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~~===~~Plugging a Hammered Dulcimer into the L1 Model I Power Stand~~===~~

'''Plugging a Hammered Dulcimer into the L1 Model I Power Stand'''

For those of us who love acoustic instruments plugged in, yet have no pre-set waiting to greet us in the {{Model I}} list, plugging direct into the {{Model I nl}} may pose a special challenge. Such is the case with ''hammered dulcimer (HD)'' with built-in pickup. The HD plugged direct amplifies not only the dulcet notes, considerable ring, and harmonic range, but the 'thunk', i.e. percussive noise of the hammers as well.

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While a hint of 'thunk' is natural to the instrument, a persistent, atonal 'THOK THOK' can rather get on one's nerves. Also, in the spirit of sound reinforcement, we want to make the most of the airy, ethereal qualities of a fine instrument of wood and steel.

Short of a {{Model I nl}} or {{T1}} preset to address the issue, this article presents an outboard gear solution that has worked for several years now for our band, an acoustic Celtic trio. Since our HD player also plays fiddle with an attached microphone, we applied the same set of gear to that as well.

Short of a {{Model I nl}} or {{T1}} preset to address the issue, this article presents an outboard gear solution that has worked for several years now for our band, an acoustic Celtic trio. Since our HD player also plays [[http://toonz.ca/bose/wiki/index.php?title=Fiddle fiddle with an attached microphone]], we applied the same set of gear to that as well.

===The rack and processors===

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+'''Plugging a Hammered Dulcimer into the L1 Model I Power Stand'''
 For those of us who love acoustic instruments plugged in, yet have no pre-set waiting to greet us in the {{Model I}} list, plugging direct into the {{Model I nl}} may pose a special challenge.  Such is the case with ''hammered dulcimer (HD)'' with built-in pickup. The HD plugged direct amplifies not only the dulcet notes, considerable ring, and harmonic range, but the 'thunk', i.e. percussive noise of the hammers as well.
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 While a hint of 'thunk' is natural to the instrument, a persistent, atonal 'THOK THOK' can rather get on one's nerves. Also, in the spirit of sound reinforcement, we want to make the most of the airy, ethereal qualities of a fine instrument of wood and steel.
-Short of a {{Model I nl}} or {{T1}} preset to address the issue, this article presents an outboard gear solution that has worked for several years now for our band, an acoustic Celtic trio.  Since our HD player also plays fiddle with an attached microphone, we applied the same set of gear to that as well.
+Short of a {{Model I nl}} or {{T1}} preset to address the issue, this article presents an outboard gear solution that has worked for several years now for our band, an acoustic Celtic trio.  Since our HD player also plays [[http://toonz.ca/bose/wiki/index.php?title=Fiddle fiddle with an attached microphone]], we applied the same set of gear to that as well.
 ===The rack and processors===