The Latest Breaking News from LR Baggs

One of the biggest brands in acoustic guitar tone just changed its name

The identity shift marks a new era for LR Baggs

Guitar World · Sep 1

How to install LR Baggs’ HiFi Duet acoustic pickup – and yes, we’re gonna drill a hole in Chris Buck’s guitar

Chris Buck bought a new acoustic for tour, but he needed a pickup installed. Enter Huw Price and his drill

Guitar World · Aug 4

“For all the guitar people out there who look at me as not an electric player, don’t let the person behind the guitar fool you”: PRS and Ed Sheeran just unveiled a hollowbody baritone for all occasions

The pop megastar's SE Hollowbody I Piezo Baritone officially joins the main PRS lineup, and it's joined by a regular scale sibling – and a refresh of the SE amp lineup's finish options

MusicRadar · May 19

“While the odd corner has clearly been cut, these are true Gibsons with all the individuality that this brand exhibits”: Gibson J-45 Special and Hummingbird Special review

USA-made Gibson acoustics for under two grand, with solid timbers, nitro finish and an LR Baggs pickup. Too good to be true?

Guitar World · Apr 10, 2025

"Yes, its small proportions mean it’s somewhat restricted tonally, but forget what it can’t do and concentrate on the areas where it excels.": Gibson L-00 Special review

Small-bodied acoustic built from solid tonewoods and with an LR Baggs pickup, for well under two grand

MusicRadar · Apr 9, 2025

“The most convincing acoustic tone from an acoustic electric that we’ve yet heard”: LR Baggs AEG-1 review

This cutting-edge electro from LR Baggs has a plywood body frame, torrefied spruce top, rosewood back and studio-quality electrics – and we can’t wait to plug it in…

Guitar World · Apr 7, 2025

"Is this a watershed moment for acoustic-electric guitar?": LR Baggs AEG-1 guitar review

Lloyd Baggs has come full circle back to guitar design as a bespoke platform for his latest pickup system – the result could change expectations for stage acoustics

MusicRadar · Feb 6, 2025

Game-changers, trends, innovations, revivals and show-stoppers: the key guitars, amps and pedals of NAMM 2025

Our top picks from the likes of Fender, LR Baggs, MXR, DigiTech, Jackson and more

MusicRadar · Jan 30, 2025

“Access to the upper frets means you can fly even higher”: Gibson reimagines its iconic songbird as the Hummingbird gets a cutaway body and LR Baggs electronics as standard

Evolution comes for us all. Just ask Charles Darwin. And it has arrived for the Hummingbird

MusicRadar · Nov 28, 2024

LR Baggs is making guitars now – can the pickup expert bring something unique to the market with its AEG-1?

An electro-acoustic with a HiFi Duet pickup offers pickup and mic settings to enhance versatility

MusicRadar · Oct 1, 2024