The new pickup uses one general rule. EQ! That's simply it. This not new. I am pretty sure Baggs designed this pickup to eliminate certain frequencies between 100/200khz that cause feedback. The boxiness comes from how sensitive and where it the microphone is placed. I am also sure it not advertised as a replacement for the Anthem. It's a pickup clearly designed for solo artist. The Anthem mic pretty much does a high pass slope that cuts off everything lower than 200khz and slightly dips down from there til about 3khz. Then frequencies taken from the Anthem are compensated with the Element. It new in a sense that Baggs has pre-EQ'ed everything in the Anthem and Lyric for you already. I still think the M1 and iBeam/K&K mini is still the best combination with the iMix internal preamp for EQing the preferred transducer. Heck the iMix in general used correctly is still the best compared to others for natural tones.
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