Fishman preamps

[sathyan]

I'm trying to decide between outboard preamps:

Fishman GII ($80)
-volume
-bass, treble
-battery, AC
-THD 0.01

Fishman ProEQ 2 ($130)
-volume
-bass,mids,treble
-phase, brilliance
-battery, AC
-THD 0.01

Fishman ProEQ Platinum ($180)
-volume,gain
-4 band EQ
-phase,brilliance,smooth, notch, ground lift
-battery,AC,phantom
-THD 0.02
-DI out, tuner out

I have a cleaner (THD 0.005) DI so that functionality isn't essential
Amp and recorder have multiband EQ so this may not be needed

my pickup is piezo (mono). any experience with any of these? just want a clean acoustic signal delivered to either amp or recorder.

price wise I'm willing to pay for sound quality / clarity but not really for features

thanks

sathyan

 

[Middleman]

Can't speak for the others but I have the Platinum and it delivers a very clean signal to the main board for live use. It also gives me control over what the FOH mixer is doing. Not perfect but some control on my volume through the mains.

Very smooth clean sound using the built in compression. I also use the foldback and plug in a small monitor so I can hear my acoustic when the rest of the band is cranking.

It has been a very reliable DI over the last 2 years and I have been very pleased.

 

[cephus]

I bought the platinum, too. But I never used it with an acoustic. I use it with a piezo strat bridge (lr Bragg x-bridge) and it makes it sound like an acoustic.