Members cqc6 Posted September 2, 2004 Members Posted September 2, 2004 Hello all, I was wondering what the best DI box is for Acoustics? We usually plug right in,but I wanna get a direct box. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks all!!!
Members Guitar Adoptions Posted September 2, 2004 Members Posted September 2, 2004 LR Baggs Para DIOr, if you can find one.... Raven Labs PMB II
Members orsino Posted September 2, 2004 Members Posted September 2, 2004 +1 on the Baggs.I have an M-Audio Audio Buddy that I like as well.
Members Pedro Posted September 2, 2004 Members Posted September 2, 2004 another vote for the Baggs, for the money you can't go wrong. I think that it is one of the best investments that I have made.
Members andrewjudah Posted September 2, 2004 Members Posted September 2, 2004 LR Baggs Para DI ... amazing
Members rushboardrider Posted September 2, 2004 Members Posted September 2, 2004 I have to agree with my colleagues regarding the Para Di. I've had a quick look on ebay and there's one going for $118.99 on a buy it now basis http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2385&item=3744780607&rd=1
Members tapeman1 Posted September 2, 2004 Members Posted September 2, 2004 Are DI boxes only good for recording, or do you all use them live as well? Also, can they be used with a guitar that has an on-board preampmixer cut into the side? Sorry for the nooby question. I'm new to the world of amplified acoustic guitars.
Members sdelsolray Posted September 2, 2004 Members Posted September 2, 2004 Originally posted by cqc6 Hello all, I was wondering what the best DI box is for Acoustics? We usually plug right in,but I wanna get a direct box. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks all!!! Those that would be "best" would be rather expensive, and you probably wouldn't want to tote any of them around to gigs. This would include the Avalon U5 (about $500), a Great River 1-NV (about $1,275) on up to a Pendulum MDP-1a dual channel tube (about $2,250). There are many others. The Baggs PARI DI is perhaps the best cheap DI for acoustic guitar, and it also has workable eq.
Members Jere Mealer Posted September 2, 2004 Members Posted September 2, 2004 Originally posted by tapeman1 Are DI boxes only good for recording, or do you all use them live as well? Also, can they be used with a guitar that has an on-board preampmixer cut into the side? The PADI is excellent for live applications. Probably all the EQ you will ever need. No problem using with on-board pre-amps.
Members Guitar Adoptions Posted September 2, 2004 Members Posted September 2, 2004 And be careful NOT to buy from someone on Ebay who is NOT an LR Baggs dealer, but states he is!
Members RainsongDR1000 Posted September 2, 2004 Members Posted September 2, 2004 Originally posted by tapeman1 Are DI boxes only good for recording, or do you all use them live as well? Also, can they be used with a guitar that has an on-board preampmixer cut into the side? Sorry for the nooby question. I'm new to the world of amplified acoustic guitars. Yes, yes, & yes. I have an onboard Element system w/ bass, treb, volume, notch and phase reverse. Still run through the PADI, not so much for the gain (the Element is more than hot enough to go straight to the board) maining for the almost unlimitied tone shaping ability and the effects loop. Makes the Zoom 504II effects pedal virtually noiseless.
Members Danocoustic Posted September 2, 2004 Members Posted September 2, 2004 Yet another vote for the PADI. I use it with several six-strings, a 12-string, a reso, a frankenstein archtop slide guitar (with a mag pickup) and the piezo output of my Baggs T-Bridge on a highly-modified Gibson ES-325. It's super-versatile, enables me to get good sounds out of MANY different sources into different amps/PAs. I just wish it was physically bigger, so there was more room for the taped-on preset notes under each control
Members woody b Posted September 2, 2004 Members Posted September 2, 2004 Originally posted by Danocoustic ........I just wish it was physically bigger, so there was more room for the taped-on preset notes under each control I tape the notes on the inside of my glasses...maybe that's why I keep bumping into stuff......anyway I've got a PADI and a Sansamp acoustic DI. I use the sansamp in quiter venues and the PADI in louder places.
Members Scodiddly Posted September 3, 2004 Members Posted September 3, 2004 A lot of what you want in a DI depends on your pickup. If there's a battery in your guitar then you don't need to worry about the DI as much. If no battery, and it's a piezo pickup, then you definitely need a preamp/buffer with a high input impedance - the Baggs is good for that.
Members rushboardrider Posted September 3, 2004 Members Posted September 3, 2004 Originally posted by Guitar Adoptions And be careful NOT to buy from someone on Ebay who is NOT an LR Baggs dealer, but states he is! How is this guy able to get his prices so low? He must have some links to Baggs. I've bought twice from him and had no problems. I live in the UK his prices are a third of the retail prices here. Sorry to hijack the thread rbr
Members daddyO Posted September 3, 2004 Members Posted September 3, 2004 +1 for the Biggs Para DI (PADI)
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted September 3, 2004 Members Posted September 3, 2004 Another vote for the PADI. See a trend, yet?
Members Flat Fifth Fury Posted September 3, 2004 Members Posted September 3, 2004 I'll put in a vote for the Presonus Acousti-Q. It sounds great, is very flexable, easy to use and only runs about $250. I like mine alot.
Members riffdaddy Posted September 4, 2004 Members Posted September 4, 2004 Originally posted by Guitar Adoptions And be careful NOT to buy from someone on Ebay who is NOT an LR Baggs dealer, but states he is! I'm with you, Dave. As a fellow Baggs dealer, I can't imagine why one would need to resort to selling on eBay anyways. I've never had trouble moving them in-house. Have you?
Members rushboardrider Posted September 4, 2004 Members Posted September 4, 2004 Originally posted by riffdaddy I'm with you, Dave. As a fellow Baggs dealer, I can't imagine why one would need to resort to selling on eBay anyways. I've never had trouble moving them in-house. Have you? Can you explain yourself? I have bought a number of items from this so- called non dealer posted earlier. If he isn
Members franchelB Posted September 5, 2004 Members Posted September 5, 2004 I'm thinking of buying an acoutic DI too...and although Ultrasound has a "P.A.D.I." lookalike at a cheaper price, and I would really prefer to support Fishman with his Pro-EQ Platinum because all my acoustic pickups are Fishman...I guess I should heed to the other posters who've stated that LR Baggs PADI is the way to go.
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