Boss Acoustic Simulator AC-3
Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator Features: * Boss' most advanced acoustic-guitar modeling in a compact pedal * Four simulation modes: Standard, Jumbo, Enhanced, and Piezo-equipped * Top and Body knobs for fine-tuning the virtual-body resonance * Built-in reverb, optimized for acoustic-guitar simulation
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User Reviews of the Boss Acoustic Simulator AC-3
- Submitted by Adam from Washington, DC (22 points) on Apr 20, 2014
- Just picked one up at a pawn shop today, but so far so good. I guess they don't sell for forty because they're shit, but because it's a pointless effect, used as intended. That said, on my clean strat if I'm patient I can find a dozen usable, varied acoustic tones easily. With the body knob all the way down, it can sound like a tele. It does a great job -- even incredible -- at tracking chords, adding body, enhancing the highs, but if you're using it on guitar, what's the point really? So in that one song, twice for fifteen seconds, your metal band can do an acoustic interlude?
- Good Points: Here's what you do: Pair it with distortion, fuzz, OD, EQ before it, unlock countless perfect shit-tones. Coincidentally, on my way back from the pawn shop, I was listening to Crass and thinking, God, how can I sound this delightfully shit? This thing makes me want to start a cover band. On the AC-2 review, someone mentions Jesus & Mary Chain; I got ear-piercingly close. I love the fizzy static it adds to my distortion; normally, I find staticky noise boring, but this thing's static can be pretty musical. I think tracking chords well is one feature that makes this nice for noise: add it to almost any signal, get lo-fi, trebly harshness without losing anything. I've noticed, with dirt pushing it on guitar, 2nd chords and half-steps take on a great glitchy fuzz. Oh that's another thing -- pumping it into my basic, muffy fuzz at full blast, it makes great glitchy / choked / battery-starved fuzz tones, like one of those drone-out stoner boutique fuzzes.
- Bad Points: Seems to work by blending its digitally processed signal over your clean one, so it'd make sense it combos well with dirt. The Body and Top are not just low and hi EQ bumps, but that is mostly all they do. I wish it had some more knobs; on distorted and noise signals, besides level/reverb, the knobs don't change things all that much. For the price, no real complaints, but don't bother until you have a few distortions you like to try it with. (On the other hand, it's making complex, fizzy, radio static-like soundscapes alone in my Digitech Synth Wah's f loop, not like anything else I've tried with that; supposedly, a big part of this pedal's sound is an enhancer effect, and I love the way those work in f loops.)
- Price Paid: US$32.00
- Purchased At: Larry's Super Pawn - Amazing place if, tragically, you find yourself in Youngstown
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- Submitted by kinetic turtle from Oakland, CA (166 points) on Mar 10, 2006
- This pedal is really just the Boss EQ-7 with presets. Stuuuupid...
- Good Points: uhm.. Boss construction?
- Bad Points: Less functional and more expensive than the EQ-7
- Price Paid: US$0.00
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