Blend Pedals For Use With Two Pups

[Wellington]

All I know of is the ToneBone Mix Blender, which I would love but is very pricey.
The idea is to eventually pick up a sound hole pup to blend with the piezo on my guitar.
Any knockoff or affordable but half decent quality suggestions?

[guitarman68]

The K&K two channel preamp could be an option. I used one for several years - reliable and good sound, gain-bass-mid-treble on both channels.
Maybe the Baggs MixPro - but I never tried.
Good Luck

[Wissen]

The Headway EDB-2 is built for exactly this purpose. The only downside is that you can't EQ each individual channel. You can choose to apply it to one channel, the other, or both, but you only have one set of knobs.

I don't mean for that to be too harsh a criticism. It sounds great. And blending multiple pickup systems on one guitar was exactly how the designers intended it to be used.

[wood nacho]

I've been seeing a few folks lately using the Boss LS-2 to blend pickups together. There is a great video of Jon Gomm discussing his rig and how he uses the ls-2.

[guitarman68]

Boss LS-2 - great idea ! It will do the job matching different input signals, and you can ad a GE7, if equalising is necessary in one channel.

[OneThing]

I use the Behringer Micromix MX400 Line Mixer. It works beautifully and it’s only $24.00 at Sweetwater. Oh, and it’s tiny too.

[Wellington]

Originally Posted by OneThing

I use the Behringer Micromix MX400 Line Mixer. It works beautifully and it’s only $24.00 at Sweetwater. Oh, and it’s tiny too.

Awesome, that's a price range I can shell out for right now. It's successful running two pickups from an acoustic (or pickup and a mic) into one output line that you could then run into a preamp?

[OneThing]

Originally Posted by d.loseth

Awesome, that's a price range I can shell out for right now. It's successful running two pickups from an acoustic (or pickup and a mic) into one output line that you could then run into a preamp?

Yes, it works great for blending two pickups. I’m amazed at the quality given the low price point. It feels well made. I have two pickups in one of my acoustics and I use it to blend both signals into the one output and then into a Tech 21 Q-Strip. This is a perfect solution for

[guitarman68]

If you are using passive pickups, a passive mixer like the Behringer won't help. If you are using two active pickups, it will do the job.
If you want to mix pickup and internal mic, you will need a dedicated blender which sends phantom power to the internal mic. There are various out there, but the K&K offers good quality and features at a moderate price.
Before buying cheap always consider that the weakest part of the signal chain defines the sound.
I spent a lot of money over the years like many here on AGF - now the weakest part in the signal chain is me
Good luck !

[Wellington]

Originally Posted by guitarman68

If you are using passive pickups, a passive mixer like the Behringer won't help. If you are using two active pickups, it will do the job.
If you want to mix pickup and internal mic, you will need a dedicated blender which sends phantom power to the internal mic. There are various out there, but the K&K offers good quality and features at a moderate price.
Before buying cheap always consider that the weakest part of the signal chain defines the sound.
I spent a lot of money over the years like many here on AGF - now the weakest part in the signal chain is me
Good luck !

Good point, I have a passive pickup in mine.

[OneThing]

Originally Posted by d.loseth

Good point, I have a passive pickup in mine.

Isn’t the K&K Mini passive? I’m using the Lyric and the K&K.

[guitarman68]

You are right. K&K pure mine is passive. But after soldering to the stereo jack of your Lyric system it gets part of an active system, powered by the battery inside your guitar.

[OneThing]

Originally Posted by guitarman68

You are right. K&K pure mine is passive. But after soldering to the stereo jack of your Lyric system it gets part of an active system, powered by the battery inside your guitar.

Interesting. Good thing you caught that before he ordered the Behringer. Thanks

[Irish Pennant]

I experimented one time with gear I have on hand. The guitar I used has a K&K, I put onto it a Fishman sound hole pickup for the second pup. I ran one to a PADI and the other to a Zoom A3. I then ran the PADI and the A3 to a HOF Reverb pedal's "stereo in" and then "mono out" to the mixer. It blended it just fine and had individual tone and gain control.

For my ears the tone wasn't a quantum leap and so I went back to a single pup. The experiment did yield to me that what I want for a duel source is something like a Fishman Matrix Blend where the second pup is a mic.

[guitarwebguy]

You might consider a small powered mixer like the Yamaha MG06X which does a great job combining inputs + decent EQ & FX. Yes you can indeed spend $$ but truly you do get what you pay for and the more expensive “blenders” offer a lot (as an example take a look at the Grace Design Felix)