The electronic child in me is fascinated by all these great kits, and I've been wanting to build something along the lines for a while. Specifically, I would love a pure tube preamp to use on my jumbo acoustic guitar. I recently recorded through a $1500 preamp and my guitar finally sounded on recording like it does in real life - warm, full and deep, without being boomy. Price there is a bit steep, however. Specialized preamp kits I've looked at are cheaper, but insanely complex and blend solid state with the tube, which is not what I want.
Anyhow, on to my question... Do any of these preamp kits lend themselves to being an instrument preamp? For live sound, my guitar has a a 1/4" out at less than 5k Ohm, and I run that into a DI box and simultaneously into both a live house system and a ProTools rig for recording. For the studio, it would be cool to have the option to run a microphone through it.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Steve
Anyhow, on to my question... Do any of these preamp kits lend themselves to being an instrument preamp? For live sound, my guitar has a a 1/4" out at less than 5k Ohm, and I run that into a DI box and simultaneously into both a live house system and a ProTools rig for recording. For the studio, it would be cool to have the option to run a microphone through it.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Steve