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MAMA BEAR

We call this aspect of the AGE

technology 3-D

An added bonus is that you don't need to alter

your instrument, and can use virtually any

magnetic pickup or under-saddle transducer

("UST"). Plus, Mama Bear lets you mix your

guitar's straight sound with the enhanced tone

to give you an infinite range of "custom blends. "

What won't Mama Bear do? While Mama Bear

can make a mediocre guitar sound pretty darned

good, nothing can make a bad-sounding

guitar or a bad-sounding amplifier sound great.

A bad-sounding guitar or poorly designed

pickup starts you out with a deficient tone, and

no amount of electronic wizardry can complete-

ly compensate for such a problem. And, ampli-

fiers designed for electric guitars are voiced to

sound best with an electric guitar, with exag-

gerated bass response and a natural tendency

to distort. While this sounds good for electric

guitar, it's the opposite of what you want for an

acoustic: namely clean, evenly balanced tone

over a wide range. As mentioned above, it's

not compatible with soundboard transducers

or microphones. Its capabilities are maximized

with USTs, magnetic soundhole pickups or solid

body electric guitars with piezo bridge saddles.