Performing Songwriter
June 2002
Product: iBeam

L.R. Baggs has made a real industry splash with its new iBeam under-bridge acoustic guitar pickups. These super-lightweight, easy-to-install pickups are available in both passive and active versions. We recently put one through its paces at out test lab. In addition to being very quiet for studio work, the biggest compliment we can give it is that it sounds exactly like the guitar you put it into -- something you definitely can't say about a lot of pickups. I've also used it live, with similar results. And speaking of live guitar stuff, check out L.R. Baggs' brand-new Feedback Master preamp, which does exactly what its name implies.