[guitaniac]

With respect to the issue of needing extra gear for double-sourcing:

FWIW, I like to double-source in a way which requires no blender. I set for a good strumming blend running to two mixer channels. When I need to boost the volume a bit for bare-fingered picking, I use my Fishman Platinum preamp to boost the level from a single source - the passive PUTW I/O UST in my guitar. Since I really like the sound of that particular pickup for barefingered picking, it doesn't disturb me that there's less of the second source (Wendler Dynafield IV) in the blend when I boost the level.

I see the Lyric as being very similar to the Dynafield IV, so I'd probably use the same approach if I was double-sourcing the Lyric with the PUTW I/O UST.