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Hi all,
I'm looking for a *passive* piezo UST that won't pick up too much body noise and won't interfere too much with the acoustic sound.
I'm going to use an external DI preamp so I have no need for an onboard preamp. In fact, I want to avoid an onboard preamp altogether. I don't want all that stuff inside the uke, especially if the DI box will sound better, anyway.
Another reason that I'm avoiding the onboard preamp is that many (I'm thinking of the Misi and the Five.0) come with auto-EQ'd sound. I don't want that. In addition to it being redundant if you get a DI box, I don't like the idea of a "one size fits all" EQ. I can't imagine that one setting could truly be "right" for all ukes. An EQ setting that sounds fine on a soprano probably won't work on a bari.
I also, for obvious reasons, don't like changing batteries *inside* a tiny soundhole. I'd go for the Misi, but it's got that auto-EQ that I'm trying to avoid.
I have a uke with a Pono pickup, which I'd heard was a good UST. But it picks up so much body noise (sound of uke brushing against my shirt, sound of my hand touching the neck) that it's nearly unmanageable.
So does anybody have advice on a passive UST that won't pick up body noise, won't change the unplugged sound too much, and will sound OK when fed into an external DI box?
I'm looking for a *passive* piezo UST that won't pick up too much body noise and won't interfere too much with the acoustic sound.
I'm going to use an external DI preamp so I have no need for an onboard preamp. In fact, I want to avoid an onboard preamp altogether. I don't want all that stuff inside the uke, especially if the DI box will sound better, anyway.
Another reason that I'm avoiding the onboard preamp is that many (I'm thinking of the Misi and the Five.0) come with auto-EQ'd sound. I don't want that. In addition to it being redundant if you get a DI box, I don't like the idea of a "one size fits all" EQ. I can't imagine that one setting could truly be "right" for all ukes. An EQ setting that sounds fine on a soprano probably won't work on a bari.
I also, for obvious reasons, don't like changing batteries *inside* a tiny soundhole. I'd go for the Misi, but it's got that auto-EQ that I'm trying to avoid.
I have a uke with a Pono pickup, which I'd heard was a good UST. But it picks up so much body noise (sound of uke brushing against my shirt, sound of my hand touching the neck) that it's nearly unmanageable.
So does anybody have advice on a passive UST that won't pick up body noise, won't change the unplugged sound too much, and will sound OK when fed into an external DI box?
