1. LR Baggs M1 Active
2. LR Baggs M80
3. iRig acoustic stage
4. Seymour Duncan Mag Mic.
Used a condenser mic for some live clips and it was feeding back horribly and it was picking up the speaker monitor playback so I think I'll have to look into a soundhole pickup as I don't want to permanently modify my D28 - not yet anyway. Long term I want to put an LR Baggs Anthem in it but that's not for a while.
The M80 was my first choice but the others are meant to be decent too for live use, as I may be playing the D28 on stage later in the year.
Any recommendations welcome.
Comments
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Oh and the Mojo NC-1 has entered the list, I just checked out a demo and it does sound great! But I think its a relatively new release and hard to source in the UK.
More of a strummer as opposed to a fingerstyle player on the D28 too so would want that acoustic sound and not a metallic electric guitar one!
It records well too.
I have a rare earth and SD magmic.
The RE sounds better as mag only but with mic blended in the SD is more natural, albeit bigger physically.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
(1) Fishman Rare Earth single coil (active) - Sounded pretty good but I lived in fear of the battery giving out.
(2) Fishman Neo D single coil (passive) - Bought to replace (1) but turned out to be way too weak in output for live use.
(3) LR Baggs M80 - Sounds excellent but if you hit it while playing you and the audience will know about it! Really long battery life and a handy level indicator actuated by a tiny push button. Bloody spendy though!
I kind of wish I had gone for the K&K Pure Mini although apparently that system can be ‘challenging’ to install.
It's quite feedback resistant live and it has a thumb wheel balance knob which I set to 50% up. If I get any feedback then I just turn the mic off. The mic does sound great though and that's why I use it over the rare earth.