Our number one request from customers has been
"Please
make the Acoustic Lens installation process easier." Well, now we
have!
"…{You can} easily position the Lens and evaluate the sound immediately, in real time. Repositioning the Lens is as easy as pulling it loose from its current location and sticking it somewhere else…"
We exclusively use Barge® contact cement to mount the Acoustic Lens to the bridgeplate of the guitar, and it is still the final step in installation of our pickups. But evaluating the placement of the Acoustic Lens pickups with just the Barge® sometimes made the installation process difficult, because it added the element of time to the process. It takes time (sometimes up to four days) for the cement to cure enough to properly evaluate the sound of the installed pickup. If the pickup was moved during the curing time, or not quite installed in the proper location to begin with, it had to be removed and the process repeated again. There was no way to listen to the results of your handiwork until the cement had cured, and your favorite guitar was out of commission until the installation process was complete.
This was clearly not the ideal installation procedure, but the payoff when completed was an acoustic tone that many players, both amateur and professional, felt was the best that was available anywhere.
We tried a number of other methods of adhering the Lens to the bridgeplate but were always disappointed with the results; there was often a drop in volume, or a radical shift in the tone of the pickup, or both. After months of extensive searching and testing we have found a material that can closely simulate the rich, warm tone of the glue we use here at the factory. This special tape allows you to easily position the Lens and evaluate the sound immediately, in real time. Repositioning the Lens is as easy as pulling it loose from its current location and sticking it somewhere else. Once you have found an appropriate mounting spot, you then use the Barge® contact cement included to make a final installation.
Never has it been so easy to install, fine tune and enjoy the awesome tonal quality of the Lens. We are proud and pleased to make this significant advancement available to our customers.