Thanks. Appreciate you taking time to share your insight.

What a fantastic sound you get out of that Martin with the LR bags. I absolutely love the LR Baggs anthem pick up and have used it for years. The petals are absolutely wonderful sounding and don’t seem to create any extra noise which is very important.

I love how you explain things. Your a very good teacher. Your clear, brief and to the point. As a beginner acoustic guitar player, I didn’t think I was going to able understand the tech talk. But with you I can. Thank you.

Outstanding presentation, Corey! A big THANK YOU. The best explanation of how all that acoustic gear is “connected” I’ve seen/heard. Many, many thanks.

@coreycongilio

4 жыл бұрын

Wow. Thank you and my pleasure!

Just when I thought this video couldn’t get any better it did. Thanks man.

@coreycongilio

3 жыл бұрын

Ah sweet!

I’m just now finding this video in a search for the LR Baggs Anthem system. Glad I watched the rest of the video to see how you dial in your tone. It’s great to hear a great player who’s doing good demos! I’m in.

@coreycongilio

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Great sounds! THX

Great, simple explanatory video! Thanks!

@coreycongilio

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Outstanding presentation sir!!! Im lovin the lr anthems.. sounds really natural

@coreycongilio

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly!

WOW you have the BEST demo of these LR Baggs pedals. You walk through and variable adjustments show exactly what these things can do. I am starting with the EQ then the session pedal. Thank you so much. My Taylor 214CE Koa sound will be much improved plugged in now.

@coreycongilio

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks!

Great explanation and demonstration of how to dial in each pedal to get the best amplified acoustic tone. All of those pedals sound great and the sum of the parts made everything richer and more natural. Love that Reverb! (All of the pedals sounded great, but the Align Reverb is one of the best acoustic reverb pedals I've heard.) Very well done. Subscribing!

Great video!

Thanks Corey I clicked on this to learn about my new pickup system but learned quite a bit about how to dial my acoustic tone in. I currently use a fractal for my Strandberg but I guess I will be making some acoustic patches now. Great info thanks.

Well done Corey ....I stayed right to the end ... ...you got me headed right ...my L series Larrivee will be getting a Anthem ... I like the compression pedal too .. my amp is a AER compact 60 with a Alexis rack midi reverb ... Cheers and nice playing too Alberta Dave

Thanks Corey, super helpful! I'm looking into a Furch Yellow Deluxe Gc-CR and the LR Baggs Anthem Stage Pro is one of the options and your explanation confirmed my reasons for having that pickup!

@coreycongilio

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

Thanks for this video, me being new to acoustic guitars, tech etc, pickups, I found it very helpful and very well explained.

@coreycongilio

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks so much for the information! I just ordered the Taylor 717 Grand Pacific and will be having the Anthem installed instead of the Matrix Infinity because of this video. Cheers!

@coreycongilio

3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

Great overview of the Anthem pick-up and LR Baggs pedals - thanks!

@coreycongilio

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@antonio.lovric

Жыл бұрын

@@coreycongilio great review, one of the best! Could you tell me is Session pedal really worth it with Anthem pickup? I cant hear much difference 🤷

Very nice Corey. Nuance is the key word. Especially over the KZread filters. One trains their ear perception to enjoy the semi muted finger to string to fret tones of the acoustic guitar as emphasized by the original cat gut stringed acoustic guitar. A truly lovely tone. Good presentation.

@coreycongilio

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks for that!

Fabulous presentation, Corey!

@coreycongilio

4 жыл бұрын

Thx so much!

You probably know that your name in Italian slang of Roma sound just like “run rabbit”. You made me buy that pickup and get rid of one Fishman rare earth blend and a Seymour Duncan magmic. Thank you very helpful

Great!

Terrific review! I must say though that after listening to several reviews of the Session pedal, including those from Baggs themselves, I can't say that I'm really hearing much of anything different using that one, although I did hear in a couple of vids where it just seemed to muddy up the mids. Actually, I'm fine just running my Anthem straight to the board and adding a little reverb there.

Corey thank you for this great review. Please do one on their chorus and delay. Your tone is unreal! Also if you use any other pedals for your acoustic for funsies would love to see it. Thanks

@empathysgone96

5 жыл бұрын

coreycongilio I do have a question. I notice the session is a bit noisy. Creates more white noise. Then when I engage the align reverb or delay it’s amplified. I’m not sure if it’s my amp (Genzler acoustic array pro?) or if it’s the pedals. Any advice is appreciated. Oh I power my pedals with a strymon zuma and use EBS gold patch cables. Thanks bud

Corey, you have tried so many Martin models. What made you decide on the 000-15SM as your main guitar? Also, how did you decide between the full Anthem and the SL version?

Great explaination Corey. I love the Anthem pickup in my J200. LR Baggs are coming out with a new product called the voiceprint. Would really like for you to demo that as well to see if that would replace having all of those pedals into one. Thanks...

@coreycongilio

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. I played the Voiceprint recently. It's REALLY cool and I'll be getting it soon. Hope to do a video asap!

Bro nice guitar had just bought a D-15m LOve it. Bro what gauges strings you use?

Does it still have a feedback problem with on stage situation with dialing fully to the mic?

I have the venue d-i and it's like adding your flavor when you are cooking 🍳 a steak it spices my guitar up to give you that just so sound that you look for when you play a nylon string guitar or steel

Corey that was absolutely the best tutorial of it's type. Fantastic, and the clarity that you delivered on acoustic guitars , pickups and tone shaping just what a lot of us really needed. I have a Faith Venus Blood Moon, which has a lovely slightly dark rich tone with Faith fitted Addario strings. I changed them recently to another leading string manufacturer in a lighter gauge. Boy did that alter the tone, for the worse. So immediately change back to the Addario originals. Welcome back my old guitar, great! So strings for me is huge. My Blood Moon although great, is a little quiet and I boost volume with my Marshall AS 50D acoustic amp. Then I struggle to find the sweet signature of the guitar, I really have to dial down my limited treble eq controls as much as possible. Acceptable but not great. Am I always going to struggle because of the piezo. Or will improving my eq control get me to a happier place? The Braggs gear sounds fantastic but pricey so I need to know if it is worthbuying it , probabky a piece at a time! Corey a shirt and sweet answer would suffice. Thanks so much. Tom UK. PS I called my first son Corey 31 years ago, unusual name for the UK!

@tombain5665

4 жыл бұрын

@@coreycongilio Wòw what a speedy reply. Thank you so much. I will pursue your recommendations Corey. The Align gear does sound fantastic. Maybe I should break the bank! Many thanks I really rate your presentational delivery and great content

Nice Blaze Foley riff!

Nice review. Thinking about purchasing the Session. Do you find it to be Noisy? - I have heard mixed reviews on the Added Noise factor? Love the Sound though.

@michael_caz_nyc

4 жыл бұрын

@@coreycongilio Thanks man. Appreciate your feedback. Stay Safe.

how do you set your mic trim on the anthem i heard two ways to do it lrbaggs recommends blend to full mic position and turn trim until desired sound true to your guitar another way i heard was to set the trim to max and start with blend on full piezo and then blend in mic to taste

@ctmercado

5 жыл бұрын

coreycongilio What is factory setting on the mic trim Thanks for your reply

Corey could you do a review on that DPA dvote above your head closed mic on the guitar with a on stage monitor speaker pleeeeaSe

@geamax1

4 жыл бұрын

@@coreycongilio Sorry. I thought the clipon microphone above your head was a DPA d:vote 4099. I leave in beach village in Costa Rica. And is hard for me to make desicions on gear as is all online purchase.

Hey Corey. I'm running a Fishman Artist and was wondering if you feel that the EQ and Reverb pedals would give a substantial difference when playing in live environments. I am also interested in the Session pedal. I play rather aggressive rhythm and was thinking a compression pedal might help to balance things out. Thoughts?

@RussMillerSac

5 жыл бұрын

@@coreycongilio Thanks for your thoughts Corey!

I use the Venue Di, Align Session and Reverb with a Fender Acoustic 100 and will soon add a Voiceprint DI. Using the Baggs Radius, Violin pickup and Anthem. Will all this micks and boxes work fine with a AER Compact 60acoustiq amp, or will some of the boxes work better with non-acoustick amplifiers?

@coreycongilio

2 жыл бұрын

yeah, you'll be good with whatever you plug into. That's why having this stuff is important for acoustic instruments. You get the control regardless of what you plug into.

What kind of material is the saddle of the guitar..?

I use the LR Baggs Venue Di. What are your thoughts on using the LR Bagg pedals in conjunction with the venue Di. I also playing a 2002 Taylor 814 which the Fishmen preamp

@coreycongilio

Жыл бұрын

A session pedal and reverb would be nice additions for sure

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Hey Cory! I ended up getting the Anthem after all! Also got the baggs reverb and session as well. My question for you is, does the 100% mic effect of the Anthem make the Voiceprint unnecessary, or would it make it sound even better? Waiting on your recommendation! Thanks!

@coreycongilio

3 жыл бұрын

Adding the voiceprint would make it even better. According to Baggs...you can create IR's with any combination of mic/pickup.

@billschuler8157

3 жыл бұрын

@@coreycongilio Thank you! You sold me on the align series, and now I'll get the Voiceprint too. I was already sold on getting a Martin, but I really appreciated your work there too. I recently bought a d41 that has turned out to be my favorite! Thanks and God bless!

Hey I have the same 000-15sm and I originally installed the anthem inside, but eventually switch it out, because the bracing was so thick, that I had to use a bunch of extra pads to get it to fit, I wanted to ask how you went about fitting the anthem in your guitar? I ended up putting the anthem in my Gibson because it fits naturally, but now I just have an element in the martin.

@coreycongilio

2 жыл бұрын

The tech mounted it to a piece of maple I believe. The anthem SL would probably fit better in this guitar

@RustedMelody

2 жыл бұрын

@@coreycongilio right on, I like the control of the regular anthem, and I didn’t think of just adding some wood pieces to fill it in, thanks!

I have this acoustic pick up and was going to return it… Until you described the loss of frequency with vocal microphones!

So- This was fun but I need something clarified. Are any of these pedals a pre-amp? Or is that something different I would get before considering any of these pedals? Thanks!

@coreycongilio

3 жыл бұрын

Both the Session and the EQ could be considered pre amps

I have an LR BAGGS Venue and the Align Reverb - keeping to a budget would you purchase the sessions? chorus? or delay next?

@coreycongilio

4 жыл бұрын

If tone is what you’re looking for, I’d really consider the session.

@deemusiclv

4 жыл бұрын

I had both LRB venue and session on the same board and ditched the session and added a TCE Body Rez for added shaping. My acoustics: 2 martin HPL bodies: 1 Fishman MX, 1 LRB Anthem. Gig pretty regularly and sounds great live through Fishman SA330, Bose S1 Pro or direct into house sound.

@coreycongilio

4 жыл бұрын

@@deemusiclv Sounds like great options for those guitars and rig. Nice choices!

@guitarnotions

4 жыл бұрын

DeeMusicLV I just purchased the session - been playing with h several guitars all are a bit different. I am set up sessions to reverb to venue. The amp is a Boss Acoustic live. I am thrilled!!! It’s clean and deep. Thanks even played a Taylor 12 string through it and it seems to take the jangle out - like it’s separating the notes. I have a couple of custom acoustics one with a k & k. The other is a lr baggs. All sound amazing. I feel like I can shape the tone better. Harmonics are amazing. Thanks for the tip on the TCE. I ran out of money so I will enjoy this awesome setup for a while 😄

@coreycongilio

4 жыл бұрын

@@guitarnotions Sounds like another great acoustic rig. I really think these pedals help the overall tone and that's why I'm always so passionate about it!

Hi Corey! I would like to model my gear after yours. Can you tell me what you prefer, the LR baggs Anthem, or the Anthem SL? Thanks! Great playing by the way! Would like to model that too! :)

@coreycongilio

3 жыл бұрын

I use the anthem but, the SL would be fine for me as I usually go 100% full mic anyway. I think you'd enjoy either.

@billschuler8157

3 жыл бұрын

@@coreycongilio Thank you! I ended up going with the ibeam. (for now) My plan is to make that sound better using the Voice print and the align series. Now I just need to be able to play like you. That is really where your sound comes from! :)

Came here for the review....stayed for the stash, :-)

@coreycongilio

3 жыл бұрын

Ha! Awesome!

So I finally gave up on the Lr bagg pedals chief. So much hiss on the Genzler acoustic array. I’m thinking there is something about the drivers that they don’t like. Bummer, money lost

Your playing is so tasty Corey..

How did you work around the A bracing in order to mount the anthem pre amp? I see it’s recessed into the guitar a hair.

@coreycongilio

3 жыл бұрын

It's been awhile but, I think the luthier fashioned a piece of spruce near one of the braces to stabalize it.

@heithguilbert1245

3 жыл бұрын

@@coreycongilio Thanks so much. I love the anthem. great system although I didn't use the Anthem in my 000-15sm because of the A brace. went with a fisherman rare earth blend in it and that system is pretty killer in that particular guitar.

@heithguilbert1245

3 жыл бұрын

@@coreycongilio would you be so kind to inform me about what tuning machines you have on the guitar? I see they are replacements and im looking for some direct drop in replacements. ALSO... The Baggs session is ridiculously useful. Don't know why I don't see more guys using them. its all I run through. Love it!

@coreycongilio

3 жыл бұрын

@@heithguilbert1245 I bought the guitar second hand and I believe the previous owners replaced the tuners with waverlys

@heithguilbert1245

3 жыл бұрын

@@coreycongilio ok... this should be my last question. Ha!! Hard to tell, but are you using the Martin Luxe liquid metal bridge pins? If so, any comments regarding them. Sorry, I got a 000-15sm in a trade and never expected to love it so much. Probably the least expensive acoustic I own and quickly becoming my favorite. Also, been loving your channel.

Very useful. It would be even more useful to have each pedal on its own.

@coreycongilio

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, maybe someday!

is it a bad idea to install LR Baggs anthem on a 500euro guitar?

@diegooliveirabenjamin

4 жыл бұрын

Why would that b? I have this system on a 300 dollars Recording King and on a 3k Martin. It's amazing

@AntonisKoumpari

4 жыл бұрын

@@diegooliveirabenjamin Cause I 've been told that its not gonna make a cheap guitar sound good

@diegooliveirabenjamin

4 жыл бұрын

@@AntonisKoumpari well, there cheap guitars and guitars that sound cheap, if you don't like the natural sound of the instrument i think no picked system will change that, but if it sounds decent on its own then the Anthem is the best way to amplify it.

@guitarnotions

4 жыл бұрын

Do it - you will love it! 😄

2000 bucks to brighten up your sound, did you buy all this gear or are just selling it.

@matthewkrivec

4 жыл бұрын

my thoughts exactly. guessing fishman is wondering why he is selling lr baggs? i use a solid pine theile cab with fane pa 12 inch spkr, 50-17k hz summit audio 2b pre with telefunken nos 12ax7 n d45 crown pwr amp point being, every bit of the chain adds or subtracts timbre, color, tone and eq