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does anyone have any experience with an acoustic simulator? like this one. i was wondering if it did a good enough job to be worth buying. our church could use an acoustic guitar, and this would be around $500 cheaper than an acoustic-electric. i know it isn't the same, but if it was real close that would be sweet.
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I've tried them on various occasions and, imho, they're junk.
They feature bad note tracking and a really synthetic sound.
If you need an electric guitar to sometimes be an acoustic, may I suggest a Godin Solidac.
I bought mine for the very reason of needing on-the-fly switching from electric to acoustic and being equipped with magnetic pickups as well as saddle transducers, it's a natural.
Another option is the Fender Powerhouse Strat. It's equipped with a Fishman transducer bridge so it, too, will get you electric and acoustic sounds.
And Schecter makes a C1 equipped with a transducer bridge.
Around $600 should buy any of the above and sometimes you can find killer deals on Godins. I paid $250 for mine brand new and they usually sell for $700.
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Or you could just look for a piezo-equipped bridge for your electric guitar. Fishman (like ones on Fenders), LR Baggs, and GraphTech (like ones on Schecters) all make their own versions.
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thanks, but it's not really a nessecity. i mean getting an acoustic. i think that might eventually happen, but i thought this could be an alternative that would work. plus i'd get a new toy
i pretty much figured they wouldn't work to well, but confermations are always good.
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rainer, that sounds cool
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That AC-3 will work pretty well with certain pickup configurations. I use an acoustic amp and the Boss AC-3 with great success if the guitar has single coil pups. A friend of my sons has a cheap Squire or something like that and he has Fender style single coils. Sounds pretty good with proper adjustments to the pedal. My main Les Paul has Seymour Duncan Seth Lover humbuckers and it squeels and hums and sounds really bad through the AC-3 and the acoustic amp. My son has a Les Paul with Seymour Duncan Antiquities and it sounds great through the pedal and acoustic amp. I have another [Epi Casino] with P-90s and it sounds great. It can work, but then again, it might not depending on what kind of pups you have.
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i tried the ac-2 at guitar center and i thought it was great. it was an epi les paul standard through a AC-2 to a crate RFX(i think it was the 30).
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I have a boss ac-2 and it sounds like garbage...
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the gnx 3000 has one and it sounds pretty good. I have a Ibanez with dimarzio evolution picks.
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The acoustic sim on my Boss GT-6 sounds okay through my single coiled strat, but sounds very fake through my LP.
I have heard of a couple of guys who use a EQ pedal to replicate the sound of an acoustic guitar. Only one name comes to mind and that would be gg7. You could PM him and ask what he uses(guitar, pedal, and amp) to get an idea of what you would need.
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I had an AX10 from Korg for about 2 days once. The acustic sim on it was excellent. To me the boss pedal sounds very tinny. If you are playing under a more dominate instrument its not bad, but otherwise forget about it. If you have a LP type guitar you can use your neck Pup and boost the mids and add just a tad of reverb and it will sounds very acustic. I think Rainer posted a thread in the guitar forum once with some good sound clips.
If you are playing for acustic worhsip you really need an electric guitar. I have a mid range shallow ovation and love it. It sounds great amped and doesn't feel like I'm bear hugging an elephant.
Another option for a guitar with an acustic pup is the Schecter C-1 Elite Semihollow.
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My Digitech RP250 has a pretty good acoustic sim. The following clip was done with my bridge humbucker. It sounds better live than recorded.
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Originally Posted by presbystrat My Digitech RP250 has a pretty good acoustic sim. The following clip was done with my bridge humbucker. It sounds better live than recorded.
It also sounds good on the RP350. I used to use it all the time when I had the RP350. It's good for switching between a more acoustic sound and a more electric sound, but nothing beats a good acoustic.