Acoustic Preamp Shootout
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A comparison of three quite different acoustic preamps - the TC Electronic Bodyrez, Fishman Aura Dreadnought, and L.R. Baggs Para Acoustic DI. Three different solutions to the problem of artificial-sounding signal from an acoustic guitar pickup. • You'll get lots of good info about this if you read the comments here, but just to clarify: each of these approaches the problem of 'making your acoustic guitar actually sound good plugged in' using totally different technology. I called them all 'preamps' because there is no easy word available that means 'acoustic-guitar-sound-good-boxes' but you could make the case that only the LR Baggs is a proper preamp, the Fishman may be some kind of impulse response or modeling technology, and I truly do not know what the BodyRez is doing; perhaps a harmonic exciter or complicated EQ. Anyway, they all help deal with that piezo quack that makes playing an acoustic live sound so much worse than playing it unplugged. • If you're curious, a Four Years Later update: the LR Baggs is the one I still use every week. So I guess time has proven it to be the winner. • ------------------------------------------- • Unless I state otherwise in the video, everything I test out on here is stuff that I bought myself. There are no paid reviews on this channel and only a couple times have I ever had items sent to me for review. All opinions are my own! • AMAZON LINKS FOR THE GEAR IN THIS VIDEO: • (These are affiliate links so if you buy something, I may earn a small commission) • L.R. Baggs Para Acoustic DI: https://amzn.to/3S34rJS • I don't think they make the Aura Dreadnought anymore but here is the current version of the Fishman Aura: https://amzn.to/3XyzzSV • ------------------------------------------- • Chapters: • 0:00 Introduction • 1:20 Raw Acoustic Sound (Ibanez) • 1:37 TC BodyRez 50% • 1:53 TC BodyRez 100% • 2:24 Fishman Aura 50% • 2:38 Fishman Aura 100% • 2:54 LR Baggs Para DI • 3:36 Fishman Aura (Again) • 4:23 TC BodyRez (Again) • 5:01 Switching to an old Silvertone Guitar • 5:13 Raw Acoustic Sound (Silvertone) • 5:30 TC BodyRez + Silvertone • 6:13 Fishman Aura + Silvertone • 6:55 LR Baggs Para DI + Silvertone • 7:15 Concluding Remarks
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