Fishman Power Tap Earth

I had big hopes for this thing, but after half a day of fooling around with it, I have to admit I just don't like it.

The "tap" part of the pick-up sounds weak on my guitar, I have to turn the blend all the way to tap to get enough of that percussive effect, and even then, my strings easily overpower it unless I am bashing my guitar senseless. I thought the entire point was to be able to play these with subtlety. For 300 euros I was expecting a lot better, and I wish I had kept them for something else. I am sure I did the installation correctly.

Moreover, the humbucker ends up higher than the action of my strings, which means that it produces an audible note (a tritone away from the open string) when I click my thumb against the strings. That makes my playing actively worse than having the pick-up my guitar was pre-equipped with...

I have seen reviews out there where this thing sounded good. I will keep at it and if I manage to get a good sound out of it I will come back and update this review.