Gillian
Well-known member
I just bought a Nalu Hokua solid mahoganyTenor equipped with a Fishman pickup. It came with Aquila nylgut strings and sounds so sweet when played acoustically or amplified.
I changed the high G to an Aquila low G string. Acoustically, it still sounds great, but when amplified, the metal low G string overpowers the others. I fiddled with tone settings on both the pickup and the amp, but nothing changed.
I thought maybe the low G loudness was due to it being the closest string to the pickup but ruled this reason out because with the high G string, all the strings sounded equally amplified.
Could the reason be that metal strings give off a different frequency vibration that the Fishman pickup is overly sensitive to?
Has anyone else experienced this? Any suggestions or solutions? (Besides "don't play it amplified with a metal low G string"?)
Thanks.
I changed the high G to an Aquila low G string. Acoustically, it still sounds great, but when amplified, the metal low G string overpowers the others. I fiddled with tone settings on both the pickup and the amp, but nothing changed.
I thought maybe the low G loudness was due to it being the closest string to the pickup but ruled this reason out because with the high G string, all the strings sounded equally amplified.
Could the reason be that metal strings give off a different frequency vibration that the Fishman pickup is overly sensitive to?
Has anyone else experienced this? Any suggestions or solutions? (Besides "don't play it amplified with a metal low G string"?)
Thanks.