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<blockquote data-quote="Jay Barracato" data-source="post: 14752" data-attributes="member: 24">Re: Acoustic guitar pickupsIf just the pickup was enough for good sound, those Fishman auras would not be getting so popular. I think the best I have heard have used some significant post pickup processing. So in addition to eq, if the guitarist doesn&#039;t have his own tone shaping stuff on the signal I would want a dedicated reverb/delay unit for the channel along with the eq.I think in general people have just gotten used to the pickup sound without remembering that it really isn&#039;t anything like the instrument actually sounds.The pickup by itself can be okay in a busy (like country music or rock) mix but IMHO is lacking in a solo or small ensemble setting.Many guitarists have never seemed to have learned how to play a mic, but a good option if possible is to leave the pickup for monitors and use the mic out front.Unfortunately if all you have is the pickup into&nbsp; DI into the channel, all you can really do is change the frequencies that suck the most, without getting rid of them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jay Barracato, post: 14752, member: 24"] Re: Acoustic guitar pickups If just the pickup was enough for good sound, those Fishman auras would not be getting so popular. I think the best I have heard have used some significant post pickup processing. So in addition to eq, if the guitarist doesn't have his own tone shaping stuff on the signal I would want a dedicated reverb/delay unit for the channel along with the eq. I think in general people have just gotten used to the pickup sound without remembering that it really isn't anything like the instrument actually sounds. The pickup by itself can be okay in a busy (like country music or rock) mix but IMHO is lacking in a solo or small ensemble setting. Many guitarists have never seemed to have learned how to play a mic, but a good option if possible is to leave the pickup for monitors and use the mic out front. Unfortunately if all you have is the pickup into DI into the channel, all you can really do is change the frequencies that suck the most, without getting rid of them. [/QUOTE]

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