Double Bass K & K Bass Max and Acoustic Image - Need Preamp?

[Steve Freides]

I'm considering a K & K Bass Max pickup; I have an Acoustic Image Ten2, Series III combo amp and also an original series AI head.

I will buy from here Gollihur, see

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Do I need the preamp that's an option? I think not, since I think my AI head(s) handle the matchup well, just want to check before I order.

Thanks much.

-S-

 

[Jeff Bonny]

No, the impedance match with the amp is fine.

 

[Steve Freides]

Thx - just ordered.

 

[james condino]

I use an Acoustic Image Focus head and a K&K pickup often. I use an LR Baggs preamp. You don't need a preamp, but it is nice to have as an option. I wind up using it in about 50% of the rooms I play in and on those days, I'm glad I have it. Also, it sure is nice to have when I just go direct into the house system.

j.
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[Steve Freides]

I think the AI's direct out would do what I might ever need - that's how I've fed the house before with my setup. This is nothing fancy I have coming up - accompanying a middle school chorus in a small gym, might not even need to be amplified, "house system" is a PA designed for speaking, not music.

Appreciate the input, James, thanks.

 

[moles]

When I still had my BassMax I did use the preamp, but the couple of times I had to go without it was fine. This was going into either an Eden Nemesis combo or my Ashdown head - I'd guess with the AI you'd be in much better shape