I'm not speaking of the list with instrument recommendations, I mean the actual EQ settings. You know, +6dB boost at 400Hz, Q of .5, 10k shelf at +2dB. That stuff. I know what I need, tone wise, to balance this acoustic guitar out. It would be nice if Bose made this info available so I wouldn't have to ply through trial and error for several hours. It's not like there's any "voodoo" behind it, right? It's just EQ.

Hi JimmyT,

I don't believe that Bose has published a list of the ToneMatch EQ settings for the L1® Classic, Model I or T1 ToneMatch® Audio Engine.

We have a collection of the things people-at-Bose have said about the presets here.

Presets.

Cliff-at-Bose has given us plenty of insight into the Presets

Cliff-at-Bose talks about the original Presets in December 2003
Cliff-at-Bose talks about Presets 2.0 in December 2004

I have watched Cliff demonstrate how he creates Presets. It is EQ -=AND=- a lifetime of understanding about what is pleasing to the ear. I believe that the information you seek is considered proprietary.

Hi again JimmyT,

What model L1® do you have. If it was purchased before mid-2007, it is probably an L1® Classic.

The T1® is the T1 ToneMatch® Audio Engine that was introduced March 31, 2007 and started shipping a few months later.

What kind of acoustic guitar do you have, and what pickup system or microphone are you using with it?

I have an original L1 with the blue output jack for the bass. So I think it has the later presets. I use a Santa Cruz H-13 guitar with a K&K pure western mini soundboard transducer.

Hi JimmyT,

Yes, it sounds like you have a Classic, and the ones with the blue ring around the Bass Output jack were shipped with the Presets version 2.0.

I found an interesting discussion about using a K&K Pure Western. I hope that is helpful for you.

I haven't tried it with the K&K preamp yet. But my goal was to simplify my chain with the Bose, not add more stuff. The pickup is high enough output and drives a low enough impedance to work perfectly well without a preamp. It will absolutely clobber the front end of a tube amp as is.

All I really need is a simple "tilt" curve...About 3-4dB cut on a low end shelf beginning about 300-400hz. And then about 3-4dB boost on a high end shelf beginning about 8-10kHz. These K&Ks can get a little boomy. But when I try to roll off the bass on the remote, it still sounds like it's "boosted" somewhere down lower. Almost like a notch filter rather than a shelf. I don't know if it's the compensatory EQ for the sub that I'm hearing or what. But when I cut the lows on the remote with this pickup it sounds like they are cut, but still boosted, if that makes any sense. It's hard to explain, but I'm hearing it.

By the way, thanks for the help with the thread research ST.