Get the Radial ProDI for clean acoustic guitar DI.

Radial ProDI, about $100, is the one.

For fingerstyle acoustic — the kind Julia Jacklin plays — you want a DI that doesn’t color the signal or introduce noise. The ProDI is passive (no batteries), transformer-isolated (kills ground hum), and sounds transparent. It just passes your guitar’s pickup straight to the board. No fuss, no tone suck.

You could go cheaper with a Pyle or Behringer, but they’re noisy and flimsy. You could go pricier with a Radial J48 or Countryman, but you don’t need active electronics for an acoustic unless you’re running super long cable runs. The ProDI is the sweet spot: studio-grade on a bar-band budget.

Your guitar deserves a clean path to the board.