![]() ![]() Can you clarify - is your piezo in an electric guitar? Sounds like it is, in which case the advice I've given doesn't apply. You're going to have a hard time getting a decent piezo tone through the setup you describe, honestly. I use a comp for leads, so I set my "pick volume" on the guitar, kick on the comp, and set my gain that way, and make sure I have the headroom come solo time.ĭoesn't sound exactly like a mic-ed up acoustic, but I like it better than most systems, and nothing sounds exactly like an acoustic in a room, or mic-ed up.īelieve it or not, the instructions that come with the Fishman onboard blenders are fairly useful. With a group, I cut bass, solo, I add it. I keep the volume at about 3 O'Clock for stuff where I use a pick, and full up when fingerpicking. After that's set, I fade the pickup in for some density. I start with the slider on mic only, and work the notch and contour (generally cut some highs, and use the notch to kill the band that's feeding back most) to get it to sound as good as I can, as loud as I can, flip the phase switch a couple times to see which way I like it best, then use some channel EQ (usually cut a bunch of 300-500hz) to keep it loud and useful and not too woofy. Most of my guitars have fishman onboard blenders (which have the mic and the pickup, a sweepable EQ band and a notch filter affects the mic signal, and the treble/bass affect the pickup signal. If you're playing in a group, you'll probably want less bass, and a little more mids. If you're playing solo, and you have electronics onboard(the onboard stuff was made to work with the pickup, get as much signal from it as you can), crank the volume, bass, and treble, and cut the mids (depending on the system, a little or a lot). Your live acoustic tone is almost always going to be some sort of compromise. In general, piezo systems will never sound as good as an excellent acoustic in the studio mic'd with a nice external condenser and mic pre. Too much sizzle or bass and the guitar just doesn't sound quite natural either. Too much middle and the guitar crowds the vocals and other stuff at those frequencies. Overall, if I can shape the tone of the guitar to taste, I like piano like tones across the frequency spectrum. If I was playing bigger gigs, I'd likely want to DI right into the board instead of putting a mic on the SWR.) (I have an SWR Cali Blonde which is great for most places I'd play. Once I've got that, then I'll shape the tone as much as I can with the guitar and amp and/or the board depending on how I'm amplifying the guitar. My first goal is to get to the right volume level to sit at the right spot in the mix and not feed back. It has a piezo and an internal mic, each with their own tone shaping controls. I'm using a Taylor with a Fishman Stereo Blender. I use the EQ and notch filtering to control feedback, and the frequencies where you have feedback problems will vary depending on the size and shape of the room. ![]() I don't have a "go to" setting per se, but that's because my settings will vary depending on the room I'm in. ![]()
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