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K&K – JJB Electronics - BGM Electronics

Each one of these manufactures have a similar product. I have used the K&K Pure Mini and have been pleased with it. Is it really much different from JJB and BGM?

K&K Pure Mini $142 http://kksound.com/products/purepickup.php#simple1

JJB Electronics ARTIST SERIES PRESTIGE-330 $49.99 http://www.jjb-electronics.com/prestige-330.html

BGM Electronics E3 Triple $59 http://www.bgmelectronics.com/purchase.html

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The only thing I can say definitively is that the last one is much lighter than the first two, haven't tried it yet though...

From my research it looked like JJB and K&K were the same, so I went with the JJB, sounds great. The BGM looks like it may be different than the other two.

And, "Pharmaceutical grade!" (?)

Dieter & the K&K crew wrote the book on SBTs. They are potted differently than JJB products, and Switchcraft Endpin jacks are standard. I'm not knockin' Jesse at JJB, he's a standup guy with a fine product.

As for all this weight fussiness, we're talking about a difference of, what?, a couple of postage stamps?

Bottom line, any of these will leave a quackstick in the dirt, tone and gainwise.

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Jeffery - Can you elaborate... potted differently?

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K&Ks are potted in epoxy (I think), and then reground flat, except for a nub where they were soldered. JJBs are potted in an electrical grade hot melt glue.

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Recently posted elsewhere -- I really doubt anyone is head and shoulder above the rest in this very old technology.

Jessie Vallad <jessie@jjb-electronics.com> Nov 23 at 12:18 PM
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Ken Cierpilowski
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Hello Ken. Thank you so much for talking up our systems.
I don't generally do a lot of squabbling on the forums, but here is an official response.
The specially formulated potting (rubberized coating) that is applied to our transducers "stiffens" them up just enough to cut the likelihood of feedback down to almost impossible, yet the consistency of the material used in this process allows the transducers to still pick up a significant amount of resonance from the soundboard. Nobody else does this quite like we do and that is where we have a leg up on the other guys. 9 times out of 10, any cases of feedback or any other unwanted noise can be attributed to a compatibility issue with other gear that is used, also rare.
As a result of this coating, the 15mm transducers are about 10-15% less sensitive than the K&K mini but they still offer a generous amount of output even without a preamp. The 20mm size is more sensitive than the K&K mini.
I'm definitely not saying that theirs are prone to feedback, but ours are even less so. There are plenty of sound clips all over the Internet that are a testament to how well they reproduce the natural tones of an instrument. They work extremely well.
Thanks again,
Jessie J Vallad
JJBELECTRONICS

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