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I've been asked to play a short set at our local university next weekend. Its a 2-hour program featuring several local singer-songwriters and musicians. I attended a similar program last year and all musicians were using acoustic-electrics (none of the guitars were mic'd). I could take my acoustic-electric Blueridge but for the last couple months I've been mostly playing a Recording King ROS-16 - a mahogany/spruce slot-head acoustic with a wide (1-13/16) string spacing. It has a brighter sound than the rosewood/spruce Blueridge, great sustain and overtones and I find the wide neck easier to play because of my big hands. Last night I installed an LR Baggs Element VTC I had laying around. The installation went easy, string height nearly perfect, no buzzing, etc but the pickup really amplifies the sustain and overtones to the point of becoming annoying. I tried different combinations of amp settings and tone adjustments on the LR Baggs but couldn't find anything that suited me.
I know I could replace the bone nut and saddle with a different material or change the pins to deaden the sound, or even put on some old strings but then it wouldn't produce the great acoustic sound when played un-amplified. I'd hate to have to make changes every time I switch from acoustic to acoustic-electric. Has anyone else ran into this problem? If so, how did you address it? I guess I'll just use my Blueridge for the gig but would like to set up the slot-head to use in the future.
Any ideas?
DE
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Sorry i cannot help with the sound problem. But i did want to compliment on your choice of guitar: RK ROS-06. Fantastic!
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Elixer strings are known for being a little less bright, so maybe give those a try. I use Custom Light nanowebs at 0.011.
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how about a sound hole damper like this http://www.musiciansfriend.com/search/s … hole+cover
it may help. try one out at a shop.
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Hi D.E., you might try Beamers suggestion. I have the P.W. $5.95 solid plug in a Taylor 314 and it works well
as a feedback killer and the P.W. open hole in my Crafter which works well to control feedback but adds volume
acoustically(so they say),but not much as I can tell so my guess is to try the solid plug type as it is less
expensive I believe. Good luck-Mike
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The sound damper sounded like a great idea. I have a Kyser "Lifeguard" guitar sound hole humidifier back in a drawer and thought I'd try it out as a substitute solid" plug. The LR Baggs VTC (volume and tone control) unit that is fitted just inside the hole was in the way, but I was able to maneuver around enough to plug the hole without touching the strings, although I couldn't get to the VTC control knobs. It made a big improvement. I think if I buy a solid plug and cut it so the knobs can still be accessed, it should work. Thanks for the suggestion beamer and Mike.
DE
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VERY WELCOME
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