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View Poll Results: Which do you prefer?
Fishman rare earth mic blend 3 50.00%
L.r baggs M80 4 66.67%
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Old 03-17-2023, 11:53 PM
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Default Fishman rare earth mic bland vs l.r. baggs M80

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O have the Fishman in my tanglewood Guitar, very Natural suonding pickup with 50/50 mic-mag, but in some situation have feedback problem. Have the M80 less feedback problem or Is similar? Someone tried both and tell me the preferenze or differente in sound?
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Old 03-18-2023, 09:02 AM
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I’ve owned and like both. I think if you roll the mic back on the Fishman you should be fine. Or switch the bass roll off switch on the mic if you have one of the later versions of the Rare Earth Blend.
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Old 03-19-2023, 01:38 AM
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I tried both and liked them. I used the Fishman Blend for some years and preferred it compared to the Baggs for its added bonus of mic/blend. Tried to dial in 50 % mic. In my experience the Fishman mic is more critical to feedback compared to mics I used later (K&K Trinity, DPA 4061) . All of them benefit from using significant high pass filtering, but with the K&K mic and the DPA4061 I can run 50 % mic without feedback issues. I combine them with a soundboard transducer and an external preamp/blender. That makes it less simple compared with the Fishman. Maybe you want to try an external mic on which you can use full EQ.
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Old 03-23-2023, 05:44 AM
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Thanks everybody for the messages
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Old 03-24-2023, 09:59 AM
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Can only speak to Fishman I have in both guitars. I like it and roll the blend a little more to mag vs mic.
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