Hey hex folks.
Do you know this pickup: Submarine Six?
It looks like a really interesting option.
I can’t really test it myself — I’d have to buy quite a bit of extra gear, and winter is harsh and the wallet is frozen.
But just looking at it with the naked brain, it surprises me in a good way.
Hex audio, no hardware MIDI, no protocol stuff — just six strings as six signals.
Potentially feels like a good direction, especially in a hex context.
Throwing it out there for the collective consideration.
the subsix works great with mg3hex and it also does fine on its own.
i like being able to put it where one likes, in my case that is closer to the neck.
i could see it enhancing everything from metal to jazz. the subsix people should send one to tuck of tuck and patti.
as it is mounted directly to the body without springs, it does pick up surface noise. i had some loose bridge springs which were noisy enough that i had to mute them.
i like the cables, but i could see them bothering some. they are slender but seem strong.
a plus over other options is that it is easy to move the subsix between guitars. i look forward to trying it out on a baritone acoustic.
it’s a great solution. it has heft and is well designed.
Fwiw, I tried it and I never was able to make the subsix work for me. Maybe I did something wrong and the guy kindely send me another one thinking the first was broken, but it did not worked for me and ultimately I send them back.
The problem was I never had good isolation beetwen some strings wathever position/Guitar I tried.
I have a subsix on the way, looking forward to hooking it up. I was thinking with hex (afaik) impedance isn’t great so I would need to give it a boost via my DI800?
