Combining a Fishman UST with a K&K?

[Adrianw]

Hi,
I have K&K Passive Pure Western Mini's in all my guitars, Martins, Collings and Larrivees. I just picked up a cool little Eastman E1ss slope dread that came with a Fishman Sonitone installed that sounds, well, better than it has any right to. Couple of questions:

First, the preamp is part of the tone and volume wheel assembly instead of being part of the end jack. The entire assembly (except the battery) is stuck to a reinforced spot on the soundboard along the soundhole. How hard is it to get this un-stuck without damaging anything?

Second, since the Fishman preamp isn't part of the output jack assembly and the battery isn't wired to it is it possible to add the K&K to to the same jack and switch between both using a tip/sleeve arrangement? Or possibly use them both at once. The K&K doesn't have a volume control but the Fishman does. Bad idea?

Thanks.

[dcopper]

Not sure but you could have an impedance problem. you may want to check the specs on the Sonitone preamp vs the active K&K preamp. You could just wire th3 K&K into the ring of the Sonitone preamp and use them both or access just the tip or the ring with a TRS cable.
davidc

[Adrianw]

Originally Posted by dcopper

Not sure but you could have an impedance problem. you may want to check the specs on the Sonitone preamp vs the active K&K preamp. You could just wire th3 K&K into the ring of the Sonitone preamp and use them both or access just the tip or the ring with a TRS cable.
davidc

The K&K is passive. No preamp.