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<blockquote data-quote="Art Welter" data-source="post: 14850" data-attributes="member: 52">Re: Acoustic guitar pickupsMany piezo pickups will have a narrow resonant peak up fairly high, like 6-8K, then roll off rapidly.To keep them from sounding like somebody playing a garden rake, a very narrow notch must be pulled, then a high shelf boost to bring back in some &#039;&#039;air&#039;&#039;.Coupled with the usual low end boom frequency (port tuning) to get rid of, a high pass to prevent ultra low thump, and some other gnarly mid band peak (or dip), it often can be difficult to get a decent sound with less than four bands of full parametric and a HP.I found that out the first time mixing an acoustic opener on the old Clair flip top console, even though it had 3 fully parametric channels, had to choose between getting rid of the low boom or the gnarly mid...Or you get someone like Leo Kottke, plug his guitar in to a Countryman type 85 to a flat system and it sounds perfect...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Art Welter, post: 14850, member: 52"] Re: Acoustic guitar pickups Many piezo pickups will have a narrow resonant peak up fairly high, like 6-8K, then roll off rapidly. To keep them from sounding like somebody playing a garden rake, a very narrow notch must be pulled, then a high shelf boost to bring back in some ''air''. Coupled with the usual low end boom frequency (port tuning) to get rid of, a high pass to prevent ultra low thump, and some other gnarly mid band peak (or dip), it often can be difficult to get a decent sound with less than four bands of full parametric and a HP. I found that out the first time mixing an acoustic opener on the old Clair flip top console, even though it had 3 fully parametric channels, had to choose between getting rid of the low boom or the gnarly mid... Or you get someone like Leo Kottke, plug his guitar in to a Countryman type 85 to a flat system and it sounds perfect... [/QUOTE]

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