[mplpost] And now, pickups?

[c.kaldor]

The raven preamp is also available through club bass and their price was
very reasonable in comparison to the US list price on the raven labs
website.  I have just started using the raven and it seem to do the trick
and is quite clean.  Connie Kaldor
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Bray" <donbray@sympatico.ca>
To: <maplepost@icomm.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: [mplpost] And now, pickups?


> 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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