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Pickup Voicing
The Rare Earth Mic Blend has been carefully voiced to reproduce a balanced
string response. If your guitar has very high action on the bass side or very low
action on the treble side, you may hear slight imbalance between the outside
strings. In these cases, raise the bass side of the pickup with a shim. The Rare
Earth is voiced specifically for bronze or phosphor bronze strings. If nickel electric
guitar strings are used with the Rare Earth, the lower wound strings will overpow-
er the higher plain strings.
Preamp
All Rare Earth models feature a miniature preamp, housed within the body of
the pickup. A low-noise circuit design preserves the pickup’s performance in any
audio environment. Plug the Rare Earth into an acoustic instrument amplifier, an
unbalanced input of a mixer or a direct box, without signal loss or degradation.
You may run cables up to 80’ (25m) in length without audible signal loss.
