[mplpost] And now, pickups?

Ben Sures ben@yellowpencil.com
Wed Jan 30 12:35:47 2002


Thanks Art.I will check out the sight.Has anyone tried the highlander piezo
and mic combo?
Ben
>On 01/30/02 9:26 AM, "Charlie Roby" <roby@interlog.com> wrote:
>
>> I know the topic of pickups has been raised once or twice -
>> any more thoughts, preferences, etc?
>
>I've tried a whole bunch, spent a fortune in the process, and the best setup
>I've tried is the new B-Band CR-2 condenser-electret under-saddle transducer
>and mic combo (http://193.65.242.29/new/index.shtml). The price is very
>reasonable, and the tone is pretty damn fine indeed. It wires up into a
>stereo 1/4" endpin jack you can split and run into any board/d.i. setup, or
>you can run the stereo out into B-Band's own external Entity preamp/mixer
>unit. This is the setup I use, with a couple of Nanoverbs stuck to the top
>with industrial velcro. When it comes to air travel and especially festival
>workshop stages, it sure beats the heck out of lugging around the Stephen
>Fearingesque monstrosity of a rack case, Mackie 1202, Quadraverb etc. I used
>to use (I mean, nobody sounds better than Stephen, but yeeesh :-).
>
>When I played Rootsfest in Victoria last year, Stevie Coyle and James Nash
>from the Waybacks had these little Raven Labs external preamps they swore
>by. I think Don Bray's got one now too...
>
>Art
>
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