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Dancing Ants · Unread post by **Dancing Ants** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 11:29 am

so how much would it cost to just put regular fishman electronics in it?

Pickles · Unread post by **Pickles** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 11:35 am

not much.

taylordb · Unread post by **taylordb** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 7:38 pm

firedancer86 wrote:well to be honest, I am having trouble with getting my guitar to sound right plugged in...most angelic unplugged, but gets bland when it is plugged in...I am still playing around with it...even the XLR plug makes a huge difference, so I cannot fully say...play it and see HOW IT SOUNDS TO YOU

I spoke to the guitar tech at AL&M in Norfolk (he has done setup work for both Dave Matthews and Carlos Santana...very knowlegable and humble individual)...if I can remember what he said....the ES needs to go through a preamp first, because it can "overpower" an amp and make it sound $#itty. I may have gotten it wrong, but I think that is what he said.

isaac · Unread post by **isaac** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 9:57 pm

yeah...there's this preamp taylor's making that's supposed to be incredible, but i don't have a link and don't remember what it was or if that's even it.

it's supposed to help with the sound though...can't wait to hear it.

Pickles · Unread post by **Pickles** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 9:59 pm

Taylor (actually rupert nevelle (i think, not sure about last name)) is making a K4 and a K5 equalizer that should make the ES sound even better.

some amps are not designed to use the ES system. ive heard that ultrasound amps are flawless with ES.

ticohans · Unread post by **ticohans** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 10:27 pm

Yeah, Ultrasounds kick about the most booty ever. I have a beautiful AG 100DS2, and it is just unreal. Kicked the pants off my friends SWR California Blonde. It wasnt' even funny how much better my Ultrasound was when we compared the two.

It also makes a lot of sense that the ES would need a pre-amp to tame the signal as it's a VERY hot system output-wise.

I hope that Taylor does decide to retrofit older guitars with the ES, and that they get the outfit rigged so that it fits into the slots left by the Fishman blenders.

isaac · Unread post by **isaac** » Fri Sep 12, 2003 10:36 pm

ah yeah, the equalizer is what i was talking about. it should sound great.

and glad to know that me digging for an ultrasound amp will be worth it. does it have two channels for a mic and instrument input? i'm needing something to start performing with.

ticohans · Unread post by **ticohans** » Sat Sep 13, 2003 1:30 am

Yeah. All the DS2 models have the mic and instrument channel.

isaac · Unread post by **isaac** » Sat Sep 13, 2003 1:32 am

ah. very cool.

what about the Pro 100? it's a new model...heard anything about it?

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