The electro-acoustic market market has always faced a challenge; how to make acoustic guitars and pickups that can sound like a guitar unplugged when they're amplified and can hold their own in a mix too. And it's a huge one, but LR Baggs looks ready to take it on as the US company enters the instrument market with the AEG-1.
It's not strictly a hybrid guitar like the Fender Acoustasonic, instead, it aims for versatility in the acoustic world evolving the company's existing and acclaimed HiFi Duet pickup that enables players to dial in a mix of mic and pickup to taste. Heard that kind of thing before? Well, this takes it up to a new level, with a guitar designed around such a system, as Trey Hensley's demo below will showcase.
