What acoustic pickups that are good would work with a Acoustic Everly with a raised pickguard?

Question

I have a Gibson Everly guitar and I would like an acoustic pickup. I have seen many acoustic pickups and most seem to sit over the sound hole but since the Everly has a raised pickguard, I don't know it that would even fit. Is there a good quality acoustic pickup that would work with my guitar?

Answer

You need to ask at the store. Here is a technical explanation of different kinds of pickups. www.buildyourguitar.com/resources/lemme/  

You don't need to know all that, just be aware that it exists. With steel strings you use inductive pickups beneath the strings and a tube type amplifier. For any other instrument you use a capacitive microphone either in the sound hole or built into the bridge, and a transistor amplifier.

What acoustic pickups that are good would work with a Acoustic Everly with a raised pickguard?

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