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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2013 9:46:42 GMT
Hear lots of good things about the red eye preamp Marcus. I ended up getting one of the old model Headway EDB1's which I'm quite pleased with. How do you find the output of the k&k? Even though its passive I find I only have to set the channel gain at 2 to get an ideal output level. Got a big confirmation mass myself this afternoon. Done an arrangement of On Eagles Wings in Dadgad which I'm looking forward to playing  Robbie |
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Post by alig on Nov 24, 2013 15:21:42 GMT
Well we've just finished our last family Mass for the school year and I thought the K&K pickup in the Torridge really performed well. I used a Red-Eye preamp that was recommended to me through another forum and it seemed to handle the heavy strumming and highish volume without any issues. I noticed a little bit of warbling/boominess from the low E when I first put the guitar through my AER Compact 60 amp and so rolled off the bass a bit on the AER EQ. That seemed to sort things out. All up I'm very pleased with the result. As a guitar that I'll play 99% of the time acoustically at home, it certainly also delivers in a live setting. Cheers, marcus PS... how's that first test coming along in Brisbane??? Hopefully it won't rain all day tomorrow! Fair dos. It'd be nice if the rest of the series was a little more of a competition tho... Certainly brightens up the Scittish winter! ALl the best, Alasdair. |
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Post by marcus on Nov 24, 2013 23:22:10 GMT
Hi Robbie, I know very little about preamps, amps, pickups and the like (well actually I know very little about an awful lot of things but that's a whole other story). I've been getting around playing Maton guitars live for quite some time and think they have a terrific sound when plugged in... they are easy to dial in, are feedback resistant, and are virtually bullet proof. I was a little apprehensive going for the K&K but have found it to be surprisingly good first time up. The output level seems to be fine although I haven't really pushed it way up there... and I did play standing behind the amp so as to minimise any possibility of feedback. Was it the same quality as I'm used to getting from my old Maton? I'm not sure just yet. A friend in the congregation who is quite musically-minded did come up afterwards and tell me that the guitar sounded great (and she didn't know I had a new guitar). So I think that's a positive start. BTW, the Maton is sold  |
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Post by marcus on Nov 25, 2013 3:08:48 GMT
Robbie, I'm sure the confirmation Mass will be brilliant... a DADGAD "On Eagles Wings" should go down a treat... "the snare of the fowler will never capture you... you're playing is so superb" (sung to the tune of course)
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Post by Welshruss on Nov 27, 2013 8:39:36 GMT
Marcus,
very nice playing and great guitar, we'll have to finally have to have our Sydney guitar get together?
Russ
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Post by marcus on Mar 24, 2014 0:27:13 GMT
Last night while setting up for Mass and getting organised, one of the other players had a bit of a pick of the Torridge as it was plugged into an AER Compact 60 (I was wandering around the Church trying to catch our 2 yr old). While I've played this combination quite a few times in church since I received the guitar, I don't get to hear the guitar very well owing to the overall noise of the band and the fact that the amp sits in front of me. So it was a lovely surprise to hear the Torridge/AER combo from a congregation perspective... it really sounded sweet. The K&K mini plus Fireeye preamp through the AER works a treat.
Cheers, marcus
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