The LR Baggs Align Series Equalizer is an acoustic preamp pedal built around a 6-band EQ and a high-graded FET gain stage. LR Baggs describes it as combining that gain staging with its proprietary 6-band EQ "to add richness and balance to any acoustic pickup signal"1. It works with any instrument, and it carries U.S. Patent D918,2931.
What it does
The pedal is based on the circuit of LR Baggs' Para Acoustic DI, combining the company's "signature, high-graded FET gain stage with powerful tone-shaping EQ"3. The 6-band EQ is set to the frequencies LR Baggs found most useful for improving acoustic guitar pickups, with the flexibility needed for live acoustic amplification32.
The controls are straightforward. The Volume knob is the master volume, used to find a balance between the engaged and bypassed signal; it is only active when the engage light is on3.
Background and reception
In its review, MusicRadar's Trevor Curwen summed the pedal up this way:
"Sorts problems, balances tone, can match various instruments and tailor a specific EQ for each one."
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Sources (4)
- Align Series Equalizer by LR Baggs, LR Baggs
- NAMM 2018: LR Baggs announces 4 new Align Series acoustic guitar preamp pedals, MusicRadar, 2018-01-12
- Align Series, lrbaggs.com
- LR Baggs Align Series Equalizer Pedal review, MusicRadar, 2018-07-08
