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Introduction

For years, acoustic guitars have relied on

pickups for amplification, but even the best

acoustic guitar tone is reduced to an oversimpli-

fication of its true complexity when amplified.

Mama Bear takes your acoustic guitar's tone

into the digital realm through its 32-bit digital

signal processor. Then it restores the natural

body resonance and provides you with a broad

range of sonic enhancements that make your

guitar sound its absolute best when amplified or

recorded. Because of its input source matching

capabilities and its tonal shaping that emulates

the complexities of 16 classic acoustic guitars,

Mama Bear will take your guitar into previously

uncharted sonic territories.

Mama Bear is a unique digital signal processor

preamp/effects unit featuring AGE

Guitar Emulation) technology that improves

the character of amplified acoustic guitars by

adding the spatial dimension that no pickup

system or analog effects can produce alone.

It is designed to work with all acoustic guitars

outfitted with magnetic pickups, under-saddle

acoustic transducers and electric guitars with

piezo bridge saddles. It is not designed to work

with microphones, soundboard transducers or

accelerometers. Mama Bear provides you with

the means to give your acoustic guitar the sonic

qualities of a broad range of great-sounding

acoustic guitars, both vintage and modern.

More Important Stuff

Mama Bear can be used as a stand-alone

preamp or placed in the channel insert loop of

a mixing console. In addition, Mama Bear has

a balanced direct output to interface with

recording consoles or PA systems. Therefore,

it's not only perfect for the solo guitarist or

player in a group, but it's also a great tool

for anyone running a sound system in which

acoustic instruments are being amplified. You

can quickly bypass the AGE

hear what your guitar sounds like unprocessed,

plus you can blend the straight sound of your

guitar with the processed signal, allowing an

incredible range of new acoustic tones. With

Mama Bear, it's possible to make a fine-quality

acoustic guitar sounds its best; plus, it smooths

out and improves the tone of lower-quality

guitars or those with lower-quality pickup

systems. Mama Bear works equally well with

steel-string and nylon-string acoustic guitars,

providing a wide range of tone-shaping options.

The sonic qualities of hybrid instruments that

employ magnetic and under-saddle transducers

can also be improved, smoothed, or altered.

Despite giving you unprecedented control in

sonic shaping of your acoustic tone, Mama Bear

(Acoustic

is simple to use. With just two controls—Input

Source and Target Instrument—you can:

1. Alter or smooth out the response of your

guitar's pickup. Surprisingly, even the best

acoustic guitars with the best pickups often

need fine-tuning due to the sonic inconsisten-

cies of amplifiers or speakers, or the way

pickups and speakers interact with your instru-

ment. Rather than spend hours experimenting

with graphic and parametric equalizers (or

replacing a low-quality pickup), you can put

Mama Bear's advanced signal processing

to work balancing the tonal range from low

to high. You'll find that placing Mama Bear

between even the best pickup/guitar combina-

tion and amplifier will improve the tone.

2. Overlay 16 "sonic signatures," the sound that

comes from the interaction of wood and air in a

guitar, onto the sound produced by your strings,

fingers, and guitar. These "sonic signatures" are

based on some of the greatest guitars ever built.

MAMA BEAR

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