Anyone used a L.R.Baggs Lyric mic-system?

[Herman]

That is a real nice site, Dave. One to keep. The pickupssamples on this site sound quite the way in real life for the ones I have.

Last week the L.R.Baggs got into the guitar. I had not the time to try all the settings of the system itself. Downside, in my opinion, is that is sounds a bit flatter and has a bit more emphasis for the mids than the unamplified guitar. Upside is that it sound more natural than the piezo's I used. They have a far more "Hifi"-type of sound. But again, I did not try all the possible settings on the pickup and amp.
The owner took the guitar and he will send me some recordings soon. I'll post.
Herman

[Bob Dill]

I've used the Lyric on five guitars and after a little tweaking, I'm pretty happy with the sound. What I and others have found is that most find that you need to turn the Present switch down ( counterclockwise). I run mine thru a Aura preamp, my wife runs hers straight thru a Fishman Loubox Artist amp, they're working well for us. I did replace a Lyric with a Anthem on a guitar that I sold to a musician who from time to time plays in a group with a lot of electric guitars, the Lyric couldn't compete with the electric guitars volume wise, the Anthem solved the issue and the player is happy with the switch. I ran this by the Baggs techs and they agreed that the Lyric wasn't meant to compete with electric guitars. Hope this helps.

[Bob Dill]

Correction on the above post, I meant to say that I run my Lyric through Venue DI not a Aura.

[ken cierp]

Now that I've heard a few more of these LL Baggs Lyric pick ups -- I am a convert. The Anthem is nice too, but I'd I rather not deal with the under saddle "piezo bark" at all. For about $200 with a pre-amp, volume and presence (treble boost/cut) control seems like a real good deal. Non intrusive as well.

[Dave Bagwill]

That's good to know.

[ken cierp]

This is a pretty good comparison video -- I liked that he has all three products installed on the same guitar.