L.R. Baggs iBeam Active Acoustic Guitar Pickup

Description

Some acoustic pickups color your guitar’s voice. The L.R. Baggs iBeam Active System is built to stay out of the way, capturing what your steel string acoustic actually sounds like rather than a piezo-flavored version of it.

• Patent-pending bridge plate transducer weighing just 1/3 oz, so it doesn’t dampen or alter your guitar’s acoustic response
• Adheres directly to the bridge plate inside the body — no drilling, no routing
• Paired with an all-discrete Class A endpin preamp for a true plug-and-play setup
• Delivers even string-to-string balance and wide dynamic range, from a whisper-quiet fingerstyle passage to a full strum
• Microphonic enough to pick up the character of finger squeak and top tapping, yet resistant to feedback
• Includes a placement jig for quick, repeatable positioning inside the soundhole

The iBeam earned its reputation among working acoustic players precisely because it avoids the thin, brittle “piezo quack” that plagues cheaper undersaddle systems. Instead you get a warm, woody amplified tone that translates well on stage and in the studio. Installation is straightforward enough for most players to handle themselves, and the included jig takes the guesswork out of finding the sweet spot for the transducer.

If you want your acoustic to sound like itself through the PA, not like a generic acoustic-electric, the iBeam Active System is worth a serious look.