volume, often at the expense of your fingernails.
Shadow’s brand new Nanoflex-6 solves these problems. You can adjust the volume control of each string easily and at the preamp, which guarantees you a perfect string balanced output – the dream of acoustic and classical guitar players.
Because the pickup is based on Shadow’s patented Nanoflex technology, it faithfully reproduces the sound without any hum. Common under-saddle pickups take only the vibrations of the strings. Nanoflex senses the vibrations of the strings and the body of the instrument simultaneously. This gives the equivalent of having a condenser-microphone mixed with an under-saddle pickup. No other technology offers such a high level of sound reproduction.
Beside volume, bass, mid and treble control the preamp contains an accurate, chromatic tuner and mono output. Additionally there’s a six-pin jack output, giving you even more versatility in your sound.
For example, now you can put different chorus, delay and loop effects on each string to really add some new depth to your sound.
This amazing pickup system was developed in cooperation with numerous successful musicians – especially Peter Bursch – who have made every effort to make the Nanoflex-6 the best pickup system on the market.
You can also use the pickup to connect your guitar to a computer, meaning that you can easily transcribe each note played on the monitor using special software.
For more information on the Nanoflex-6 hexaphonic pickup, please visit the Shadow Electronics website.
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