Wrong, Jack. There is a pickup for reed instruments.

I am completely with Jed on this one, when one is playing a festival style venue. You just don't have the sound check time. And those purists that think one cannot setup a pickup to sound great are just wrong. I use a Baggs Dual source (ribbon transducer and internal mic) and run it in the dual input mode. I can blend that mic and pickup and get a wonderful acoustic sound, full and responsive.

In a concert setting, I just take a lot more time and dial it in.

Mick