How much does it cost to retrofit acoustic with pick ups/preamsp

Lewy · May 2018

ICBM said:

Lewy said:

It’s also one of those products that earned its rep when there wasn’t much other quality competition. I really don’t think they sound as good as other cheaper things that have come along since (like the Baggs M1A or M80).

I have to say I don't like the M1A. (I haven't tried the M80.) I did at first, but after a while it somehow started to grate, and now I tend to hear that every time... whereas I used to think the Rare Earth sounded a bit bland, but now I think it sounds better than the Baggs.

I might know the characteristic of the M1A you’re referring to, actually. Something honky in the mids you can’t quite get rid of?

if it is that, it bothered me too until I put the M1A through a Session DI and turned up the comp EQ (multiband compression). It largely went away but of course once you start adding in the cost of preamps to get pickups sounding how you want them, things like the Sunrise stop looking expensive...