FET 3 Opinions

guitarplayer_pr Posted 2014-12-18 10:36 AM (#503889) Subject: FET 3 Opinions Joined: November 2008 Posts: 22 Location: Vega Baja, Puerto Rico Greetings. I have two Ovations: an S868 Elite Special (Flaming Red) super shallow and a 6768 Elite Standard (Orange Sunburst) Deep Bowl. The Elite Standard comes with a FET 3 preamp. What's your take on that preamp compared to earlier and later ones? tpa Posted 2014-12-18 4:01 PM (#503898 - in reply to #503889) Subject: Re: FET 3 Opinions Joined: December 2004 Posts: 556 Location: Denmark My observations: Mid + Tru Balance + Optima: Very clear, almost hard, sound. Good for fingerpicking less good for strumming. SSB + old type pickup + FET3: Full and relatively sweet sound, Good for strumming and fingerpicking. FET3: 3 band eq + volume, 1/4" jack Optima: same + tuner + notch filter + XLR I like the FET3 but the notch filter is a neat feature. The FET3 seems more sturdy/robust than the Optima