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Hi. First post on this forum. Been lurking for a while to learn as much as I can but being pretty new to the intricacies of using acoustics live, I have a few questions I can couldn't really figure out by myself.

I've pretty much been an electric player for the last 6 years but just recently started a project where I want to exclusively use acoustics. It's a 3-piece ambient project with the acoustic, piano/synths and drum machines so stage volume would be pretty low most of the time.

Now, I just moved cities for college so I'm yet to buy a guitar here but having played a bunch these past weeks I'm pretty settled on a Yamaha APX500II. I'll be running this through a Line 6 M9.

What I can't figure out is if I'll need a preamp. The APX500 uses the ART system, from what I've gathered. If that sounds fine straight into a DI box then I can just get a Radial PRO 48 but if I need a preamp as well I'd need to get a LR Para. Is that correct?

Thanks.