Yes. If you’re mostly going to be playing at home or in the studio then the Prismatone Pickup, by itself, without a preamp, just soldered to a sidejack or endpin jack with a short guitar cable (20’ or less in length) connected to your amp of choice is plenty loud. On our Baldwin C1 Amp we don’t have to turn the volume past 3 when recording test videos.  This is what’s known as the “Passive Configuration” and delivers the purest Prismatone sound without any added coloration or equalization.