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Originally Posted by rockabilly69
No I wouldn't, it's one of the best for strumming, I just feel adding a mic to it is the final piece to the puzzle.
When I don't have a mic in front of it, I just back down the gain a bit and roll more to the AST side to get the top drive. It seems all USTs are sensitive to harder strumming and get that quack tone, but the AST side really helps to balance that out. The trick without a mic is to rehearse both strumming and fingerpicking and see what kind of gain you need at the PA/AMP end and no how to adjust on the fly. So I say, hurry up and get the pickup in there, and when you install it, make sure to put a little piece of cotton or felt or something soft in the hole where the UST passes through the bridge plate. The only problem I've had with the B-Band is a slight metallic tone that I've heard in loud volume situations, and the soft stuff cures that! Also make sure you mount the preamp close enough to allow the pickup leads to reach it. In other words, mount the pickups where you want them and see how much lead you have before you mount the preamp. It's only really a problem if you mount the AST behind the bridge plate instead of under it. But from my experience the positioning of the AST isn't too overly important. It's behind the bridge plate on 2 of my guitars, and under on one. And it sounds great in both places!
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Excellent, thanks again for the input! I might do the install myself and just give it a try. The A2.2 can be installed with a stereo output jack, which would allow for an internal mic to be added to the mix. However, I can see this becoming a bit of a feedback nightmare and it would definitely complicate matters. I might just try the pickup as is for now and see what I think.
The only issue I see is that the B-Band UST is thinner than the Matrix UST that's currently in my guitar. My action is a bit high already so it might not be an issue but I am tempted to wait until after my next show to have my luthier properly install the pickup and make a new saddle/do a proper set up.