Live Acoustic Rig
Monday, April 20th, 2009| Live Acoustic Rig | ||
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| O.K. fellow gear heads, here’s the nitty gritty on my live set-up for Mary. The pick up system is a Trance Audio Amulet/AcousticLens System. It mounts inside the guitar, underneath the saddle. This is cool: there are 2 pick ups; one for the treble strings ( E B G ) and one for the bass strings ( D A E ). There is a converter/preamp mounted inside the guitar, from there it goes to a stereo guitar cord out. So you have special cords and jacks that accommodate the stereo cord ends in your line. Stereo guitar cord goes into the main Amulet preamp ( small blue box ) that has a master volume knob. Out of this preamp the signal is split back again. 1 output for treble pick up, 1 for bass to send out different signal paths for each respective pick up.From there both signals are further preamped and EQ’d for beefier quality. The treble pick up signal goes into a Rane ME 30 Graphic EQ, then into a Lexicon Alex effects unit which I use for reverbs. Important trick here; I only use reverb on the treble strings, I keep the bass string dry. There is a tiny amount of bleed of reverb onto the bass, because the pick ups sit side by side inside the guitar, and I like this subtle bleed. So this trick gives the melodies that are usually played on the treble strings their own space, a separate sound color from that of the bass strings. The reverb lets the melodies hang on the treble strings while I keep the tighter sounding chugga chugga rhythm parts going on the bass strings. Last gizmo in that chain is a Behringer Ultra-G D.I. box.
The bass strings signal path ( after coming out of the main Amulet preamp ) goes into a L.R. Baggs Para Acoustic D.I. box. I love the Baggs unit. This is my bass signal third preamp, EQ and D.I. box all rolled into one. It has lots of EQ capability, XLR or 1/4 outputs, accepts phantom power, are built rock solid, and is easy on batteries. AND they aren’t expensive. Sounds great on fiddle too.All my connecting cords ( except the stereo cable ) are George L’s cables. These cables sound MUCH better than the average guitar cable. Compare this cable to another and hear for yourself.A Keal road case holds everything safely together. The case was custom designed and assembled by Randy Schwartz and Paul Kaiser. |
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STRINGS 80/20 Bronze Medium gauge .013 .017 .026 .035 .045. 056 12 String set: Elixir Polyweb 80/20 Bronze Light gauge .010 .010 .014 .014 .023 .009 .030 .012 .039 .018 .047 .027 Electric Strings: D’Addario XL nickel wound .011 .014 .018 .028 .038 .049 PICKS Tortex green ( medium heavy ) |