Nasal

[WillHuber27]

So I recently just rigged up my Martin D18 GE with a Fishman Neo-D pickup. Given that the pickup is passive, I also grabbed an L.R. Baggs Para Acoustic DI Preamp to give it a little spice. Now, I am getting this really funky nasal tone from the higher strings - in particular the B string. It's very similar to the bridge position pickup on a Les Paul with the tone knob rolled all the way down. Any input? I've messed around with the EQ on the L.R. Baggs and nothing seems to fix it. Is it just the nature of my setup? Please help!
Will

[Doug Young]

Originally Posted by WillHuber27

So I recently just rigged up my Martin D18 GE with a Fishman Neo-D pickup. Given that the pickup is passive, I also grabbed an L.R. Baggs Para Acoustic DI Preamp to give it a little spice. Now, I am getting this really funky nasal tone from the higher strings - in particular the B string. It's very similar to the bridge position pickup on a Les Paul with the tone knob rolled all the way down. Any input? I've messed around with the EQ on the L.R. Baggs and nothing seems to fix it. Is it just the nature of my setup? Please help!
Will

You're using a magnetic pickup, the same as an electric guitar uses. Mags have many nice qualities, but they do tend to sound like an electric guitar, especially the b string. Not much you can do to eq it, tho cutting the mids may help a little.
Some pricier mags let you adjust each string, which helps with the tendency for the b string to be hotter, (but this doesn't affect the tone, per se)' but the neo-d has fixed poll pieces