D-TAR Mama Bear Digital Acoustic Guitar Preamp 2010s

DTAR (Seymour Duncan) Digital Preamp thats been exclusively used in a smoke free studio all it's life. Mounted on pedalboard so the bottom has mounting tape on it.

Includes 16v AC Adapter. Manual available online if needed.

From the manufacturer:
The Mama Bear is sort of a specialized digital preamp and direct box for acoustic guitar, but it really does much more than that. It uses a process of EQ, which D-Tar calls Acoustic Guitar Emulation. That is, it takes the sound from a piezo or magnetic pickup, and then can impart sort of a ‘sonic-signature’ of 16 world-class acoustic guitars, transforming a boring signal into something very different. To do this, D-Tar meticulously recorded some of the best guitars in the world for these ‘impressions’. Will it make your $100 cheapie sound like a 1930’s Martin? Well, no, but it makes good guitars sound great through a PA system. And it really transformed the 3 instruments I threw at it (and they were a tough test).
First, you set the Mama Bear’s input source knob to the type of guitar pickup you have. There are 16 to choose from, and you don’t have to get it exact. In fact, it is fun to play around with this and see how it changes the sound.
You then set the Target Instrument knob to what you want your guitar to sound like. This is where it gets fun. You have 16 to choose from:

1 Parlor

2 Small Body Fingerstyle

3 Small Body Blues

4 Mahogany Orchestra Model

5 Rosewood Orchestra Model

6 Boutique Fingerstyle

7 Slope-shouldered Dreadnought

8 Grand Auditorium

9 Slope-shouldered Jumbo

10 Mahogany Dreadnought

11 Rosewood Dreadnought

12 Super Jumbo

13 Hollow Body Archtop Jazz

14 Gypsy Jazz

15 Biscuit Blues Resonator

16 Tricone Resonator

Premier Guitar verdict:

In short, all of my guitars benefited from plugging into the Mama Bear. There are a plethora of legendary acoustic sounds here, all in an easy-to-use and quiet package. The preset EQ and pickup selection helps eliminate the guesswork, and the Blend function further increases the unit’s tonal possibilities. Of course, you won’t be able to turn poor-quality piezos into studio- quality champions, but there’s enough juice here to take a midrange acoustic from good to great status with little more than a few cables.