About half of my ukuleles have pickups. It about evenly distributed between passive and active.
I quite like the Pono passive pickup. My new MP custom will have a K&K Aloha Twin passive pickup installed. The Baggs 5.0 active is okay, it doesn't rock me. I'll be getting my first MiSi soon. So they run the gamut. Someday, I'll invest in an aNueNue Air. I've been told they are great.
I play acoustic 95% of the time. Mostly I plug in at open mike night for my ukulele club. We had to play amplified so people can hear us in a room with about 100 people. It always surprises the sound guy if I am playing a uke with a passive pickup. Actives do make it easier to adjust the volume if someone else is running the mixer/PA. I have played a couple of gigs using a uke with a Baggs 5.0 active.
Also have two electric ukes. A RISA stick tenor, and a Godin tenor Multiuke.
I quite like the Pono passive pickup. My new MP custom will have a K&K Aloha Twin passive pickup installed. The Baggs 5.0 active is okay, it doesn't rock me. I'll be getting my first MiSi soon. So they run the gamut. Someday, I'll invest in an aNueNue Air. I've been told they are great.
I play acoustic 95% of the time. Mostly I plug in at open mike night for my ukulele club. We had to play amplified so people can hear us in a room with about 100 people. It always surprises the sound guy if I am playing a uke with a passive pickup. Actives do make it easier to adjust the volume if someone else is running the mixer/PA. I have played a couple of gigs using a uke with a Baggs 5.0 active.
Also have two electric ukes. A RISA stick tenor, and a Godin tenor Multiuke.