Test Procedures and Methods
Each pickup and mic was recorded in 3 distinct ways, using the same player, with the same instrument, playing the same excerpts:
Acoustic Reference: An AKG C414 was placed in the room so that you can compare the acoustic performance to the amplified tone. Please note, there is also an acoustic control recording so that you can hear if the acoustic sound was affected by any of the pickups. In some cases, this was quite extreme.
Amplified Room: The signal was split into an amplifier, full range speaker (Fishman SA 220) in an acoustically isolated room. Hear how each pickup interacts with the amp. Again, no EQ or effects were applied, and the amp was mic’d with another AKG C414 a few feet away to hear the sound in the room.
Direct Input: Straight into a Grace Preamp… The cleanest, most uncolored in the world. No EQ or effects were applied, so you can hear the real sound of the pickup and the pickup alone.
