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LR Baggs Anthem Tru-Mic Acoustic Microphone/Piezo Pickup System  

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A discrete mic/pickup system that lets you adjust to get the perfect blend of your guitar's natural tone.

After 30 years of effort, LR Baggs has created the Anthem Tru-Mic acoustic guitar microphone which does what every amplified acoustic guitarist has dreamed about and no other pickup manufacturer has been able to create yet—unlocked the potential of a microphone to capture the very essence of your guitar with high-feedback resistance for demanding stages. Not obvious, but equally important, is that the natural ease and dynamics of the Anthem Tru-Mic guitar microphone liberates you to play freely without having to compensate for the pickup system. Now you're free to play the way you like, plugged in or not.

For the Anthem acoustic guitar mic, LR Baggs used no modeling or illusions. It's not "like" a mic. It's not "like" your guitar. This is a mic, and what you will experience is your guitar—loud and with the fidelity and dynamics that come from a real microphone.

Tru-Mic Technology
At the heart of the LR Baggs Anthem guitar mic is a revolutionary type of microphone. Using a proprietary noise-canceling mic, the Anthem Tru-Mic eliminates any annoying honky or boxy qualities that have been previously associated with internal miking, leaving the pure and natural sound of your guitar the way only a real mic is capable of doing. Because this LR Baggs acoustic mic is positioned within a few millimeters of the guitar top, it has very high gain before feedback. The mic housing mounts easily to the bridge plate and the mic capsule hovers just 3mm above its surface to take advantage of the PZM or boundary effect. This Tru-Mic technology picks up the sound of the vibrations of the entire soundboard and makes the LR Baggs guitar mic unusually free from placement issues.

Mic and Piezo Pickup: A Radical Technology
The sound quality and feedback resistance of the Anthem Tru-Mic acoustic microphone now allows the mic to be the primary sound source in a mic/pickup system. This is unlike previous systems where only a small amount of the mic could be used to add some air to the dominant pickup signal. This is a radical new relationship between a mic and a pickup, as all of the detail, warmth, and personality of your guitar is captured by the Tru-mic. The mic is augmented, for only the very lowest frequencies, capturing the punch and authority of your playing, by the LR Baggs Element under saddle pickup.

Controls
The featherweight control unit controls all of the essentials, volume, mix, and phase. It nestles securely just inside of the soundhole for easy fingertip access. The mix control allows a full-blend between the augmented mic and full-range pickup. A multi-segment battery check allows you to maximize battery life and peace of mind.

Under the hood is an all-discrete preamp/mixer with the pure, clean LR Baggs signature sound that is trusted by top artists around the world. Thanks to it's intelligent engineering, you can just plug in and enjoy the real sound of your acoustic guitar and the way you play, night after night.

Features

  • Designed to work with standard acoustic guitars
  • Note: Not good for a split saddle or an adjustable saddle
  • Allows you to adjust a full blend between Element undersaddle pickup and microphone
  • Controller rests inside top of soundhole
  • Tru-Mic technology features noise-canceling mic with very high gain before feedback
  • Mic housing mounts to the bridge plate and capsule hovers 3mm above its surface
  • Multi-segment battery check

Plug in, crank it, and sound more real than you ever thought possible. Order an Anthem today!

Anthem Tru-Mic Acoustic Microphone/Piezo Pickup System Specifications:

  • Tru Mic dimensions: 2.27" x .735"x .48"
  • Tru Mic weight: 0.5 oz
  • Pickup active sensor length: 3.4"
  • Pickup thickness: .038"
  • Pickup width: .092"
  • Battery type: Single 9V
  • Battery life: 170 hrs.
  • Mic range: 250Hz - 20kHz
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Anthem Tru-mic, most realistic tone

| Review By: mac david | 2 months, 2 weeks ago

1 people out of 1 found this review helpful

Features:

This microphone/under saddle transducer combination works very well reproducing the sound of your guitar. I had no problems with feedback, and the ability to adjust between the mic and ust lets you get your sound right. It took very little adjustment of the microphone gain control screw and I may give the mic more gain in the future, but it sounds so good right now I may leave it alone.

Quality:

Everything came well packaged, but be aware no instructions are included, they can be downloaded from Baggs website. Also not mentioned is the unit must be installed by a qualified luthier for warranty purposes. Installation, while not overly difficult, does require drilling several holes in your guitar, sanding down your bridge saddle to compensate for the thickness of the UST, making sure it is absolutely flat on the bottom, and adjusting mic gain control.

Value:

The Anthem Tru-Mic is the best sounding acoustic pickup I have ever heard. Yes it is expensive, but well worth the price. I played out this past week and can't wait to play again.

Overall:

I would recommend this to anyone, it just sounds great! I researched and watched videos and this was the best. Everything is true, best sound of an acoustic guitar I've heard.

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
40+ years
Style of music you play:
Bluegrass, jazz, country.
Where you live:
Va.

Did you find this review helpful? yes no1114659

Anthem Tru-Mic with Peizo

| Review By: Randie Blunt | 3 months, 3 weeks ago

3 people out of 4 found this review helpful

Features:

I put this in a CIRCA Aderondak Spruce/CocoBolo 7/8 Drednaught Acoustic. If you're not familiar with CIRCA guitars, look them up. Made by a Luthier named John Slobod from Casco Maine.Incredible. It costs a lot of money but sometimes you get surprised by something that's worth every penny you've spent. I was looking for a top of the line pickup for an expensive instrument and that is exactly what I got. Excellent tone, sound and presence. Volume wheel is very sensative. The Tone wheel or rather a blending wheel is great at balancing between the microphone and the Peizo at the saddle. Some feedback noted but moving a bit from the amp cab silenced it. Also the phase button switch makes noticable difference in sound and tone. I play it through a Divided by 13 amp that has a nice cut dial that zeroed in excellent sound. The pick up matches the sound of recording the guitar unplugged with a Neumann U-87. A simply wonderful pickup. I highly recommend this product. I'll be using these in the future as well.

Quality:

It's still brand new but the performance is outstanding.

Value:

As I said in the main write-up. It is worth every penny you spend on it.

Overall:

Great pickup and mic system.

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
Many Years of playing.
Style of music you play:
Flat pickin, finger pickin, and any style that soothes the mood.
Where you live:
Arkansas

Did you find this review helpful? yes no1109618

Natural & Resists Feedback...

| Review By: Mark Benjamin | 10 months, 4 weeks ago

2 people out of 2 found this review helpful

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I bought this to have installed in an all wood Taylor series - GA-3.     I waited 6 months for this pickup to be released, and I can say the wait was worth it.     After playing it for nearly a year now, I love the tone and simplicity of this system.     I usually half the dial - a little favoring the element pickup.     I find the element to have the crispness I desire out of my Taylor, while the anthem brings out a warmth I was not used to hearing in my other Taylor 610ce with the original prefix plus system installed.     What I try to do with my guitar is replicate the same tonal quality I hear ringing out when it is unplugged. It was not hard to dial in a sound that seemed more authentically and tonally acoustic than other pick-ups I have used.     As such, I have ditched any additional effects I used to use and plug directly into the Baggs venue D.I. for pre-amp and tuner and I am good to go.

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
No
Musical Experience:
20 years playing
Style of music you play:
acoustic rock / folk
Where you live:
Raleigh, NC

Did you find this review helpful? yes no845465

Baggs Anthem w Tru Mic, LOVE IT.

| Review By: Luthier by Trade | 1 year, 2 weeks ago

3 people out of 3 found this review helpful

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A friend recently bought a Martin D45, I did some work on that for him, yes it had a couple of issues with binding and abalone, but a great guitar, you know what they cost.  He nabs one of these Baggs Anthem's and then calls to see if I'll help him with a couple parts of the install, we ended up doing it all in one evening, strung it up and had at it.  You should have seen the smile on his face.  I was smiling too.  Two thumbs up from this luthier, go for it if you have the scratch, but get some help if you are all thumbs.  It's fairly straightforward, but a complex install, piezo UST, the baggs Mic attaches to the bridge plate, ahead of the bridge pins, drill out 1/2 inch for the jack, ream don't drill, battery compartment is peel and stick to the neck block, the controls and preamp are peel and stick to the top, then there are about a half dozen peel and stick wire stays which you bend around the wiring to hold it in place.  This is one fine system, each component including the battery plugs into the sound hole mounted preamp.  Controls are nice as is the battery indication lights, five tiny led's saying we're there.  Bruce
Do you own the product?:
No
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
Professional Luthier
Style of music you play:
hunt and peck
Where you live:
Arkansas

Did you find this review helpful? yes no854762

Natural tone!!!

| Review By: Miggyman | 1 year, 2 months ago

2 people out of 2 found this review helpful

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I installed this system in my Emerald Opus x30 carbon fiber acoustic. My previous B-Band 8 preamp had failed. It was a leap of faith purchase and install. OUTSTANDING results. The element itself is fantastic but the system mic truly allows your acoustic natural sound to come true. Your technique, rhythm or leads, will shine through. Just Eq to taste ( for reference: I use a Radial PZ-Pre and a Phil Jones AG Cub 300) and you will nail down down the best of what your guitar has to offer. My recommendation is to get quality guitar first or else you might be disappointed with the results.
Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
No
Musical Experience:
active Musician/sound engineer
Style of music you play:
Contemporary Christian (all styles)
Where you live:
Yonkers, NY

Did you find this review helpful? yes no816841

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