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Old 04-13-2006, 04:23 PM
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Is this it?

nope, its not that one. It kinda didnt even look like a pickup, the more i think about it, its more like a large black piece of felt taped on top of the sound hole, i am thinking now he may have had a built in pickup system in the acoustic, but taped up the soundhole to avoid the massive feedback when he went back to his amp to get the controlled feedback. it was used for the song "so real", the song has a major chaotic 30 second break in it, where it is pure musical mayhem, hence, the crazed feedback he got thru it... hope that makes sense...

i will double check the video tonite to get a better look to see where the cable is coming from.
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