the.ronin
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Do different strings lend themselves better to pickups? I've got Fremonts on one Tenor and Oasis brights on another tenor. The ideal gains are so different on these strings. Where its at with the Fremonts, just sounds way too much for the Oasis (needs to be adjusted down by maybe more than a half turn!). I think I might prefer the Fremonts.
Although I always thought both Fremonts and Oasis are fourocarbon strings like Worths or is that not right? Otherwise I wouldn't think they should sound so different plugged in (ones a Kamaka tenor and the others a KoAloha tenor).
I'm also trying to make sure it's not an issue with my pickups. The ones with the Fremont have a MiSi pickup with a MiSi element and the tenor with the Oasis has a MiSi pickup with a Fishman Matrix element.
And as an aside, I'm plugging them into a THR5A, an acoustic practice amp that mimics different mic models rather than amp models. It also allows me to blend the mic and the direct pickup and I have that at 25/75 favoring the mic.
Although I always thought both Fremonts and Oasis are fourocarbon strings like Worths or is that not right? Otherwise I wouldn't think they should sound so different plugged in (ones a Kamaka tenor and the others a KoAloha tenor).
I'm also trying to make sure it's not an issue with my pickups. The ones with the Fremont have a MiSi pickup with a MiSi element and the tenor with the Oasis has a MiSi pickup with a Fishman Matrix element.
And as an aside, I'm plugging them into a THR5A, an acoustic practice amp that mimics different mic models rather than amp models. It also allows me to blend the mic and the direct pickup and I have that at 25/75 favoring the mic.