Nifty contraption -- Nice work!
I like running balanced lines as much as possible with ES for the same reasons. Two things work well on my pedal board.
First, I normally bring two guitars with me -- Most gigs get a six string acoustic and 12 string acoustic. When sitting in with another band, I'll bring my T5 along with an acoustic. Either way, both are ES based. Radial does a great job with their balanced A/B box --
Musician's Friend LinkSecond, if I need to go to Hi Z unbalanced mode, I'll drop one of these at the end of my XLR cable...
Less than
XXXXX at Radio Shack. Maintains the volume and tone quality and is easy to carry in the gig bag for most any situation.
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