baggs vs fishman

Ben Hoare · Post by **Ben Hoare** » 1 Jan 2009 3:37 pm

Hi all I have used a bagg para di for my dobro for sometime and would like to change to a jerry douglas aura.Has anyone used both and can you tell me how they compare as I haven't seen an Aura in Australia yet.
Ben

Charles Dempsey · Post by **Charles Dempsey** » 1 Jan 2009 8:14 pm

The Aura seems to be a modeling thingy. You can send your Aura to Fishman and get them to add a new sound to it (why can't you do that at home?). I don't care for that approach because it tries to take the hardware that reproduces the sound out of the equation.

I do like Fishman's Para DI. It's basically the same thing as the Baggs DI. I sold my Fishman DI because I use Fishman's Acoustic Blender (Crown M-200 mic plus bridge transducer) on my 6-string acoustics and really like it. I'm gonna stay with that until I hear something that sounds a lot better.

Charlie

Beard Guitars · Post by **Beard Guitars** » 2 Jan 2009 5:58 am

The current "Jerry Douglas" Aura imaging pedal for resonator guitar does not allow for additional mic images. Fishman and Jerry have locked into the 16 that come with the pedal.

I don't believe the original (large) Aura is still available.

h