Barbera Soloist Pickups

[guitaniac]

Originally Posted by royd

it's Al Petteway

So it is. I recall him as being clean shaven on the only occasion that I've crossed paths with him.

[SpiritShooter]

For anyone interested, using the Barbera in a dual source situation with a dual channel preamp like the SPS-1 is a viable solution.

Getting a percussive response from the Barbera isn't a real option. Mixing it with a ResoCoil type pickup or mic may certainly be.

I received this from Barbera...

"You can mix a soundboard transducer signal in with the Soloist.
You would want to keep the soundboard transducer gain level low however
or you will degrade the performance of the Soloist pickup.
Best,

Rich B."

I installed a K&K Trinity Mic and the results are excellent. I have a Schertler ResoCoil on order and will install that in about a week when it arrives.

Jake O.

[guitaniac]

Thanks for the observations, Jake. I'm considering the possibility of blending the Soloist with a Mini-Flex 2Mic.