Guitar Pickup

Amplify your acoustic instrument without losing its natural voice. We carry the full K&K Sound pickup lineup — handmade passive transducer pickups that are widely regarded as some of the most natural-sounding acoustic pickups available at any price.

K&K Sound pickups use piezo transducer elements mounted directly to your guitar's soundboard, capturing the true acoustic vibration of your instrument rather than just the string vibration. The result is an amplified tone that sounds like your guitar, not like a pickup. Because they're passive (no battery required), K&K pickups are maintenance-free and always ready to play.

The Pure Mini is their most popular model for steel-string acoustic guitar — a three-head transducer system that delivers full, balanced tone with natural dynamics. The Pure Classic is designed specifically for nylon-string classical guitars with a four-head configuration optimized for the wider string spacing and softer attack of classical playing.

For players who want to add amplification without any permanent modification to their instrument, the Hot Spot and Twin Spot pickups attach externally and can be moved between instruments. We also carry K&K pickups for archtop and jazz guitars, 12-string, bass, ukulele, and mandolin, plus the K&K Pure Preamp for players who need EQ control and a volume boost.