What Preamp works best with it?
It is not necessary to use a preamp with The Realist. The Realist simply amplifies the acoustic sound of your instrument without coloring it. The benefits of a Preamp are that they can make up for shortcomings in your instrument’s acoustic sound. -They can boost the highs or the lows or fill in some mids that might not be present enough. No matter how high the quality of your components is, more links in the chain from your instrument to the speaker will change the original texture slightly. Question: What do I do about feedback? Answer: Feedback is an ever-present problem when amplifying any instrument. Feedback is a still bigger problem when amplifying an acoustic instrument because of the fact that the resonant qualities of its body make it more likely to be stimulated by the sound from the speaker. When the instrument is stimulated in this way, the pickup then retransmits this signal to the amp. The cycle of retransmission causes feedback. We recommend, when playing at louder volum
