LR Baggs Para Acoustic D.I.

I bought one after trying a friend’s unit. Great sound and control with unusual but effective EQ and a phase switch that really helps defeat feedback. Well built and sturdy. Sound guys always seem to dig it. Live or recording, I find it easy to dial in a pleasing acoustic guitar tone with either piezo or under-bridge pickups. And I can fit mine in it’s original box inside the compartment of my guitar case along with a capo, a slide and a handful of picks. Only complaint is that the input level control seems to be quite sensitive to slight adjustments, a minor quibble. It pairs especially well with active pickup systems I have in two guitars that are also LR Baggs products. Runs on phantom power, which saves the battery.

Easy to use! Significantly improves the sound of my electric bass! Thank you for the quick delivery, and quality packaging.

Really excellent DI. I play violin professionally, mostly classical, and I recently got an LR Baggs violin bridge pick up installed on one of my fine violins. Paired with this amazing DI box, I can shape the sound to bring out a great acoustic violin sound at high volumes (cocktail hours, dinner parties, busking on the street, etc.) I get absolutely NO feedback, unlike other pick ups I've tried. Even though the bridge pick up is passive, I have the gain at near zero and it's still a really hot signal going to the board, or right into my PA via xlr output. It took several hours to find just the right settings, but once I did the results are worth it. This thing is heavy and solid, I keep it in its original box with foam when transporting it. Both to save wear and tear, and to keep my settings exact. Great job, Baggs...

I bought the Para Di for live purpose. i own an admira juanita electro classical and the piezo pick up makes the high pitched sounds really sharp. The para di works well and it looks solid. Read the instructions, it explains good how to use it. But I must say that i was hoping that the para di would solve alone my problem and it is not the case. i think that a piezo pick up always makes the strings attack sounds louder, especially for classical guitar and especially if like me you play also with a pick. The solution might be to add a compressor (i am looking for buying the FMR RNC) and/or to invest in a different pick up (dual source or problend)...As for the Para Di, it is a good equalizer, and it is a relief to have a little control on my tone on stage and not to leave everything to the sound man.

I mounted a LR baggs passive pickup on a Martin DM guitar, but the output was so low it was really hard to pre-amplify it properly. Before switching to an active pick-up, I decided to try this DI. Not only it worked perfectly for me, adding a surprising amount of gain without noise and balancing the low frequencies and "airy" highs, but I tried it on a friend's fishman pre-amped Yamaha. The guitar acquired a much more present sound, and a fair "punch".The device is sturdy, works perfectly with the phantom power (great feature, no need to use batteries if aren't scared of power shortage), and permits some extra filtering of the sound via the unbalanced output (I found myself enjoying the effects of my electric guitar, e.g. the line6 pod, when connected after this box). Simple to use, no complaints so far.

So, I bought this before a big tour for which we were only playing acoustic shows. I play guitar mainly, and before this I had only played electric guitar in larger venues, so I did some experimenting with a few DIs.Let me start by saying that at this point in my life/career as a musician, I firmly believe the DI doesn't matter nearly as much as the sound engineer (or hell, the musician playing!). As in, regardless of your DI, the engineer can either make you sound horrid or great. That being said, I've had some sound guys who are very happy that you have come equipped with a DI that makes his job a little easier. This DI is one of those.Sadly, I did not take this on that tour. I opted for a Fishman Aura DI which had some acoustic modeling in it. I actually think that DI is great as well. The LR Baggs is way less fancy, but what it does it does well. I did wind up returning in and kept the Fishman, but I often think I should have kept this as well... it was different, but not necessarily worse (and way cheaper!).I will note that the notch can be a little tough to nail down, and sometimes there might be feedback or odd frequencies buzzes/sounds that you simply can't nail out without gutting the tone. But overall, I've heard this thing make my guitar sing, and have seen some other musicians I love and respect use it to great effect as well.Truthfully, I haven't used it with a wide variety of pickups. It seemed to do more magic for my piezo pickup than my soundhole pickup, but I think soundhole pickups in general sound better from the get go so no big surprise there. However, I've seen it work pretty well with just about any size/body style guitar, so I think it's a pretty versatile little DI.I'd probably recommend this for smaller venues/shows where there is no sound engineer or the sound engineer probably doesn't know what he's doing. It does give you a lot of control over general tone and decent feedback control as well. In summary:Pros:-Good build quality-Lots of tone control-Definitely does what a DI should do, and acts as a nice pre-amp-XLR and quarter inch ins and outs-Notch for feedback controlCons:-Can take a little while to "learn the ropes" and make the most out of it-Notch control can feel tough to use and sometimes will wind up gutting too much of a frequency/suck too much toneTruthfully though, I don't think you can do much better for the price.

This DI is the best DI I’ve seen. Works great.