Acoustic/Electric Players...

[Arn C.]

Howdy All and Happy Friday!

What setups are you guys using for acoustic electric playing.  I just wanted to get some ideas from what others are using.

I was battling with the tone from my acoustic/electric and found that using a home eq really helped alot in tone shaping.   I just retrofitted my guitar/eq cables so I could use it.  

Thanks!
Arn C.

[Ed G.]

I think a good compressor would go a long way. I've got an electric acoustic I have yet to bring to a gig, but I want to make a good compressor for it, or hopefully find the old Trace Elliot dual band compressor. You want to compress the highs more to reduce the spiky transients and 'quack' and compress the lows less.

[Gilles C]

A Fishman GII preamp to have a tone control.

A Mosfet booster when I don't need EQ.

And a Boss CS-3 compressor.

But I am looking forward to try this preamp when I receive it.

http://www.behringer.com/MIC200/index.cfm?lang=ENG

[Arn C.]

I never have tried a compressor with my acoustic/electric, in that case, I really never used one with my electric guitars either.  Do they really help in the sound quality?  

I will give that a try, should I use it before or after  the eq I am using?  I presume after..


Thanks!
Arn C.

[casey]

i run my acoustic with an l.r. baggs i beam pickup through
a presonus tubepre.....  sounds really nice!

[piano boy]

I run my acoustic into an alesis nanocompressor and like the sound.

I am trying to go battery powered and highly portable and so want to replace the nanocompressor. It uses a 9 vac wall wart . I guess there is no way to battery power it? (open to suggestions).

I've use a little gem amp running into a homebuilt 1x8" cabinet, and am in the process of building a ruby (and some other cabinets too, a 4x8" is 90% done)

If I were building on perf board, how well would the orange squeezer or dynacomp work for this?

[Doug_H]

;lkj

[AL]

Obviously the most ideal way is using a mic - which is pretty tricky at times. Boss makes an acoustic simulator pedal, which isn't perfect by a long shot, but in this world of DSP etc, it's not too bad with an electric-acoustic. You can usually pick one up on Harmony Central for around $45-$60. They help out a good deal if you've got a lousy pick-up - like me!!

AL

[travissk]

I didn't take my acoustic-electric to college, so it's mostly a practice guitar when I'm at home... I don't use it live either, so I can't say how it mixes with other instruments... it sounds pretty good though.

Fender Stratacoustic > Boss CS-3 compressor > Rogue 4-channel PA mixer with reverb

or

Fender Stratacoustic > V-amp 2 ("tube preamp"+fx) > computer+computer speakers or PA system.

The Stratacoustic sounds bad on its own, but sounds nice and open amplified. Also, it has onboard EQ controls.

[dv8]

I have a Takamine with a built-in preamp and eq and an under saddle transducer.

I have a Martin D-15 and a cheap 12-string, both of which I installed Fishman Matrix undersaddle (active, but no volume control).

I use a Boss TU-2 (which acts as my mute switch), DIY Orange Squeezer, and a EH Small Clone reissue.  EQ is set by the main board live.

The EHSC is on most of the time for a little depth to the sound.

The OS is on when I'm picking parts or soloing.  I turn the OS off when playing chords, so I can have better control of the dynamics with my pick hand (I'm not used to compressors).

The OS sounds sweet, very subtle, very good way to control loudness.  The chorus likes the OS, too.

I'm building a Ross Comp to compare with the OS.