Can you make a electric classical sound good?

[Medic162]

I'm missing the trick to make a piezo equipped classical(Gibson/Epi Chet style CE/CEC SST) sound "good & strong". I'm sure that anyone who has seen the old vid of Lee Ritenour playing his CE here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzEDMuXqyi0

Agrees that the tone is over the top. Short of having Andy Brauer on telephone standby... has anyone had any success amplifying a "like" instrument? Mine lacks the definition and spice that I need. Thanks very much!

[daddyo]

How are you amplifying it?

[Medic162]

This one goes through a Fender Blues Junior set pretty much flat. Someone suggested one of the new Fishman "Aura" processors for nylon string peizo equipped guitars. I'm going to have to try it???

[Glass Snuff]

Your Blues Junior is designed to make steel strings mounted on a solid plank sound musical. The first thing you need to do is plug in to something that's meant to reproduce the sound, not create it. A PA, keyboard or acoustic amp will do.

Secondly, piezos all 'quack', and it's more out of place with nylon strings. I strongly suspect Ritenour wasn't using a piezo. We've found the K & K Pure Classic system works very well.

Finally, I don't think Lee was playing an Epi. :)

[Bob V]

How do you make an electric classical sound good? Give it to Joe Walsh. Oh, wait, no that's how you make a Tele sound like a Les Paul.