Open mic tone problem

[guitaniac]

Originally Posted by j.blay

If the para DI is a LR Baggs, it wont have phantom power and you will still need a preamp for the K&K. I would suggest trying the K&K with the belt clip preamp run through the Para DI and experiment with the notch filters, gain, Phase, ect at home to get the best balance of volume/sound combo you can and try this out at your next open mic. Once you try this a few times, You'll be better educated to make a decision on the custom build pick up choice. If you can give the open mic host a better signal to start with, you may be happy with the K&K, preamp,LR Baggs signal chain. The Para DI/belt clip preamp combo is small enough and easy to bring along in a small shoulder bag. Don't forget to bring your own cables. Keep us posted. I'm in the process of creating my open mic set up as well. I'm using a JJB Prestige 330 and K&K Silver Bullet microphone internally stereo wired, and run into a DTAR Solstice blender and Equinox combo. I'm concerned I may now have more stuff than I care to tote along, and may just go back to just the JJB 330 and the LR Baggs Para DI. I will say that I love the sound and volume I'm now getting with my current set up. I am a bare finger picker as well.

The OP hasn't mentioned having a mic in his guitar, so I don't think he'll need a K&K preamp for phantom power.

From my own experiences with the Pure Mini and a Baggs PADI, I suspect the OP will find that the Pure Mini/PADI combo (EQ set flat) will produce a noticably bassier signal than the Pure Mini/K&K preamp combo (EQ set flat). There may be some advantage in using the K&K preamp in front of the PADI (in the signal chain) simply to start off with a less bassy signal (before making any EQ adjustments with the PADI). Then again, he may get better results just using the PADI by itself or the K&K preamp by itself.

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