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Cable Closeouts - We are closing out an assortment of high quality cables to make room for more pickups. While supplies last... http://www.bluestarmusic.com/Cable-Closeouts_b_13.html

We are now an Authorized Mighty Mite dealer and carry the entire line of Mighty Mite pickups and a selection of guitar hardware including pots, switches and jacks. Mighty Mite has been making parts and electronics for guitar manufacturers since the 1970's and http://www.bluestarmusic.com/Mighty-Mite-Pickups_b_6.html

The new Fishman Neo-Buster Pickup solves a long-standing problem of how to use both a soundhole pickup and a feedback buster at the same time. If you have either one installed in your soundhole, it prevents the use of the other. But sometimes you need both... https://www.bluestarmusic.com/Fishman-Neo-Buster_b_5.html

How Pickups Work I would like to provide an overview of the most commonly available types of pickups available today, without getting too bogged down in technical details. In subsequent articles I will discuss pickups for individual musical instruments in more detail.

LR Baggs Lyric Guitar Microphone LR Baggs introduced the Lyric guitar microphone earlier this year and we have been very pleased with the results. The mic is incredibly responsive, providing a very realistic acoustic guitar sound without the usual problems associated with mic'ing a guitar. Feedback resistance is very good and the overall sound quality is very airy and light in the treble range, cledar and detailed in the midrange with well defined, solid bass response. LR Bag...gs made waves when they introduced their Anthem guitar microphone system a couple of years ago. The Anthem, however, uses a different setup than the Lyric. While the Lyric is a full range microphone, the Anthem rolls off the low frequencies of the microphone at a certain point and allows the included Element undersaddle pickup to reproduce that range. This was done in part to mitigate potential feedback issues that are often associated with microphones in that frequency range, especially when played harder or in high volume environments. With the Lyric, there is no need to roll off the bass frequencies as the bass response is tweaked in the preamp to tighten it up and to reduce or eliminate potential feedback issues. There are other tweaks as well, including a built-in contour that maintains the mic sweetness regardless of how hard you play, and a presence control at the soundhole (next to the volume control) to allow matching the high frequency response to your guitar. There is also a noise cancellation circuit to reject "boxy" sound wave reflections inside the guitar. Since the Lyric is a full range, high quality microphone, there is no need for a secondary pickup which simplifies the installation and reduces the overall complexity of the system. And of course you still get the famous LR Baggs quality, all discrete preamp circuitry, and the fact that each Lyric is hand-built and tested in the United States. We have the Lyric in stock for immediate delivery, with free domestic shipping. For more information about the Lyric, feel free to give us a call or visit our website. Here are some useful links: LR Baggs Lyric Full Range Guitar Microphone with Preamp and Volume http://www.bluestarmusic.com/lr-baggs-lyric-full-range-guit Lyric page on the LR Baggs website (includes video and audio samples and additional images) http://www.lrbaggs.com/pickups/lyric

Pickups for bouzouki, ukulele, world instruments, harp, piano, etc.

Pickups for steel and nylon string acoustic guitars

Pickups for 4 and 5 string electric bass guitars

Pickups for cello.

Pickups for acoustic upright/double bass

Pickups for mandolin and mandola.

Pickups for four and five string banjo, banjitar, etc.

Pickups for violin and viola