I had the unique opportunity to remove a Baggs Element from a guitar for which I had a nearly identical twin with the same strings and no Element. Before the removal I thought both guitars sounded the same out front and the full CF one was a bit brighter to the player.
I played my beater for a few days after removing the Element and before the HFN arrived (which drove me to revisit the two guitars at the same time). For that period I felt the guitar sounded better without the Element even though I felt logically (my logic) that is should be the same. I questioned my long held and stated opinion that USTs don't matter to acoustic tone.
But then I started playing both guitars and I was back to they sound about the same (excepting the all CF one is a bit brighter to the player).
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