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Quiet Coil NC-1 Acoustic Guitar Soundhole Pickup

Delivers a stunning natural acoustic sound with its “mic-voiced” and noise-canceling pre-amp design - make your guitar sound like itself!

The Mojotone Quiet Coil™ NC-1 active acoustic soundhole pickup reacts beautifully with the natural frequencies of your acoustic guitar while also eliminating the unnatural “electric guitar” tone associated with other magnetic soundhole pickups. Our noise-free pre-amp design voices the pickup to closely mimic the sound and frequencies of a condenser mic, giving you the purest and most uncompromised magnetic soundhole pickup tone ever heard.

With its “mic-voiced” pre-amp and perfect string to string volume, you will be sure to inspire and be inspired. Comes wired with studio quality Mogami cable attached to a hard-wearing stereo Switchcraft end pin jack that can be permanently or temporarily installed. And best of all it's proudly made right here in the USA by Mojotone!


Installation Instructions

Voicing & Tone
Voiced and EQ’d like a microphone to emphasize your guitar’s pure and natural acoustic tone; No more unnatural highs or mids like with other magnetic soundhole pickups, and no need for extra gear to compensate for an underwhelming pickup tone! 

Balance & Perfection
Specifically designed to have perfect string balance and volume with normal bronze or phosphor bronze acoustic guitar strings. There’s no need for adjustable polepieces or special strings to compensate for unbalanced string volume! No more annoying loud high E and B strings with muddy low strings! 

Noise & Feedback Resistant
Noiseless preamp design makes for the quietest performance possible in the studio or live. And best of all, it’s feedback resistant! 

Lightweight & Simple
Extremely lightweight and compact design (less than 1.6 oz!) allows for quick installation without modification, loosening strings, or adding unwanted mass to the soundhole of your guitar. 

Ergonomic & Friendly
Rolled edges and low-profile mounting ears keep the pickup from getting in the way of your picking while the natural cork pads protect the most delicate nitrocellulose finishes from damage. 

Power & Convenience
Active 6V preamp with over 500 playing hours powered by the most common lithium 2xCR2032 coin cell batteries (Included). All in a convenient slide out drawer for easy battery replacement. 

Installation & Quality
Low capacitance and flexible Mogami cable pre-wired to a stereo Switchcraft USA end pin jack. This can be permanently installed; alternatively, we include a clip for your belt or strap for a non-permanent installation. NOTE: Mogami brand cable is only used on pickups manufactured after 10/2022.

All of our pickups are proudly built in Burgaw, NC!
$199.95
Shipping calculated at checkout.
$5 U.S. shipping over $99
Real support from real techs
Trusted by guitarists for 25+ years
SPECS

Weight: .37 lb

Specs:

  • Single Coil (Noise-cancelling preamp) 
  • 6V Active (2 x 3V CR2032 lithium batteries included) 
  • Battery Life (500+ hours) 
  • Master Volume 
  • Battery Test Button 
  • Mogami Cable to Switchcraft Stereo Endpin Jack 
  • Minimum Soundhole Diameter (83.8mm or 3.30”) 
  • Made in the USA
DOCUMENTATION

Overall rating: 5.0 / 5 from 21 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

The Quiet Coil NC-1 Acoustic Guitar Soundhole Pickup offers a pure and natural acoustic sound, praised for its balanced volume and noise-free performance. It is lightweight, easy to install, and comes with a high-quality Mogami cable. Proudly made in the USA, it enhances the natural tone of your acoustic guitar without the need for extra gear.

Summary topics

  • Acoustic Sound Quality: 39%
  • Pickup Performance: 67%

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Review highlights

  • "This pickup produces the purest acoustic sound on the market/planet." — Tony
  • "The Mojo didn't disappoint, sounds totally natural." — Thomas
  • "Sounds a lot like a mic pickup, which is a "true" and warm sound." — Searcher S.

Reviews

I put this in a

"I put this in a ‘97 Taylor 910. I run it through a radial pre z pre amp on to a Fender Acoustasonic Pro amplifier. The sound I am capturing is exactly what the guitar projects unplugged. I have not had this exact duplication with the other two pickups I have used in the past."

— Anonymous (5/5)

Great Job Mojotone! A+

"Sounds a lot like a mic pickup, which is a "true" and warm sound. Super easy to install. Even sound pretty good on my mojotone GA-5 tube amp, I just have to keep the volume down a little. Playing through my solid state amp is a dream, just a louder version of my instrument. I play with a Lillian pedal on a few songs and this pickup doesn't miss a beat. All in All, an impressive pickup."

— Searcher S. (5/5)

Just a great pickup

"All I can say is this pickup far exceeded my expectations. I have an acoustic with no electronics and wanted to add a pickup with the least invasive way possible. This did the trick. Easy to install, volume control works perfectly. The battery indicator is a great feature. The sound is excellent. Highly recommended."

— Diego H. (5/5)

great sound

"They said the MojoTone Quiet Coil NC-1 Acoustic Soundhole Pickup sounds natural. I was very surprised to find that it really sounds great. I do not detect that typical soundhole pickup "electric guitar" sound. Very feedback resistant as well. It looks good for what it is also. Highly recomended. Would I record with it? Probably not on solo guitar, or maybe mixed with mic signal...but in a group setting, yes"

— MD G. (5/5)

A happy UK user.

"I am my second order of one of these great pickups now. Being in the UK I’ve had to order from thomann’s but I could not be happier. I have not found a better, and easy representation of the sound of my acoustic guitars than with these pickups, and I’ve tried everything to find my taste. Thank you guys for creating these."

— Jerry M. (5/5)

Good Job Mojo!

"Hi from your southern neighbor, I've been a fan of Mojo for years and was glad to see they expanded into acoustic pickups. Having owned their quiet coil strat pickups and 59 humbuckers, I had a good feeling this acoustic pickup would be nothing short of amazing. My guitar is equipped with a factory Aura system which has served me well until the under saddle element started to buzz. I figured a soundhole pickup would be good to have as a backup but it sounds so good I'm considering permanently installing it!"

— Jeff (5/5)

Thank you Mojotone!

"Thank you Mojotone! This pickup produces the purest acoustic sound on the market/planet. I love being a part of this company's growth; I agree with Caleb Mac, Mojotone will sell millions of these! Keep up the great work Mojotone!"

— Tony (5/5)

Great!

"Got a NC-1 for my older Taylor dreadnought. Installation was simple and it sounds amazing! Bought a second one to use in my dad’s old D-35 without drilling any holes. Great product! And I’m proud it’s a North Carolina company!"

— rDog (5/5)

Super products! Very pleased!

"I have two of the Monotone NC-1 pickups. One is mounted on a Gallagher dreadnought guitar and the other on a Guild Jumbo guitar. I play in a church praise band and a Christian side band. I also do some recording work. For live amplification I use a Boss Acoustic Singer Pro Amp and Zoom AC-3 pedalboard. I am extremely pleased with with the tone, quality of build and overall performance of these pickups. I had tried several pickup systems and reviewed many prior to my initial purchase of the Mojotone. I read a number of reviews when the NC-1's came out and bought my first. Then I bought my second. Totally pleased with the product! Great tone, quiet and reliable. By the way- as an aside- a couple years ago I bought a Mojotone loaded pick guard assembly for my Stratocaster. Amazing!"

— Don (5/5)

This is the pick-up you've been searching for

"I did a lot of research before I made a purchase. I looked up "best sound hole pickups" on every site I could. I also watched lots of YouTube videos. From what I read and saw, I became excited about Mojo. A fairly new US company that was getting great reviews with no downside stories and I was very impressed by the video with the company. I have a thin body Takemine that has a under-saddle piezo pickup that sounded like a quaking duck (expensive guitar by the way) but I loved playing it so I set out to find an sound hole pickup which would be the easiest fix. The Mojo didn't disappoint, sounds totally natural. NOTE: Customer service is top-notch. I had an issue (user error) and was able to contact the owner and staff directly! how cool is that? Problem resolved with kindness and a new pickup even though I was at fault. Man you just don't see that anymore. No reason not to buy this pickup, at the price, you'll be very happy you did."

— Thomas (5/5)

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