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08-12-2013, 07:28 AM
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I have used a Mama Bear with my CAs. Works fine.
However, I would not say that Mama loves the Element more than other pickups. When I used Mama with my old beater Ovation, I could use a blend of about 60% wet for live performance, which gave me a great plugged in tone. However, my Baggs Element equipped guitars would only allow me to go about 40% wet. It definitely improved the tone, but nearly as much. It doesn't matter all that much if it's a CA, some other CF guitar or a wood guitar, though. The pickup is what matters the most with Mama. The Element works reasonably well with Mama, but not nearly as good as some drier sounding pickups. 
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08-12-2013, 07:48 AM
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Yes, Mama Bear worked fine for my CA, though mine is equipped with the Fishman Premium Blend pickup. And yes, about 40% wet seemed to be the sweet spot. Oddly enough, the notch filter was a useful effect on some of the bigger-sounding images (D28, J200, etc.)
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08-12-2013, 07:49 AM
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Yes, I tried it and it was effective but it has been a while ago and I blew my Mama Bear up using the wrong ac adapter.
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08-12-2013, 11:47 AM
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Thanks, very helpful. I know that wood or carbon fiber doesn't matter to Mama, but I'm wanting a CF guitar because the majority of my gigs are outdoors and my Flammang and sunshine don't mix. I'm leaning towards a used OX from ebay and they seem to come stock with the element which I don't care for, so I thought I'd ask how much improvement I could expect. I guess if I don't like it I could pull it, re-sell the Mama Bear, and replace it all with a K&K for about the same price, and the events I play are small enough so that volume and feedback are non-issues. So, I'll give it a shot and let y'all know how it turns out.
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