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agent199
Copper Member
Canada
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 Posted - 06/03/2006 : 02:26:36
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Hello all .. I am new to the forums and this is my first post.
I have recently discovered an interesting use for my AC-2. I play a les paul std and custom through a marshall 6100lm. When using channel 3 (recto style sound but defenitely marshall's version of a modern high gain channel) and playing some good ol early 80s thrash, I use my AC-2 pedal to dry up the sound versus using the amps contour switch. Clearly the acoustic simulator pedal was not intended to be used this way, but it sure does work good for drying up distortion :)
Very interesting ... any thoughts from anyone else with regards to this AC-2 pedal ?
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StratoSphere
Double Platinum Member
Canada
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Posted - 06/03/2006 : 03:17:47
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| thats a good idea.. do you set the "body" and "top" to high settings? would doing this give you a scooped sound? |
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agent199
Copper Member
Canada
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Posted - 06/03/2006 : 10:47:07
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In a way yes. But I think its more subtle. When the contour is engaged it makes a drastic change in the sound shape. While using my AC-2 I can just add a touch of dryness without having to make a big drastic change in the sound shape. Course you get to step on a pedal to do it without having to reach over and turn the mid eq down on your amp. I still have to do some more experimenting with the AC-2, but I like what I found so far. Even if i decide to use the AC-2 when the contour is engaged, it makes the contour even more dry sounding.
I use level@noon, body between 10&11oclock, top@3oclock, and jumbo.
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GuitarStv
Copper Member
Canada
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Posted - 06/05/2006 : 18:43:51
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| I'm glad that there's some use for the AC-2 . . . it's not worth much for it's intended function. . . |
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Erik dP
Silver Member
Sweden
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Posted - 06/05/2006 : 22:01:41
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I argee with GuitarStv if you only have humbuckers (non-split).
However, with Single coil/split hums you get a very convincing acustic sound. At least through a 4*12 (It sounded bad through the home stereo). |
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SirJackdeFuzz
Bronze Member
South Africa
83 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2006 : 03:34:59
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Someone told me to try and improve my cheapo acoustic's tone with an Acoustic Simulator !
Has anyone ever tried an acoustic sim. on an acoustic, before ?
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Dingus
Silver Member
USA
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Posted - 06/08/2006 : 14:44:57
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| For reference someone was telling me the other day that if you turn the volume down on your electric enough and play it through the AC-2 that it sounds much better. I never paid much attention but I probably always had it cranked, and the guy said that it can't handle that much output. |
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agent199
Copper Member
Canada
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Posted - 06/10/2006 : 10:14:23
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With regards to Dingus' post .. I would say that the idea of turning down the guitar's volume is in fact correct .. which attributes to the idea of humbuckers not working effectively in creating an ideal acoustic sound. My guess is that humbuckers put out much more power than single coil pickups, which would be why single coils are better suited for this pedal to create acoustic sounds.
I am almost tempted to outfit my les paul with a split coil humbucker in the neck position.
Also with regards to SirJackdeFuzz's post .. I have never tried to use the AC-2 on an acoustic. At the same time, I am not so sure you can really improve a bad sound with this pedal either. I think you would be better off using a regular EQ pedal to do that.
Edit: I did try turning down the volume on my les paul to about 4 and it did make an improvement to creating that acoustic sound on the clean channel. If I have to I can just turn up the master volume a little to make up for the drop in volume on the guitar. Another thing that I noticed that works nicely with this pedal too is the mid shift button on my amp .. gives it that twangy country style sound .. if you can imagine an emulated twangy country style acoustic sound. One final thing that helps to create acoustic believability with this pedal on my amp .. is the effects level control (which is used to mix wet and dry signal). Normally I have the effects level set to 6 when using the DD-3. If I go to use my AC-2 on the clean channel, I crank the effects level all the way to 10 (this really makes the AC-2 that much more believable). If I use the AC-2 on the high gain channel to dry the distortion up a bit, I set the effects level back to 6. Another couple of things I also do to create a more believalbe acoustic tone while using the clean channel (obviously) is cut the low frequency (since i am using humbers on a les paul) using my 6100lm's low compensation switch. Neck position humbucker selected.
This pedal has me playing clean channel open chord strumming style more than ever. I'm sold. |
Edited by - agent199 on 06/10/2006 12:32:17 |
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Boss AC-2 Acoustic Simulator
