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I've owned and tried a ton of different pickup solutions over the years. Soundboard transducer, Fishman systems, LR Baggs systems, LR Baggs soundhole magnetics (M1, M1A, M80), LR Baggs Lyric, K&K, Taylor ES1, and most recently a Takamine Ct4IIB, and Takamine CTP3.
I haven't tried a ES2 outside of just messing around with it for short time, so I won't comment on that. However, out of the other choices I have to say my favorite has been the Takamines. Now they are my most recent addition since I got my P1JC last week. I got it so cheap I went ahead and got a CTP3 for it. I have to say it has quickly become my favorite. |
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Seeing as we have another Ghost thread that has been reborn, I will chime in with my two cents' worth. Martin guitars with Fishman Aura onboard preamps (IMHO) are easily the best sounding plug direct to PA / DI guitars there are. I now own five. Classic DC-Aura, two jumbos (rosewood and maple), a newer DC-Aura GT, and a Custom Shop DC-Aura with the F1+ preamp. While the custom shop model rarely leaves my home studio, I gig with the rest all the time.
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This I have to disagree with. Many Taks are a good example, as well as low end Taylor 100/200 series. Might be cheaper, but great acoustic tone is mimicked through the amplification, and of course once electrified you can adjust / equalize the tone.
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Which ever one Tommy Emmanuel is playing. (I know he usually plays Matons....but I'd apply this to any guitar he's got plugged in).
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I'm thinking EQ control is more important than the system in the guitar itself. The ES2 system as an example is NOT BALANCED (as was the ES1). So when I plug into a house system it sounds like crap... unless I go through my little preamp first. Just having a preamp with no adjustments improves the sound tremendously. Then I can dial it in as necessary. The ES1 system is better for that because it is balanced, but still benefits from the preamp, but differently. JME
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18 volts does wonders for any piezo pickup, see the threads on DTARs elsewhere here. I've also found the CT4-DX is amazing on Tak 12-strings, again YMMV but to my ears Cool Tubes kind of blur the sound of a 12. |
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"Yamaha A3 series guitars are great plugged in. They are being closed out. I paid $900 for an AC3R with nice hard shell case"
Was that at a local store or an online store? Nevermind. I saw one online at Sweetwater.
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I dislike almost all factory rigs. I always buy a guitar, then add my own, either Baggs, Trance Audio, or a strange one called Pick Up The World.
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Technically it's 'cheating' since all the processing takes place in the digital domain in real time, so you should consider it an 'effect'. As in the case of most pieces of technology, I expect the price to fall with a corresponding increase in processing power and performance. 'Soft' synths 'virtually' ended the career of a large array of physical keyboards in the studio. Perhaps in the future you will only need ONE guitar to fulfill all your needs...unless you're a 'purist'. Here's mic modelling applied to a solid bodied instrument. ...here's guitar modelling
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Another vote for the Fishman Aura Enhance VT in the current Martin lineup. But those are in the guitars outside the OP’s price range.
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I posted this in the Acoustic Amplification section the other week, funnily enough titled:
"The Best Pickup I have Played - Maton AP5-Pro" I keep talking about the fantastic pickup system in the new Maton acoustics - the Maton AP5-Pro with piezo undersaddle and condenser mic with preamp in the side of the guitar. Here is my solo version of "Brain Damage" by Pink Floyd with the guitar plugged straight to my mixer and iMac, no other preamps or gadgets, no eq change, no reverb. My vocal is through my Neumann KM184 with reverb on the desk, so there is some spill from the guitar, but this is the best pickup sound I have played or heard direct. https://soundcloud.com/bk7-3/braindamage7b BluesKing777. |
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** I've interchanged them and keep a backup CT4BII, which I actually like very much as well, and it's the simplest of the 3 to use and the battery last longest with one 9v. HOWEVER, the CT4DX DOES have incredible headroom and versatility and is designed to add a dual source as the Cooltube does as well...I used my M80 in one of mine. *** Since the initial date of this thread I've added a Martin 000-18e Retro with the F1 Aura Plus. I know this system inside and out and have been toying with it for 3 years till I finally bought one from Maury when I found out they were being discontinued. Comparing it with the Tak system, it is not as user friendly nor as quick to dial in a good stage sound for what I do as a full-time solo artist playing trop-rock/reggae at loud outside venues here on the coast. The Cooltube's warmth for a six-string and midrange freq cut/boost is a huge on-stage feature. HOWEVER, I have tweaked my Retro's ribbon mic image and found it to be more of a "my guitar only louder" tone vs the oomph, warmth and sustain I get from the Tak. So I like them both but I must say that the "my guitar only louder" isn't always the "best" sound that works for some of the things I play. **** As a working musician who needs good, consistent & reliable tools, I've come to appreciate and use both systems effectively. After years tho of using my MIJ rodie Taks, they are wonderfully reliable beasts. I've only had the Retro 4 months so I can not attest to the longevity of it's reliability yet. ***** May add that I also use a D18 with an M80, yet another useful tone and tool. While I don't prefer it as much for the loud hammerin' stuff, it really shines when I play smaller venues and softer material aka my fingerstyle, percussive, and folk music. It dials in so beautiful for that and is so easy. ****** All my guitar's amplified tone is plug n play, no external preamp etc...they plug direct into a Loudbox and sound great imo as well as feedback I get from other musicians and audience. That is a testimony to these 3 systems I use. They are all very good, high quality systems offering very usable and pleasing sounds. Learning how to use them and gaining an ear for it over many years of experience is valuable in being able to dial in on stage quickly for many different type venues and their varying acoustic properties. Some good stuff in this thread for up and coming artists who need info on this topic. I enjoy reading different artist's needs and perspective as to what works for them and how they achieve it...glad this thread was revived. HERE ARE 3 LIVE SAMPLES OF ALL 3 SYSTEMS PLUG N PLAY INTO LOUDBOX PERFORMER AT DIFFERENT VENUES: #1 MIJ Takamine Signature Series KC70 (I've owned several MIJ Taks & this is still my all-time fav!) Palathetic system: https://youtu.be/HPXEn9aCGUQ #2 Martin 000-18e Retro F1 Aura Plus using ribbon mic image: https://www.facebook.com/eric.alabis...6145041948349/ #3 Martin D-18 with M80: https://youtu.be/j_Wrmzze9Es eric
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I currently have 2,
2005 Gibson Cascade 2017 Martin OMC16e Gibson very good, Martin better. Gibson set up is higher, better for slide, but intonation is only fair, amplified tone is fine, no concerns. Purchased new for $1000. Martin rings, sustain is very good, Intonation is perfect, amplified tone is equal to or better than Gibson. Purchased new for $1500. Both are fine and are played daily, Content with these 2 fine axes. |