Thanks for the input , it's on my list .
I bi amp regularly and have for 30 years Hey Garcia ran 2 cords .. so you know it ain't bad.
there are a few others out there ... but all a big chunk more c notes ..
Those both look amazing. Keep in mind the mag vs piezo setup is a different bi-amp situation than most, and a very far cry from the reason Jerry ran two cables haha (one cable was for his onboard effects loop, but it combined with the other cable to send his guitar signal to the same amplifier after the OBEL).
I just got a Hollowbody II Piezo as both my first hollow and first piezo-equipped guitar (and also my first PRS core model! - outside my Silver Sky but not sure if this crowd necessary counts that haha!) a few weeks ago.
I had honestly completely written off the piezo system as something I'd likely never use, and would have gotten one without it if PRS made the HBII in the same bridge configuration without the piezo, but I am VERY glad I did. I haven't run two cables yet because I haven't found a need to, the acoustic sounds are more than convincing enough through my regular guitar amps (bogner shiva, 63 vibrolux, tone king imperial).
Both my bandmate and my wife (who is a fantastic singer/songwriter and plays very high end acoustic guitars) were blown away at how natural the piezo sounds in this guitar. My wife had her Taylor 816 at the studio that day so we compared the sound of her Taylor plugged in DI to my HBII's piezo only through my vibrolux and it wasn't even a contest. HBII by a mile.
Granted, in a live situation the Taylor would see a preamp before DI straight into a PA, but the HBII would be optimized as well. I firmly believe the PRS/Baggs system produces a more accurate representation of an acoustic guitar - which is what a piezo system does, it creates the best representation of what an acoustic guitar sounds like - it is NOT "picking up" the sound of an acoustic guitar the way a magnetic pickup literally picks up the vibrations of a string. Piezo is picking up pressure differentiations and converting that to an electrical signal that then gets interpreted by guitar-related tone-shaping devices that produce what we know as an acoustic guitar sound.
All that said, I envision myself integrating the piezo heavily into my sound. Right now with just the one amp I really enjoy the mix/mag output and for clean tones blending in just a touch of the piezo pickup. It also works pretty well into drive pedals, though the more piezo mixed in the more flubby/looser the tone will get. I will probably set up an acoustic amp or an acoustic preamp>DI and play around with the two cable method, but then I won't get the blended tones anymore. Other use is getting a dry/piezo signal while recording, can basically record the exact same take on an acoustic guitar and an electric guitar...simultaneously (mind blown emoji)!
Thanks for coming to my ted talk!
