Behold! A custom 8 string acoustic magnetic soundhole pickup made by MJS Custom Pickups! I contacted them about having an 8 string stacked soundhole humbucker made for my Agile Renaissance 827 NAEQ and they did not disappoint. This is made of Richlite, which you would swear is fine grained...
I wrote Rondo and asked for a manual for the Gentro LE-8T piezo preamp on the Agile Renaissance series and Theresa graciously provided this to me. It lets you know the frequencies, battery life, etc.
I got a Agile Renaissance 827 NA EQ today, it was on sale for $300 and I couldn't resist!
I had read about issues with the .078 F# string, so I ordered a couple heavy gauge sets to use the .095. Out of the box, the .078 was useless - too light and it rose in pitch and then dropped back down...