"It could work. I'd try to borrow a mixer to try it. The trouble you may run into is that the mixer may give your PA a signal that's too hot for its preamp and overdrive it. If you have a gig with a house PA you probably…"
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Do I need a mixer?
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I have a small 50 watt PA (Kustom PA50) that I'm running a passive sound hole pickup and mic into. But, I want to boost the output a bit. Rather than a separate preamp for each item, I thought a…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by tom blegen Aug 18, 2012.
Battery powered PA Systems
Has anyone had any experience running an acoustic or electric guitar through some of the battery powered PA Systems like the Pyle, Histonic or Nady?
Started Apr 27, 2012
Acoustic guitar thru elctric amp. Help!
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I am playing an acoustic guitar with a Seymour Duncan Woody SC Single-Coil sound hole pickup thru a Roland Cube 15 amp and not getting much output. I have to crank up the volume to max to get enough…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Ed Ballard Jan 10, 2011.
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Jerry Rieck posted a discussionDo I need a mixer?
I have a small 50 watt PA (Kustom PA50) that I'm running a passive sound hole pickup and mic into. But, I want to boost the output a bit. Rather than a separate preamp for each item, I thought a mixer (with preamps) might work better. Can I then run one of the channels of the balanced stereo outputs thru a 1/4 cord to the PA? And if I want to run it into the house PA at a live gig which has XLR input, do I use a passive DI box from the mixer to the house PA? If a mixer is the solution, any…See More
Jerry Rieck posted a discussionBattery powered PA Systems
Has anyone had any experience running an acoustic or electric guitar through some of the battery powered PA Systems like the Pyle, Histonic or Nady?
Judgestone replied to Jerry Rieck's discussion Acoustic guitar thru elctric amp. Help!"Also, some of you have seen this vid I made, but I am using an Epi EJ-200, with a cheap Lace California soundhole pickup and running through and electric chain, with reverb, delay, and some O/D using the Behringer DI box to two high end tube heads…"
Judgestone replied to Jerry Rieck's discussion Acoustic guitar thru elctric amp. Help!"I have found that the cheap seymour duncan mavericks and the Lace California soundhole pickups work great and they are cheaper than most. Granted I do enhance the sound with numerous pedals and eq's. I would use them versus…"
Judgestone replied to Jerry Rieck's discussion Acoustic guitar thru elctric amp. Help!"My setup is an ABC Morley ABC Box, that A goes to my electric chain and an electric amp and B goes to another electric pedal chain, and C goes directly into an acoustic amp. When I play my acoutics I will normally stereo my acoustic "C"…"
Kevin Richard Nightingale replied to Jerry Rieck's discussion Acoustic guitar thru elctric amp. Help!"I had a sd woody,a few years ago.It was just not up to the job.Over the years i have struggled to find any sort of pick up for acoustic guitars that are any good.Most are ok at low volumes but just do not work well when you need to be heard outside…"
henry b replied to Jerry Rieck's discussion Acoustic guitar thru elctric amp. Help!"Did it work before now using this setup .Playing to 200 people with an amp that size is a big ask . Are you using acoustic or electric strings on the guitar ? What kind of solo act are you doing ."
"A single-coil soundhole PU should work just fine; it's essentially an electric guitar pickup.
How is the distance from the pole pieces to the strings? That can make a big difference."
Davey C Schrock replied to Jerry Rieck's discussion Acoustic guitar thru elctric amp. Help!"hey Judgestone do you use that direct box if you are going right into the amp from guitar and if you do what does it do and how does it help?thanks Davey"
Judgestone replied to Jerry Rieck's discussion Acoustic guitar thru elctric amp. Help!"I have tried a lot of DI boxes and found the cheap Behringer Acoustic Modeler/DI box to be the most responsive and pretty much rivals very expensive DI boxes or Xciter Pedals. You also might want to look into the BBE Sonic Stomp. I…"
John Gundrum replied to Jerry Rieck's discussion Acoustic guitar thru elctric amp. Help!"Hmm, is a battery required for the Seymour sound hole pickup? Have you checked Seymour Duncan's website for a possible solution? Try emailing SD - they are good with responding to emails with technical questions.
At first I…"
Jerry Rieck posted a discussionAcoustic guitar thru elctric amp. Help!
I am playing an acoustic guitar with a Seymour Duncan Woody SC Single-Coil sound hole pickup thru a Roland Cube 15 amp and not getting much output. I have to crank up the volume to max to get enough volume to be heard in a room holding maybe 200 people and no other instruments. I figure I needed a preamp. I had read on another site that you could build a preamp out of a smaller amp by "rerouting the out-to-speaker wires to the big amp's input and rerouting the small amp's input to be the big…See More
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