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12-18-2014, 05:29 PM
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Lyric Classical review
New member, Don Mitchell in Portland, Oregon here. I recently installed a Lyric Classical in my Cordoba C10 (spruce top, rosewood back and sides, ebony fingerboard) and I've made a series of review videos for anyone interested. I found a lot on YouTube on the Lyric steel string but very little on the classical model. My first video compares the Lyric to a Miniflex Model 1 which I had installed in the guitar previously. I was not really pleased with the sound of the Lyric and, consulting with LR Baggs, began moving it around. The second video compares once again the Miniflex, then 3 different Lyric mic positions, then Then an external medium diaphragm condenser mic (a Sure BG5.1). In my final video I have moved the mic to my favored position (just in front of the bridge plate to the treble side of the center fan brace) and mixed the signal, in 3 different examples, with 3 different external microphones. Mixing the Lyric with an external mic returns the best results in my opinion, the best of each: the volume and feedback resistance of the Lyric and the warmth and clarity of an external mic. Here are the links to the videos:
http://youtu.be/v18wF1qLn1U http://youtu.be/7V_OWTYHMgk http://youtu.be/Pzb3Vlk3WpU 
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#2
12-18-2014, 05:52 PM
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P.S. My thanks to the very detailed and comprehensive commentary by AlohaChris on the subject of the use of microphones in live performance with acoustic guitars.
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#3
12-20-2014, 09:31 AM
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Although pretty gainy in these videos, I'm very impressed with the miniflex. The Lyric not so much.
The miniflex model 1 looks simple to install, sounds natural. Works for me. Nice video of it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKN58SigzVw and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K878aq7vFWg
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#4
12-20-2014, 04:39 PM
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I agree that the Mini-Flex sound really quite good. A little EQ might get the highs to sparkle a bit.
But Don, the real question is how does the Mini-Flex handle feedback? I have read that they are not very good in gig situations. I have never tried one but the installation is pretty clean. Jake
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