The article ("Altered Images") had Doug calling Fishman’s Aura Acoustic Imaging Technology a "revelation." Earlier in the year when we heard from Doug and fellow guitar tech Randy Stinson (who handles Luther Dickinson's gear), they referred to their acoustic guitars as sounding like "someone shaking a can of nails." So we started out by sending some Matrix Infinity pickups and suggested a test drive of the Aura Spectrum DI. The result was immediately apparent - Rich Robinson's acoustic tone came to life with clarity, warmth, and resonance. During a break in touring, we invited Doug to send in a couple of Rich's favorite acoustic guitars so we could take them in our recording studio and create Custom Aura Images. This proved to be the icing on the cake!
“We were having a lot of trouble with the band’s acoustic sets,” explains Doug. “It’s acoustic, but the only person playing acoustic guitar is Rich! We were having a lot of issues with getting his guitar loud enough onstage to compete with the bass and Luther [Dickinson’s] electric guitar and the drums and the keyboards and percussion and everything like that. It’s been a tough road, but finally I spoke to the people at Fishman and they hooked me up with the Aura Spectrum DI pedal.
“We sent a few of our guitars to them and they put the Fishman Matrix pickup in the guitars, recorded them [and had Custom Images made] for the Aura pedal so we had them in the library. It really fattens the guitar up and it makes it feel more alive, rather than just having an acoustic guitar with a pickup under the saddle and a feedback buster in it.
“Rich is also using in-ear monitors on the acoustic set, so he hears everything a lot better. It’s a pretty interesting and deep process and it’s making my life a lot easier out here, so thank you everybody at Fishman!”
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