Best DI box for acoustic guitarThe LR Baggs Para-Acoustic DI comes out tops on the forum. Our Guitar Doctor's pick — Alan Ratcliffe, our Guitar Doctor, has used the Boss DI-1, Radial ProD2, Fishman Aura and Baggs Para-Acoustic DI, and calls the Baggs PADI his go-to for acoustic: easiest to dial in across guitars and quickest way to kill feedback 1. The Radial J48 and StageBug you mention get good reviews too — the passive Radial's good transformers smooth harsh piezo edge, but it lacks EQ and feedback suppression 1. Fishman Aura — use it right — The Aura excels at making quacky pickup systems sound better, but with your B-Band A2.2 it needs the trims set so the mix is all undersaddle (UST), not the AST side it wasn't designed for 1. ezietsman, our Amp Whisperer, also notes the Aura's modelling (impulse responses) is the way to escape piezo quack 4. Set your mix first — Even with the best DI, a highpass filter on the desk is a must with an AST-type pickup, and expect to cut some low-mids (around 200–300Hz) to make room in a band mix 1,2. Bigger picture — No DI works magic; a good pickup/guitar combo sounds good straight into the desk, and the most natural tone ultimately comes from a mic or a mic/pickup blend like a K&K Trinity 1,3. Post a current recommendation in the forum — DI prices and stock change, so members' recent buys will tell you what's available now. From these forum threadsBest DI box for acoustic (2013): Alan Ratcliffe compares four acoustic DIs and picks his go-toAdvice required: playing acoustic guitar through the desk/mixer (2013): Alan and Arno's desk EQ settings for piezo acousticsAcoustic? Acoustic Electric? (2010): Why a mic can beat any DI'd pickup, straight from the deskRecording acoustic with Reaper (2016): ezietsman on using impulse responses to beat piezo quack
