Help with K&K
Hi,
I've been a (passive) K&K user for many years. And I've paired it with a LOT of different pickups (Lyric, Anthem, Blackstack, MagMic, Sunrise, etc). Most recently, I've had good success with pairing it with either the Black Angel sound hole hum bucker, and the Anthem SL. But it takes a lot of extra EQ to make it work:
1) K&K tends to be bassy and weak in the treble. So I EQ to help that.
2) Because it's weak in the treble, I feel the need to use the other pickup to add some high end. I usually add a HPF on the 2nd source at 750 hz or so because I don't want the bass/mid frequencies of the K&K and 2nd source to interact. So the K&K is the bulk of the sound, and definitely sounds warmer and more full than any sound hole pickup or UST in the low end.
Currently I'm using a Helix to EQ and mix these two sources together. But I wish I had a simpler setup for certain times. But the K&K just sounds dull without a 2nd source. It's warm, natural, true... but dull by itself.
Just curious if anyone else has found this to be true, and any advice you may have. Thanks!
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