That Santa fellow bought....errr.... I mean brought me a Barcus-Berry 3110 Clamp-on Violin Piezo Pickup w/3000A PreAmp. He's such a cool dude but now I need to buy an appropriate amp to plug this gizmo into. I'm not looking to power a concert hall but would like a good natural tone.
Any suggestions, good or bad experiences from the electro fiddle gang?
The only thing I use for my Rave 4-string e-fiddle is a DigiTech RP50 multi-effects processor.
The output from that can go into ANY sort of amplifier (typically it's my PC microphone jack for practicing with MIDI/abc files, or headphones for quiet practice while my wife is watching TV).
Plus, with the effects processor, my fiddle can sound like anything from a natural sound with some reverb to a screaming electric guitar!
I use a Laney acoustic amp.I had a Marshall for a while,but they're meant for amplyfing electric guitars.The Laney has a warm,natural acoustic sound,the same sound as my fiddle,only louder.
I use a Trace-Elliot 200W twin channel amp (usually shared with a guitarist, we do small-to-medium-sized gigs) with my Yamaha SV-200 electric - the fiddle has a built-in pre-amp, and has a good natural tone - even through a 10-watt practise amp.
Both the Crate 100W and Trace-Elliot amps are good value and produce good clean sound.
If you are going to plug into an amp which does not have a piezo input then you might consider getting a dedicated piezo preamp. The reason for this is the massive impedence mismatch which causes a rejection of the lower frequencies when plugging into say a standard PA desk or electric guitar combo. The Barcus Berry has an output impedence of about 2 megohm and a PA desk has a average input inpedence of 10 Kohm, the preamp corrects this giving a warmer more natural tone.
Hope this helps
Good luck
Mikea.
I had a barcus berry and a good multi effects processor is the way I think, because it should be an excelent pre amp and have a decent graphic equaliser bilt in. If not, you'll need some sort of fine controlable eq. to get a natural sound.
For an amp, I used to have (when I did that sort of thing) a Peavy Reno. Excelent powerful robust combo with a horn and a tweeter. In all the years of being thrown in the back of trucks, it never went even a tiny bit awol. Plus, a bit cooler that a trace elliot
I got myself a new Marshall AS 50R last year. It's designed for acoustic instruments (plus voice) esp. guitar. I'm quite pleased with the sound. We tried it with guitar, fiddle and harp.
Santa is nice isn't he? However, if you get tired of the piezo and it's limitations, I suggest a Sure Choir mic. You can purchase this little lav mic, mount it to a chin rest clamp, and plug it directly into a PA or amp.
Violin Piezo Pickup
Violin Piezo Pickup
Hello ppl,
That Santa fellow bought....errr.... I mean brought me a Barcus-Berry 3110 Clamp-on Violin Piezo Pickup w/3000A PreAmp. He's such a cool dude but now I need to buy an appropriate amp to plug this gizmo into. I'm not looking to power a concert hall but would like a good natural tone.
Any suggestions, good or bad experiences from the electro fiddle gang?
# Posted on January 7th 2004 by Robby B.
Re: Violin Piezo Pickup
The only thing I use for my Rave 4-string e-fiddle is a DigiTech RP50 multi-effects processor.
The output from that can go into ANY sort of amplifier (typically it's my PC microphone jack for practicing with MIDI/abc files, or headphones for quiet practice while my wife is watching TV).
Plus, with the effects processor, my fiddle can sound like anything from a natural sound with some reverb to a screaming electric guitar!
# Posted on January 7th 2004 by KeepFiddlin'
Re: Violin Piezo Pickup
I use a Laney acoustic amp.I had a Marshall for a while,but they're meant for amplyfing electric guitars.The Laney has a warm,natural acoustic sound,the same sound as my fiddle,only louder.
# Posted on March 1st 2003 by dafydd
Re: Violin Piezo Pickup
I use a Trace-Elliot 200W twin channel amp (usually shared with a guitarist, we do small-to-medium-sized gigs) with my Yamaha SV-200 electric - the fiddle has a built-in pre-amp, and has a good natural tone - even through a 10-watt practise amp.
Both the Crate 100W and Trace-Elliot amps are good value and produce good clean sound.
Jim
# Posted on January 7th 2004 by Worldfiddler
Re: Violin Piezo Pickup
If you are going to plug into an amp which does not have a piezo input then you might consider getting a dedicated piezo preamp. The reason for this is the massive impedence mismatch which causes a rejection of the lower frequencies when plugging into say a standard PA desk or electric guitar combo. The Barcus Berry has an output impedence of about 2 megohm and a PA desk has a average input inpedence of 10 Kohm, the preamp corrects this giving a warmer more natural tone.
Hope this helps
Good luck
Mikea.
# Posted on January 7th 2004 by Mikea
Re: Violin Piezo Pickup
I had a barcus berry and a good multi effects processor is the way I think, because it should be an excelent pre amp and have a decent graphic equaliser bilt in. If not, you'll need some sort of fine controlable eq. to get a natural sound.
For an amp, I used to have (when I did that sort of thing) a Peavy Reno. Excelent powerful robust combo with a horn and a tweeter. In all the years of being thrown in the back of trucks, it never went even a tiny bit awol. Plus, a bit cooler that a trace elliot
# Posted on January 7th 2004 by llig leahcim
Re: Violin Piezo Pickup
Thanks to all for the helpful advise!!
# Posted on January 8th 2004 by Robby B.
Re: Violin Piezo Pickup
I got myself a new Marshall AS 50R last year. It's designed for acoustic instruments (plus voice) esp. guitar. I'm quite pleased with the sound. We tried it with guitar, fiddle and harp.
# Posted on January 8th 2004 by kuec
Re: Violin Piezo Pickup
Santa is nice isn't he? However, if you get tired of the piezo and it's limitations, I suggest a Sure Choir mic. You can purchase this little lav mic, mount it to a chin rest clamp, and plug it directly into a PA or amp.
# Posted on March 22nd 2004 by jcermak