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Hello there. I recently installed a Lyric into my Martin dreadnought (unsure of model but it's the full sized guitar). I'm playing through a Fishman Artist combo amp and finding that the pickup is "woofy". I'm really liking the sound of the higher frequencies, but the mids and lows are kinda nasty, the lows in particular. Even with the lows almost pulled back all the way on the amp, if I hit chords with even a moderate amount of attack, I get a lot of woof and boom, almost as if the speaker sounds like it's clipping. I have made countless subtle changes to the presence dial, which helps a little, but doesn't eliminate the idea.
I read that microphone position isn't supposed to matter on this thing, but I'm sorta questioning that. For instance, I tried to place the mic dead center on the bridge plate between the 1st and 6th strings, but when I checked with a mirror, it's actually positioned off center towards the 1st string. Maybe it's placebo, but I hear the 1st string better than the 6th string. If a small amount of malpositioning makes the strings sound different, I wonder if there's more ideal placement of the mic all together to get the woof out.
Has anyone experimented with mic positioning on this and had good results? If so, any recommended positions?
I read that microphone position isn't supposed to matter on this thing, but I'm sorta questioning that. For instance, I tried to place the mic dead center on the bridge plate between the 1st and 6th strings, but when I checked with a mirror, it's actually positioned off center towards the 1st string. Maybe it's placebo, but I hear the 1st string better than the 6th string. If a small amount of malpositioning makes the strings sound different, I wonder if there's more ideal placement of the mic all together to get the woof out.
Has anyone experimented with mic positioning on this and had good results? If so, any recommended positions?
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