Martin partners with Roland

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I think Chris Martin is gonna be disappointed with how this product works out.
 
Hmmm...a playing partner has some sort of limited edition Martin cutaway dreadnought equipped with a Fishman Aura pickup/preamp that does substantially the same sort of thing. It sounds very good through my Fender Jazzmaster Ultralight.
 
I will reserve my judgment of the pickup until I can hear it myself, I personally thought it sounded great, but then again with all the crowd noise and the fact that NAMM just sucks if you want to demo acoustics I think I will wait till one turns up in GC and I mess with it for an hour.

One thing I hate about pickups is the presence that they put on a guitar, when my playing style is much smoother and more mellow. My hope is that this will be useful to someone who plays a more soloed acoustic sound. Fishman sounds good in a band I think they cut through, now if this thing will mellow out and sound like a guitar I play then sure I might be into it.

Course I am gonna wait till I can buy one for myself, rather than get a Martin to run it through.
 
c7sus said:
I think Chris Martin is gonna be disappointed with how this product works out.
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I think the people who buy it will be disapointed. Chris will be happy if people buy it. That's not a knock on Chris, by the way. He has been doing a lot for the last 10-15 years to expand the Martin product line so they can fill more niches. Which is important, if the company is going to continue in this day and age.


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Outlaws said:
They said its for the working musician. That to me means live work. As far as i am concerned, you can't do anything but improve on the current sounds i have heard coming from plugged in acoustic guitars.
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Yeah, of course it's for live work. I agree with your sentiment; I've also heard a lot of acoustic performers whose guitars sound like crap. But I don't think it's the pickup per se so much as it is the mix in the PA or amp. Everything sounds so brittle/harsh, and (imo) it's usually due to an EQ mixed grossly hyped on the high end. Or just plain cheap pres/EQ that you can't do anything with.

I have an old Fishman Blender. I have to set the barn door EQ/blender for every room, sure. But it sure as hell ain't rocket science getting a warm sound to start with and then getting an acceptable final mix.

This Roland thing, I just don't see why anyone would need to model an acoustic guitar with a modeler/pre connected to...an acoustic guitar. Especially when it could be easily amplified. Unless they just don't want to spend the bucks for a decent PA (or amp) suitable for a live setting. Feedback is not that hard to control.
 
Both Martin and Roland are very well respected companies, so I'll wait to pass judgement.
 
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