Pigtronix Bob Weir's Real Deal Acoustic Guitar Preamp

Brand: Pigtronix

Color: White

Features:

• 250-300, financing-available, miscellaneous-effects-pedal, pigtronix, reverbsync-shipping-profile:Free 2-Day Shipping

Binding: Electronics

Publisher: Pigtronix

Details: Bob Weirs Real Deal acoustic preamp by Pigtronix provides crystal-clear, super-loud acoustic guitar tone while faithfully maintaining the organic wooden sound of the instrument like no other pedal has ever done.Bob Weir and long-time Grateful Dead tech guru and Weirs personal Front of House engineer, Mike McGinn, developed the principle behind the Real Deal in an effort to crank Bobs acoustic guitar loud enough in the live mix while retaining the natural, unplugged sound of the instrument. The technology they developed to achieve this goal involves using a pair of complimentary filters to split the acoustic guitar signal into low and high frequency bands, with independent preamp gain applied to each signal path. A mastering stage then combines the various inputs into a single mono output, resulting in a powerful world-class acoustic guitar tone.Single (TS) or Dual-Source (TRS) input with 48v Phantom PowerBob Weir challenged Pigtronix to design a pedal to perform this unique type of processing using a low-noise, all-analog circuit, to deliver the ultimate live acoustic guitar sound. The engineering challenge involved with developing this pedal to create a realistic and amplified acoustic guitar sound in this way is no joke! First, the cutoff points of the two filters would need to be precisely matched and calibrated to avoid undesirable dips or bumps in the frequency response at the pedals output. Second, in order to optimize the acoustic sound from venue to venue and for each different guitar, the cutoff point where the two filters overlap also would need to be variable across a huge frequency range.Feedback killing crossover that sweeps from 300Hz to 3kHzAs a solution, Pigtronix created a totally unique tracking filter. It allows the musician to adjust the cutoff point of both filters with a single knob, sweeping over a full decade of frequency range from 300 Hz to 3 kHz. This analog filter arrayat the heart of the Bob Weirs Real Deal acoustic preampuses Pigtroni

Package Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.3 x 4.6 inches