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Video of Dimarzio Black Angel Mag and Piezo Dual Source System
Hello everyone! I thought there may be some interest in this recording I have recently put together of my Dimarzio Black Angel dual source system. It has taken a long time to get this put together and fine tuned, but I have to say I am happy with the results.
I've posted on this once before, but to review, this is a passive system in the guitar, then it goes to a K&K belt clip preamp, where it is followed by a DTAR Solstice which goes direct to the recorder. I'm doing very little with the eq - I have boosted a bit of lows and scooped sime mids on the Mag (via Solstice). I tamed the high end and mids a bit on the piezo (via the K&K). A key discovery I found was making sure the phase on the mag was right! That can be the difference between it sounding "just ok" and sounding very nice. I put some nice transparent compression on the final track via Audacity to get it sounding more up front. BTW I'm using a Black Mountain Thumbpick to do both fingerstyle and strumming! It's a blast! It makes things possible for me that I would not be able to to with more conventional hybrid picking. I hope you all enjoy this old church hymn chestnut from my childhood!
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Sounds wonderful, as always. It's not quite the same but I've been using a Fishman Powertap Earth into an EAE Gigmix and have been fairly happy with it as well. It's hard to beat the mag/sbt combo for fingerstyle instrumental playing.
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Thanks MrErikJ! Glad you like this. The Fishman system looks awesome - it's nice they put together the whole mag/sbt package, with the ability to run either mono or stereo. The Dimarzio system isn't too bad - they give you the stereo jacks to connect both passive pickups but you need to supply the rest of the capability off board, which for me requires the K&K belt clip to grab the signal as close to the pickups as possible.
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It sounds nice! I hear mostly the mag in my headphones, but it's a good sound. I also ordered a package of those new picks. Looking forward to them arriving soon.
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Thanks martingitdave! Glad you like the sound. I was just going for an honest un-hyped sound of the pickups. I think the SBT especially offers a more convincing strumming sound than I can get with the mag alone. That extra complexity in the upper mids really helps make it more natural.
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That was beautifully played and a wonderful selection!! As far as tone I found it very natural sounding. I’ve always thought that mag pickups are a great choice for fingerstyle and use one myself in my D18.
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Yes the mag is great for fingerstyle, and the SBT really helps with the strumming. I've heard livestreamed recordings of myself strumming with the mag only and I didn't like it at all!! I also think the combination mag/sbt reduces the need for fancy eq, because the SBT has the more sparking upper mids that the mag lacks. Each kind of covers up the other's weaknesses.
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