L.R. Baggs Lyric Acoustic Guitar Microphone

I recently purchased a brand new Taylor 320 all mahogany acoustic guitar and the only setback I was facing was not being able to plug it in. I looked around and did some research with pickups, microphones, and even piezo systems until I found this Lyric. What really caught my attention was how easy it was to instal and how no modification was needed to install it into my guitar. Within an hour I was playing through my monitor speakers and recording acoustic tracks! What really sets this apart is how it picks up literally any sounds inside and outside of the guitar, since it is a fully functional microphone. I can use my guitar as a percussive instrument just as much as it is a stringed instrument. I am so glad I got it and for the money, it was well worth it! It captures all the small nuances that my hog top has without sacrificing my wallet or modifying the guitar. Definitely get this!

I have been playing guitar since 1964. During all that time, I have been searching for a mechanism (aside from a really good mic) to capture the acoustic sound. I just put this Lyric in a Martin D28-12 string guitar. I got the most incredible acoustic sound I have ever heard coming out of a "Podunk" little portable amp. This Lyric is simply incredible. The sound out of the Martin using the Lyric could fill a cathedral. None of the boxy or twangy sound you get from other acoustic pickups either under the saddle or under the bridge. The only down side of this item is that if you install it yourself (and you are not an authorized Baggs installer) you don't have a warranty. But installation is a piece of cake. This thing is as good a mother and apple pie!!!!!

The media could not be loaded. I have 14 acoustic guitars.This is the best sounding pickup I’ve ever heard.I swapped out the K&K pure mini for the Lyric. Watch the video and listen to how natural it sounds, even on an iPhone microphone . It sounds way better in real life.This is by far the most accurate voicing pickup I’ve heard. Nothing has hit a home run like this guy!If you’re in between the Anthem/ Anthem SL/ and the Lyric,Get the Lyric.The anthem is awesome, but I mainly have it at 100% mic anyway. And the SL is a blend between both.The Lyric was just amazing in its response in a large room and through my acoustic rig.

I've installed these pickups in four different guitars: three dreadnoughts and a Larrivee L body. I did find that the adhesive strips supplied for the microphone part seem to lose their grip after a while. I made replacements from more permanent 3M tape and it seems better.Tone is good, but not great. It sounds better than a UST pickup, but still far from natural. Tone is compressed and midrange-ey, lacking bass. The position of the microphone has a huge impact on the sound and at the suggestion of the folks at Baggs I wound up installing the microphone part in alternate locations to what is shown in the instructions to get the best sound. I have these in two guitars I play out with, but I seldom use them. I have a K&K Meridian microphone setup that works much better where feedback isn't a big issue.Bottom line . . . I really WANT to like this microphone/pickup and the folks at LR Baggs have been very helpful, but it seems to fall short of the hype. Other people report better results than I have. Maybe it depends on the guitar.

I bought this to replace a Seymour Duncan MagMic which was already a very good match for my Lowden O22. I already have an LR Baggs Anthem which works brilliantly on my Lowden O25 and I seriously believed that the Lyric would be a step up from that. I'm not convinced that it's a step up from the Anthem.I believe the Lyric is light years ahead of what was available even a couple of years ago, but, having tested it against the MagMic and a studio mic, it's still not quite as good as the hype that I've read. I took the time to make the fine adjustment of the 'presence' screw and it really makes a big difference. However, even after finding the setting I believe to be best (about 1/8th of a turn less than maximum), it still sounds best with the mid-range scooped out of the sound (in order to obtain clarity/definition between notes). Looking at the difference between the mic wav files and lyric wav files, the Lyric is highly compressed and where my actual guitar sound gets louder as you go from top strings to bottom, the Lyric gets louder as you play from bottom to top.I haven't gigged with it yet but have extensively tested in my home studio and, although it ranks up there among the very best pickups/mics for acoustic guitars and the Baggs engineers deserve credit for a great advance, it falls a little short of what I expected, having read so much hype in the music press.It's a good sound but it falls a little short of being the exact sound of my guitar.

This pickup works like a charm. the sound is an accurate reproduction of my Takamine guitar. it was easy to install (The tailpiece had to be redrilled on my guitar, but no big deal.) I have a 30 year old guitar and when the pick-up died I was shocked to hear the money the repair shops wanted. there was no inventory for the pick=up around, so I was told the whole guitar had to be revamped to fit other equipment. This pick=up fit the bill. the price was right.