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What's the deal with the Element pickup?
There seems to be 2 versions of this pickup...One with just a volume wheel and one with a volume AND tone wheel. LR Baggs shows the volume only one on their website and there's no mention of the other one?? Anyone know what the deal is with this and is there any tonal difference besides the obvious extra tone control?
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A lot of companies offer a variety of options. Tonally speaking, there should not be a difference. Baggs also has the VTC with the session built in. I would personally go with that as you get volume, tone and then the added warmth of the session preamp.
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I think there has always been a volume only element pickup but it used to look like this:
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Yep they have an Element, Element VTC and Element Session which has volume and tone.
The tone control offers a bit of flexibility to dial in and out high end.
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I believe that the element VTC (with tone control) also has some compression built into the circuit as well.
I read that is what the C stands for. |
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From Sweetwater's description, "the VTC pre-amp fills that sound with tape-like saturation, warmth, and a dynamic low-frequency EQ that compresses problematic frequencies as you play, an especially useful tool for stage musicians who want to avoid fiddling with knobs in between songs."
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I have the Element VTC in my J-45 and I am very impressed with this UST
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If the VTC has compression, which is a nonlinear function, it is not compatible with an IR (e.g. ToneDexter or my IRs).
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FYi - I had a Session VTC in my recent Gibson Songwriter Custom EC Ebony. I just swapped it out and had a full Baggs Anthem installed. Yeah, I'm an Anthem fan boy but man, it sounds better! The Session VTC was better than the Element VTC but it was kinda harsh to my ears.
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The "C" part refers to the built-in compressor which effectively controls low frequency content of the pickup. This from the Baggs website: "Multi-band compression has long been a secret of mastering rooms worldwide to unlock the warmth and natural dynamics of recorded instruments. The Element VTC’s all-discrete, Class A preamp leverages this studio elixir with a proprietary analog compressor that operates below 400Hz. The compressor is tuned to reflect the actual dynamics of the acoustic guitar, creating in live performance the superior warmth and natural balance of tone achieved in professional studio mastered sound. Includes soundhole mounted volume and treble tone controls." |
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This is a little off topic, but I have an element pickup installed in my RainSong, with a barn door configuration. Is it possible to upgrade it to an anthem using the same controls in the barn door unit?
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I’m pretty sure there’s a stage anthem which is the same barn door style so it would be a straight swap out
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I just replace a Session VTC. It is not a barn door. The sound hole control panel is shaped like the full Baggs Anthem.
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