About this item

Inspired by the LR Baggs Handcrafted Video Sessions and our experience in some of Nashville’s great studios, the Session electronics were designed to impart the rich sonic character that you’d expect from an experienced audio engineer using some of the world’s finest studio gear. We’ve captured this studio magic and made it an integral part of your guitar for live performance with the Session VTC.

Analog Warmth

Breathe life into your signal with additional harmonics for a superior, “natural warmth” and richness of tone. The Session VTC’s “tape-like” saturation is voiced specifically for the acoustic guitar and transports studio, analog warmth and inspiring playability to the stage.

Dynamic EQ

Like having your very own sound engineer responding to the way you play, this circuitry continually suppresses problematic frequencies common in live performances, allowing the best qualities of your guitar to come through the mix. The built-in low, mid, and high frequency compressors are essentially “touch-sensitive” EQs that respond in real-time to your dynamics. The harder you strum, the more they compress and vice versa.

Unrivaled Dynamic Range

The Pickup

The Session VTC pairs studio electronics with our patented Element pickup for a polished sound on stage.  Engineered to mirror the soundboard’s actual movement as you play, a flexible sensor picks up the guitar’s most delicate nuances for the highest fidelity possible. Because the pickup tracks the motion of the top rather than the direct string attack, it mitigates the “quack” common in other undersaddle pickups and unlocks the Element’s unrivaled dynamic range.

Features

• Analog warmth enhances sonic character and harmonic content

• Dynamic EQ smoothes out common problem frequencies

• Tone control sweeps between a wide range of warmth, clarity, and everywhere in between

• Phase inversion for best sound and feedback control

• Master volume

• Multi-segment battery check

• Soundhole remote includes volume and mic trim controls

• All discrete pre-contoured endpin preamp with preset crossover

• Model available for nylon string guitars

TRU•MIC Technology
At the heart of the Anthem is a revolutionary microphone engineered to capture a dynamic studio-mic’d sound for any live performance. The TRU•MIC mounts to the underside of the bridge plate and hovers just 3 mm above its surface to take advantage of the PZM or “boundary” effect. This proprietary mounting system, combined with noise cancellation, frees the mic to perform as if it were outside of the guitar in a studio and maintain remarkable feedback suppression for the stage. The result is a balanced frequency response with excellent clarity for the purest sound you have ever heard amplified. We have paired the Element pickup with the TRU•MIC to provide solidity and punch for low frequencies.

The Anthem has all of the essential tools in one complete system. The feather-weight preamp and controls include: volume, mix, phase and a battery check. The mix control blends from the augmented TRU•MIC position to Element pickup only.

Features

• The patented TRU•MIC carries the majority of the guitars’ frequency range while the Element Pickup carries the lowest frequencies

• Mix control blends between the TRU•MIC augmented with low frequency support from the Element Pickup and full-range Element Pickup

• The mic is highly feedback-resistant

• Noise cancelling microphone technology eliminates any annoying honky or boxy qualities from the inside of the guitar

• Mic installs easily on the bridge plate with peel and stick adhesive

• Mic and pickup levels preset for optimum performance

• Soundhole preamp includes volume, mix, phase inversion, battery check, and mic trim controls

• All discrete pre-contoured soundhole preamp with preset crossover

• Element Pickup fits most common string spacings and saddle width

• Comes with battery bag for secure and unobtrusive battery retention

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