Description
Plug-in acoustic pickups rarely sound like the instrument they’re attached to — thin, quacky, prone to howling the moment you push the gain. The Align Series Equalizer exists to fix that, right at the front of your board where it counts. L.R. Baggs built it around the same high-graded FET gain stage found in their revered Para Acoustic DI, then wrapped it in a 6-band EQ tuned specifically to the frequency ranges that make acoustic pickups sound honest again.
Because the bands were chosen with acoustic guitar in mind, dialing in a natural, full-bodied tone takes far less guesswork than a generic EQ pedal. That said, the same flexibility extends to mandolins, banjos, and other acoustic instruments — handy for players who run several instruments through one board and want a dedicated EQ voicing for each.
Feedback control is where this pedal earns its place on stage. The Garret Null notch filter locks onto and tames the resonant frequency that typically triggers howl at volume, while a variable high-pass filter cuts the boomy, unusable low end before it ever hits the mix. A phase inversion switch gives you one more tool against feedback and helps the pedal sit correctly with your PA. A 3-position gain switch handles level matching quickly, so hopping between instruments or venues doesn’t mean fumbling with trim pots mid-set.
- 6-band EQ voiced for acoustic pickups
- Variable high-pass filter removes unwanted low-end mud
- Phase inversion switch for tone and feedback control
- 3-position gain switch for fast level matching
- Garret Null notch filter suppresses resonant feedback
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