L.R. Baggs ANTHEM-SL Acoustic Guitar Pickup

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L.R. Baggs ANTHEM-SL Acoustic Guitar Pickup

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

The ust focuses on the lower frequencies while the mic captures the highs. The combination of the transducer and the microphone is simply beautiful. The low end from the undersaddle is full and rich, while the tru-mic provides breath and detail.

I'm not too squeemish about tinkering with guitars, but i think anyone with a basic skill level and familiarity with their guitar's construction and setup methods can get the job done. As always, lr baggs delivers! If you don't feel comfortable, have ... Read More

The anthem uses both an under saddle transducer and an internal mic. I installed it in my 2010 collings om1 mh sb & it sounds great. I prefer the minimalist controls of the sl, but the full anthem can be useful for louder stages, and is overall mo... Read More

It is very feedback-resistant (i haven't had feedback problems yet), there is no hallow sound. Really captures the guitar's resonance with zero quacking and feedback.

The taylor is a cannon and can be pretty boomy through an amp or pa. I play through a fishman loudbox amp and a pa system (mackie/ jbl/ lexicon components) the pickup takes eq well, but usually only needs a minor tweak in the midrange.

Cons

The anthem works okay as a supplemental pickup to dial in extra bass, but eventually i plan to have it uninstalled and replaced with a mic that responds better to the higher frequency range. The strap button is so narrow that none of the straps i have... Read More

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Quality

Easy to install and the sound results are awesome

This product is top notch quality and for those that have any wood working skills and patients should be able to easily install it

Both adhesive strips failed very soon after installation

Baggs daul source system and while it sounded great it was harder to set up and the mic was very susceptible to feedback to the... Read More

Price

For 200 i now have a solid good sounding backup to bring to gigs vs purchasing another one and i can leave my more expensive gu... Read More

Bc of the inconvenience amazon provided me 100 discount

I like luthiers was sorry he didnt earn the few extra bucks selling me the unit

It is affordable and not too difficult to install

Shipping

It took nearly 3 weeks to deliver

Amazonusps shippingdo not use the 34super saver free shipping

He suggested using amazon as it would arrive quicker than going through his regular supply chain

If possible choose ups pay for shipping so that you can recieve it in a timely manner

Packaging/appearance

The box includes the end pin preamp piezo pick microphone volume knob and battery bag adhesive strips all being prewired but no... Read More

Competitiveness

I have tried virtually every pickup from the major companies out there and can honesty say that the anthem sl is my personal fa... Read More

I compared it back to back with my martin dx1kae which has an entry level fishman system that i always enjoyed the sound of and... Read More

If i have one thing to complain about its that the output of this system is relatively low compared to most that ive tried

I elected to go with the smaller sl version of the anthem pickup because of its lower price and smaller profile

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This product had a total of 215 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 21 2024.