Spudmurphy
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Typical pub gig last night - and decided to go "naked" - well not quite!! What I mean is that I had no effects pedals and just the one guitar.
I used the BCB AL and ran a stereo cable out - split it and ran the mags to my Mesa F50 and the piezo to my AER.
Was also trying live (for the first time), the trick of running a modded patch cable in the send/return of the F50 - running the amp hard but bringing the volume down using the send return potentiometer as a master volume. Well pleased - just need to tweek the settings and I'll probably end up running this way for a while - it's so much easier setting up and playing wise. I can get my lead tone switching the channel on the F50 via the Mesa footswitch.
Anyways onto the title of the thread - I noticed during the first set that a guy was holding his phone up in the air and during the break and at the end he approached me asking how was I getting the sound, and we talked at some length about the Piezo and it's dedicated amp which was then via the line out, sent to the mixing desk - he was so taken back he dialed up his (local) friend and got him to come to the gig (hence the phone held in the air).
Another guy asked me similar questions and he too was impressed by the sound and the "cool looking guitar" ha!
So I'm spreading the word - and guys, I implore you to try a Piezo if you haven't already done so - but please put it through a dedicated acoustic amp to get a true indication of it's capabilties a s a tube amp will not give it credit.
I used the BCB AL and ran a stereo cable out - split it and ran the mags to my Mesa F50 and the piezo to my AER.
Was also trying live (for the first time), the trick of running a modded patch cable in the send/return of the F50 - running the amp hard but bringing the volume down using the send return potentiometer as a master volume. Well pleased - just need to tweek the settings and I'll probably end up running this way for a while - it's so much easier setting up and playing wise. I can get my lead tone switching the channel on the F50 via the Mesa footswitch.
Anyways onto the title of the thread - I noticed during the first set that a guy was holding his phone up in the air and during the break and at the end he approached me asking how was I getting the sound, and we talked at some length about the Piezo and it's dedicated amp which was then via the line out, sent to the mixing desk - he was so taken back he dialed up his (local) friend and got him to come to the gig (hence the phone held in the air).
Another guy asked me similar questions and he too was impressed by the sound and the "cool looking guitar" ha!
So I'm spreading the word - and guys, I implore you to try a Piezo if you haven't already done so - but please put it through a dedicated acoustic amp to get a true indication of it's capabilties a s a tube amp will not give it credit.
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