The onboard preamp in my acoustic had both balanced and unbalanced outputs but it died and the replacement only has a 1/4” output. Can someone tell me what I need to do to add a balanced XLR out to the preamp?
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My mother-in-law got it as a gift when she was a small child. I've had it for about 30y. It was mint and hadn't been played since the 60s. I put a Fishman bridge on it and have been playing gigs with it exclusively through an L.R. Baggs ParaDI. It needs new frets and a neck reset. The patina in the binding and the fretboard are to beautiful and the repairs could ruin it. Im removing the Fishman and reinstalling the original bridge. One last picture, and I last amplified jam tonight.
Does anyone have experience with this system in a hybrid/thinner body nylon string acoustics? I have an old Ibanez AEG10ne nylon acoustic and the guitar sounds incredible unplugged but the piezo/preamp sounded terrible and has finally died. This seems like the perfect solution and it can be easily swapped into other guitars. Thoughts?
This guitar belonged to a friend who passed away 25 years ago. His daughter came to live with us shortly after, as did the guitar. It was barely playable, his daughter doesn’t play, so I didn’t want to put the time into it. It also has the serial number scratched off so so that’s always concerned me that it might have been stolen. I remember him playing it in the mid-80s so I guess statute of limitations has runout by now! Anyway, its been hanging on a wall in my house for 20 years but now his daughter’s children are old enough to learn so I’ve finally decided to make it functional again. I’m replacing the lifted bridge, fixing a bad belly bulge, fret file and crown, new bone nut and saddle and upgraded tuners.
My question is, has anyone owned or played one of these in good condition? I’m not sure what to expect from it as far as tone and playability once the work is done.
I bought this for my son from Craigslist for $500! It’s made in China but the workmanship is top notch. Solid Adirondack spruce top, solid mahogany back and sides, one piece mahogany neck, ebony fretboard and bridge, bone nut and saddle, abalone and mother of pearl inlays. List price is ~$1200 but a Martin D-18 with the same specs is <$4000. Now I just need to find the right pickup system.