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B-Band

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10/23/2005 2:26 PM

I was wondering if the B-Band requires a special preamp type as I have the tape PU and tried swapping it into a Baggs pre with no sound at all. Are they active or something? Thanks.

Also All Electronics hve those piezo disks for next to nothing. You could maybe glue 5 in your guitar for a passive fix. Series/Parrralelll. Maybe adding a cap before the output jack would cut down on cord noise?

EV

10/29/2005 11:56 AM

Evan:

    I hadn't heard of B-Band before but their products sound very interesting! From their site:

Band transducers themselves do not require electrical power, as they are permanently charged electrets. Because of the very high output impedance (typical for condenser microphones) B-Band UST and AST always require a B-Band preamp.

Standard piezo preamps will not work properly. They will produce low output and poor bass response.

    As for using 5 piezo disks, the location can be very critical. I imagine that if you were lucky you might find the right combination and it'd sound fantastic! Maybe start with just two and try different locations and linkages.

    Here's a link to information about the old obsolete F.R.A.P. systems (I have one and it works great!):

http://www.7171.org/electrons/frap/index.html

Steve Ahola

11/2/2005 2:56 PM
Nathan Noel	One aquaintance of mine has a b-band system in both of his Larivees and his Collings and they sound extremely natural... If you want to hear them check out his site and listen to some clips. http://www.davidberchtold.com/

11/2/2005 3:00 PM
Nathan Noel	oops one of those guitars uses a K&K pickup ...

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