I do believe that with Piezo's, it's a good idea to get at least 3-band EQ, otherwise it sounds like ****.
I scrapped the "SHADOW MIDI" and in it's place, I have external things- here they are, all roland (i'd do the URL trick Lord, but I forgot how:( )
http://www.rolandus.com/products/details.asp?catid=8&subcatid=37&prodid=XV%2D5080
That is my synth module;
http://www.rolandus.com/products/details.asp?catid=1&subcatid=4&prodid=FC%2D200
That is my foot-controller;
I got over my hatred for footcontrollers a few weeks ago, and realized that it's better to have my MIDI rig NOT ON MY GUITAR, so that if i break a string on my custom, i can still MIDI it up with my LP (that i will have MIDI installed on).
That being said, that saves a TON of room on my guitar, so now it no longer looks "cramped", so to speak. It has changed a little bit, and here is how i'm working the controls now-
-1 Concentric Volume Pot- Controls Electric Guitar Volume and MIDI Volume. I had my first experience with conentric pots, took a liking to em! The "tall one" will be the guitar volume pot, the "Bottom one" is the MIDI volume. Very logical.
-1 Master Tone Pot - Nuff Said.
=====
The SHADOW MIDI system is monstrous, so getting rid of that saves a ton of room (note that i still have midi), and i'm not adding any pots, just making them more efficient.
I'll keep you updated...
