[mplpost] And now, pickups?

[Don Bray]

Hi all,
    Art mentioned the Raven Labs preamp and I couldn't resist mentioning how
much I like it. I hate to gush but:
    It's a little red box built like a tank. It's called a PMB-1 which
stands for Professional Master Blender. It's got two channels. Channel one
is designed for a piezo or other pickup wich like to see high impedence. The
other channel is a lower impedence and is designed for mics complete with
phantom power. Both channels have three band eq. There's a tuner out, effect
send and return, and you can run it with two cords like I do or with one
stereo cord. Runs on batteries or plugged in. I'm a folkie so I can't say it
but my daughter would say that this box rocks!
    They're available at the 12th fret and their URL is:
http://www.raven-labs.com/mainframe.html
    I think J. P. Cormier uses one too.
    Don 

> From: Art Turner <redtail@mts.net>
> Reply-To: maplepost@icomm.ca
> Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 10:23:32 -0600
> To: "maplepost icomm.ca" <maplepost@icomm.ca>
> Subject: [mplpost] And now, pickups?
> 
> 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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