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11-22-2018, 05:31 PM
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Mi-Si or no Mi-Si
Probably going to call up Ted tomorrow and see what he can do on a Farallon for the spouse.
Should I order with the Mi-Si or without? If ordered without I will probably eventually have a local shop install a K&K. Note, I have a K&K in my Shorty, and find it somewhat annoying to have to bring extra crap along like a pre-amp or DI box to make it work right.
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#2
11-22-2018, 05:40 PM
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The Mi-Si in my Savoy works well
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11-22-2018, 10:33 PM
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It is a decent UST and I played a party tonight with mine. No doubt other pickups sound better but I'm not sure an audience will know the difference. A ToneDextor will take a Mi-Si UST to the same level of perfection as it would with a SBT. But unlike a passive SBT, the Mi-Si is fully buffered and can handle a direct connection to a mixer.
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#4
11-23-2018, 05:07 AM
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Hi had Joe install a K&K on my Farallon directly from Blackbird. It is now an option and sounds great!! I would not hesitate to have one installed. Also the sound port really expands the base sound on this uke. Highly recommend... also looks cool when looking down into the uke. You can see al the craftsmanship that Joe and team put into their instruments that normally is hidden.
Good luck!! The wait time is long unless you happen to catch Ted with some inventory on hand :-)
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11-23-2018, 05:17 AM
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I owned a Farallon without a pick up so I can't comment but a friend has the Blackbird Clara with Misi and it sounds good. I have 2 custom build Kimo ukes with Misi and some other different customs with LR Baggs 5.0 pick ups and the sound is similar and quite good. I think you would be happy with the Farallon and Misi combo. Get the volume/ tone control wheels installed if available through Blackbird, makes it that much nicer.
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11-23-2018, 12:31 PM
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I went ahead and shelled out for the Mi-Si.
The wife is not good about being cognizant of the mic location, so I definitely want a pick-up of some sort. I could probably save a little by having someone install a K&K Aloha, but there is a not insignificant hassle factor of driving 40 minutes to a decent tech. (Phoenix metro is significantly spread out)
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11-23-2018, 03:16 PM
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11-23-2018, 03:32 PM
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Probably a good decision, AZ. Both of the Blackbird instruments that I own (Lucky 13 CF guitar, and the Farallon eKoa ukulele) do not have pickups in them. I still have wooden guitars and ukulele with pickups, on the off chance that I someday decided to perform amplified again.
And I cannot argue about Phoenix being spread out with terrible traffic - sheesh!
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