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Artifact of another life - click for a larger viewsketch on a napkin self portrait: Meander Bose

History

This is ST from the Bose® Musicians Community Message Boards.

I got my first L1 in June 2004 and have been using the Bose® Personalized Amplification System™ family of products in my unplugged duo, and four-to-occasionally-seven piece eclectic band ever since.

I have no formal relationship with Bose Corporation but in my early dealings with the Bose Live Music Technology Group I found them to be excellent people with a profound sense of the importance of live music. I felt compelled to help.

You may know me from my (too) many posts on the Bose® Pro Portable PA Community but you might be wondering about this wiki. If so, see Why A Wiki

You can read a little background about me in my blog.

  • My avatar/icon up to August 22, 2007

self portrait: Meander Bose

Contact

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Gear

We have enough L1 Cylindrical Radiator® loudspeakers and B1 Bass Modules to go 1:1 (one per player) and an PackLite® power amplifier model A1 Extended Bass Package to support to bottom end when necessary.

This is how we set our stage as a Duo

L1 Pro

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L1 Model II

Stage Layout ST Duo Model II.gif

This has worked extremely well for us, and when there are guest artists it is simple to get them plugged in and going.


You can see the earlier version of this page at Stage Layouts / ST Duo Classic / Model I


What I run into my L1™

Electric Guitar

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I frequently run this on Classic preset #35 (Paul Reed Smith Custom 22) - clean - straight in, especially when playing with an "unplugged" ensemble.

The existing preset is nice but the 513 has several more pickup combinations than an Custom 22. Custom 22 = 5 pickup combinations, 513 = 13.

Acoustic Guitar

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Morgan with passive Fishman under saddle piezo pickup that sounds stunning with the

  • Classic Taylor ToneMatch® preset #90 (Dreadnought Finger-Style).
  • For a lighter sound I use the T1 ToneMatch Audio Engine
    • Category: Taylor Guitars / Preset: G Audit Finger or
    • Category: Taylor Guitars / Preset: G Concert Finger
Larrivée C10-bz

John Larrivée with L.R. Baggs iMix no-cut pickup system. I just had this installed because I wanted to start playing this instrument at live gigs.

  • T1 ToneMatch® Audio Engine Preset
    • Category: L.R. Baggs / Preset: iMix

Cliff Henricksen suggested that I try these settings for my Larrivée C10 BZ 30th Anniversary and Morgan Concert Cutaway guitars.

ToneMatch® Preset Acoustic Guitars/Flat A Guitar zEQ
  • ToneMatch® Preset
    • Category: Acoustic Guitars - Bypass or
    • Preset: Flat, A. Guitar zEQ
Para EQ — -10dB / 500 Hz / 2.0 Oct
  • Para EQ
    • Level -10 dB
    • Freq 500 Hz
    • Width 2.0 oct


It sounds so very simple - but the Guitars both sound absolutely stunning!

As a matter of interest, the Larrivée has an iMix no-cut system and the Morgan has a passive Fishman.

It should be no surprise that these settings work so well for both of these instruments. They are very similar. The body shape and size are the standard Larrivée "L" body.

They do sound different when I compare one to the other, but they both benefit from settings - retaining their individual character and sounding far more like their unamplified voices.

Prior to using the settings, Cliff recommended I did this.

Morgan with passive Fishman under saddle piezo pickup that sounds stunning with the

  • Classic Taylor ToneMatch® preset #90 (Dreadnought Finger-Style).
  • For a lighter sound I use the T1 ToneMatch Audio Engine
    • Category: Taylor Guitars / Preset: G Audit Finger or
    • Category: Taylor Guitars / Preset: G Concert Finger

Microphone

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KMS 105 with Classic preset #12



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