Fishman Aura® Spectrum DI Preamp Demo with Greg Koch

[@jackbandel]

Hey Greg. How about playing a few strums of open chords the way most of us do so we can actually hear what this pedal is doing. Seems like you are more interested in showing off your single note scales and fast playing rather than demonstrating the product.

[@gtrdrumsplayerduarte]

This video fails totally to show the greatness of this preamp.

[@daverenick5830]

Hi. I just put a K&K mini pickup in my Martin 000-18MD and might put something in my 1963 J-50 (I love that guitar) I just put that pickup in and play it through a deluxe reverb. It's adequate at best. Is this product complete or will I still need to buy yet more gear to work with it? It's a preamp and EQ (same thing?) a D.I. and has a feed back filter etc. Do I still need another pre-amp? I just have a 1/4" jack on my guitar. I guess the three jacks on it are for AC, guitar, and amp yes? Does it also use a battery? Help appreciated because it looks like the answer and I want to order it, probably from Sweetwater, asap, and you can see I'm not tech savvy. It's a big enough job to get my hands and brain doing the right thing.

[@richardharnist6960]

greg is so great , if he would take a breath and slow down he would be incredible

[@christianmani1730]

Greg, the video's audio recording just has the bypass pure pick up sound......you can't hear the preamp or the modeling at all. There is no difference in the A/B'd sounds. The engineer must have used the wrong source audio.

[@MrMajstyk]

I have had this unit for a couple of years now, and use it onstage at every gig with my 5 piece band! We can get loud, I play a Gibson SJ-200 and a Guild F-50r. I have stored my own presets (one is a maple Jumbo, the other a rosewood). A bit of compression is VERY nice to have, the EQ is great, the images are very useful and I blend a little of it with the straight pickup signal. But here's the thing...the FEEDBACK suppressor is amazing. I stand in front of the amp, play a little, turn it up til I start to get feedback and hit the button. It will take out up to 3 different feeding back frequencies AT THE SAME TIME...without sacrificing the tones that AREN'T feeding back. It also has a phase switch which I usually try first before engaging the anti-feedback button. I use one 2-channel amp onstage, ch 1 (super-clean) for acoustic and Ch 2 (drive) for electric. I use the D.I. out of the Fishman to the house, and the D.I. out of the amp for electric...while using my amp as stage monitor. Couldn't be happier.

[@richardmckrell4899]

what amp do you use?

[@daverenick5830]

Hi. I just put a K&K mini pickup in my Martin 000-18MD and might put something in my 1963 J-50 (I love that guitar) I just put that pickup in and play it through a deluxe reverb. It's adequate at best. Is this product complete or will I still need to buy yet more gear to work with it? I just have a 1/4" jack on my guitar. I guess the three jacks on it are for AC, guitar, and amp yes? Does it also use a battery? Help appreciated because it looks like the answer and I want to order it, probably from Sweetwater, asap.

[@brunocarvalho6329]

WTF! There ISN'T a single open chord through the whole video, only eletric guitar licks! I have this pedal and it's great by the way but cmon

[@_left_eye]

100% agree with you. Those spitfire licks makes no justice to this pedal.

[@piercejohnson29]

There is in the beginning he lands on for a moment maybe a 7

[@daverenick5830]

I'm getting one. I use a plain K&K mini pickup with my Martin 000-18MD. And I need to improve the signal. This is an EQ, pre-amp, and D.I. rolled into one right? I usually play through my deluxe reverb and rarely use the twin reverb. Is it OK with these old tube amps? 99% of the time I use my Tele. Does this work with electrics too? I really only want it to improve the signal I'm getting from the unmodified K&K.

[@michaelmcdonald3057]

I don"t have the best hearing in the world, but I for the life of me heard no difference in the sound settings of that unit. Maybe if you had played chord / strumming patterns the video would have the intended effect of keeping me interested in the product. Didn"t happen.

[@jacobreece1971]

I just realized I wasn't watching Wildwood

[@KaninManeepairoj]

Jacob Reece hahaha

[@vanessabuhler4913]

hello. I am desperate to find the french guide user translation for the AURA SPECTRUM thank you if you can help huguette

[@edwardgordon4309]

What was the under saddle pickup being used?

[@ZoranSandorov]

Hi Mr Koch.Have you tried a feedback options?Does it really neutralised feedback in a live situation?My acoustic on fetter strings wants to make a feedback,i want to eliminate that.Best regards

[@arielkatzman455]

"adds talant!" love you bro so real i'm still laughing my head off

[@dannyveras]

That sounds pretty good, what is that ? Bluegrass ?

[@jimmyed1556]

The best review of this Amp, exactly what I was looking for

[@Sooo6107]

😂

[@GunturSaputro]

Wildwood guitars?

[@franklespaul7150]

Nice intro, where do I can learn that playing style😁

[@hodge1970ify]

You are nuts on that guitar

[@robertshamansky1912]

That is Doyle Dykes tone right there! 👍

[@ValveWrench]

Greg is so great I want to just throw my guitars in the fireplace...

[@jonjeffries3265]

Think of us 1st b4 u throw anything into the fireplace.. 😢

[@roymeyer6837]

Pretty useless demo. If you don't provide a comparison between zero percent blend and 100% aura, no one gets to hear the power of the effect. After doing that most basic part of the review, then you can demo how you like to blend it. Also, why is he using a dreadnought image with a smaller guitar? Should have found a good orchestra image to demo with it. Or played a dread.

[@imannonymous7707]

Dang i want to do that.....i want that box now too

[@TheMartinbirgit]

Hi Greg, love your demo thansk you for taking the time to make it.Can you tell me the model amp your are using. Cheers Martin.

[@johndavidtice]

He's using a Princeton Reverb, which is NOT what this Fishman product was intended to be played through. I'm baffled nobody spotted that. It's meant to be run into an acoustic guitar amp that doesn't color the tone the way an electric guitar amp does.

[@jimthecraftyguitarist878]

Built great and I loved the compressor but had no use for the images. Best I could do was turn an image up about 15% before it made my guitar not sound right anymore.

[@cybernautsterranautsandast2151]

Tell me that's an acoustic amp

[@tombundick1536]

Cybernauts, Terranauts and Astronauts I'll swear it's a Princeton! WTH?? He makes it sound good though.

[@icaro738]

10' a clock ? come onnn put it on 100%

[@johnsguitarmusicanddemos]

Dude!!!!!! Greg makes me feel like I’m just starting to play guitar! Awesome video!

[@ssaski800]

5:45 I don't know how many people recognized that he was speaking Japanese. Just a little bit. Suko-shi.

[@VividFizzy]

Thay intro sounded so quacky and plucky? Bunch of noise lol

[@BernieZazz]

Great riffs

[@gvrpresentsbearwilliams]

Great Demo and Killer Player!🎶🔥👊🏿

[@savagetofu1]

I kinda like no compression better. Hmmm…

[@icaro738]

learn how to do a review, please...

[@bennyhill3505]

I felt like this guy is on speed. I can't get my head around the Aura. Unfortunately it's all about his playing.

[@kartikjangid6819]

For once I thought I am watching Dave Ramsey reviewing the pedal

[@tombalek2933]

I may quit playing guitar after watching and hearing Greg. 😊

[@mbeckers6924]

Nice carpet though

[@nicolasgarcia7305]

Cheveré !

[@almirantenelson1469]

what I heard was only mids and trebles. in 1992 I bought a korg pedal for acoustic guitar specially and sounds better than that. You may believe that sound is nice and I also think it is but acoustic guitars sound much much better than that even guitars between 600 and 1000 dollars.

[@mikkywhalan]

Are you listening through monitors, headphones or phone speakers?

[@almirantenelson1469]

@@mikkywhalan through headphones.

[@eneasperez3798]

He laughed and then said , great kock here ......😂😂😂😂

[@gaden0114]

Your scale exercises are not that interesting when the goal is to listen to a preamp. Wish you would play some real guitar music, where we can hear the sounds and the advantages of the pedal.

[@benlaw2634]

Just a noodlefest, can't hear the product.

[@Jeff-S]

For $400.00? It sounds (like shit) just like my 1988 Takamine plugged into my $300 acoustic amp. Which by they way sounds worse than my $300 Seagull plugged in. (Seagull has a pickup and built in mic). This video did not convince me to by the DI box at all.

[@gebenack]

Unfortunate choice of playing style...doesn’t illustrate fully what this box actually can do.

[@gili41]

Awful sound,;how he cant he hear it????

[@andrewv7470]

Instant access to basically every Fishman amp in production and they chose to demo this thing through a tone-coloring Fender electric guitar amp. Then they didn't even add the affected signal on the post audio. If that's not a perfect metaphor for the state of Guitar Center, I don't know what is. To anyone watching this demo, go watch a different one - this video doesn't do anything to properly demo the Fishman pedal.

[@walterfish2]

pretty quacky I'd say....

[@Sooo6107]

Let somebody do the review, not you please.

[@danielavelino1845]

too much talking! Only you have here is bla bla bla... so sad...

[@icarocosta4302]

what a terrible review...

[@JFBrinkerMusic]

I wanted to know how the fishman aura works. But this is NOT helpful! I do not play more than 20 notes per second - I still don't know how it sounds after watching this video. Greg Koch is really a great picker, but definetely not the right person for a review like this.

[@andrewv7470]

Yeah and they also used an electric guitar amp. This pedal is designed to run through PA systems and acoustic guitar amps, not a freakin Fender tube amp. Amateur hour at GC apparently.

[@gabrielwisniewski4491]

You talk too much man!!!!!

[@vincejerrison]

That does not sound natural to me at all.

[@ERMAV]

poop hand hahahahaha

[@Marcin-lp4qi]

One of the worst audio product demo ever....

[@jr4233]

Horrible review

[@javierrufus]

Worst demo ever

[@ChristopherDecenaZaozaoWang]

EGO !