I have a Santa Cruz dreadnought with a K&K pickup in it. Sounds great plugged straight into the PA if it's a decent system with a competent sound engineer (which seems like less than half of the gigs I play, to be honest, but that's a different subject). But even on a good rig, I don't like leaving the control of my sound in someone else's hands.
In the way of preamps, I used to have a Fishman Aura, wasn't too crazy about it--a big list of presets, all useless IMO (but I know quite a few people who have them and like them). I switched to an LR Baggs Venue, and have been quite happy with it. Good EQ, including 2 separate notch filters to kill the feedback. It also has 2 separate outputs, so you can bring your own monitor so that you don't have to count on the house system to hear yourself.
Honestly, plugged-in acoustic gigs (especially w/ drummers) have always been a sore spot for me...just never been 100% happy with my sound.
In the way of preamps, I used to have a Fishman Aura, wasn't too crazy about it--a big list of presets, all useless IMO (but I know quite a few people who have them and like them). I switched to an LR Baggs Venue, and have been quite happy with it. Good EQ, including 2 separate notch filters to kill the feedback. It also has 2 separate outputs, so you can bring your own monitor so that you don't have to count on the house system to hear yourself.
Honestly, plugged-in acoustic gigs (especially w/ drummers) have always been a sore spot for me...just never been 100% happy with my sound.
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Ideal practice tools for improvisation...backing tracks, lessons on modes, CAGED, etc.