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Hi,
My apologizies for this quite long problem description, but I just want to be thorough in my explanation so -hopefully- I get some good advices.
For several years I own a Larrivee OM-05 which came with an Anthem Stagepro preinstalled. I have used it amplified a few times 5 or 6 years ago without noticing anything strange (except for point 3 down below). After that I only played guitar at home and never plugged it in again until a few weeks ago when I decided it was time to go "on stage" again. Now I have several problems which are driving me a little bit crazy, because this is my favourite (and most expensive) guitar.
1. Constant hiss (white noise)
There is a large amount of hiss (white noise) in every blend setting (100% mic, 50% mic, 100% piezo). This makes playing through an amp impossible. The noise is noticable from fairly medium volumes and up. Playing at "stage volume" level is impossible.
2. Lots of piezo 'quack'
As soon as I blend in the piezo, there is a lot of 'quack'. I know that this is a common issue with UST's, but I own cheaper guitars that don't have this many harshness/quack.
3. Big volume differences between strings
The low E string is way to loud compared to the other 5 strings. This occurs with every blend setting.
4. The 100% mic blend sounds muddy and a bit overdriven
I prefer playing with a 100% mic blend since this -indeed- does represent the acoustic guitar sound best, even with the current sound problems. But unfortunately the 100% mic blend sounds muddy and even a bit overdriven, like I have put an overdrive pedal with minimal settings between my guitar and mixing desk, which of course I didn't
Of course I tried a lot of things to address all the problems I mentioned, but none of them ruled out any of them completely
- Exchanged cables: no difference
- Using a Fishman Tonedeq preamp/DI with al kind of settings (DI out, line out, low cut filters, compressor): no or very very little result
- Using an EQ pedal: small difference since you ofcourse can dial out some of the 'quack' and the volume difference between strings, but not satisfying enough
- Recording guitar into a Boss loop pedal and playing it back: all same problems in the sound
- Using a mixing desk (Yamaha MG06) with headphones (AudioTechnica) and using a Bose S1 Pro powered speaker: all problems occur in both situations
From what I read and hear (Youtube) everywhere the Anthem (Stagepro) system is a state-of-the-art system and should sound really true to the original acoustic sound without any of the problems mentioned above. I would be very happy if my Anthem system did the same... so: are there people around here or techs from LR Baggs who can help me further with the next steps?
Thank you in advance,
Bart
My apologizies for this quite long problem description, but I just want to be thorough in my explanation so -hopefully- I get some good advices.
For several years I own a Larrivee OM-05 which came with an Anthem Stagepro preinstalled. I have used it amplified a few times 5 or 6 years ago without noticing anything strange (except for point 3 down below). After that I only played guitar at home and never plugged it in again until a few weeks ago when I decided it was time to go "on stage" again. Now I have several problems which are driving me a little bit crazy, because this is my favourite (and most expensive) guitar.
1. Constant hiss (white noise)
There is a large amount of hiss (white noise) in every blend setting (100% mic, 50% mic, 100% piezo). This makes playing through an amp impossible. The noise is noticable from fairly medium volumes and up. Playing at "stage volume" level is impossible.
2. Lots of piezo 'quack'
As soon as I blend in the piezo, there is a lot of 'quack'. I know that this is a common issue with UST's, but I own cheaper guitars that don't have this many harshness/quack.
3. Big volume differences between strings
The low E string is way to loud compared to the other 5 strings. This occurs with every blend setting.
4. The 100% mic blend sounds muddy and a bit overdriven
I prefer playing with a 100% mic blend since this -indeed- does represent the acoustic guitar sound best, even with the current sound problems. But unfortunately the 100% mic blend sounds muddy and even a bit overdriven, like I have put an overdrive pedal with minimal settings between my guitar and mixing desk, which of course I didn't
Of course I tried a lot of things to address all the problems I mentioned, but none of them ruled out any of them completely
- Exchanged cables: no difference
- Using a Fishman Tonedeq preamp/DI with al kind of settings (DI out, line out, low cut filters, compressor): no or very very little result
- Using an EQ pedal: small difference since you ofcourse can dial out some of the 'quack' and the volume difference between strings, but not satisfying enough
- Recording guitar into a Boss loop pedal and playing it back: all same problems in the sound
- Using a mixing desk (Yamaha MG06) with headphones (AudioTechnica) and using a Bose S1 Pro powered speaker: all problems occur in both situations
From what I read and hear (Youtube) everywhere the Anthem (Stagepro) system is a state-of-the-art system and should sound really true to the original acoustic sound without any of the problems mentioned above. I would be very happy if my Anthem system did the same... so: are there people around here or techs from LR Baggs who can help me further with the next steps?
Thank you in advance,
Bart
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