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Originally Posted by Doug Young
What do you do when someone comes in with a Martin with the built-in Aura preamp? I guess you could drill a hole in the guitar to get at the raw pickup? :-) Just kidding.
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I'm pretty familiar with those.
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Honestly, I'd say you let the guitar player choose his stage signal chain and what signal he gives to the house, whether it's a simple PADI, or reverb pedal, a Helix, or a ToneDexter.
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Yes, I do.
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If it's an open mic with no time, you just accept that 90% of the guitars are going to sound mediocre to bad no matter what gear they're using, just the nature of the situation.
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That's the reality, and maybe I do have to accept it. But it doesn't mean I don't get to dig a little deeper to find out why a $400 miracle-cure disappoints its purchasers while making me and my colleagues come off as inept.
I do a good enough job of coming off as inept already.