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I also agree with nick79 that an EQ pedal is worth trying, and if anything can sound a bit less artificial in some ways, although less 'like an acoustic', if that makes sense - kind of like an acoustic guitar with a soundhole pickup rather than like a piezo or a mic'ed acoustic.
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It's usually better to use the neck pickup, which may be counterintuitive if you think you're trying to simulate a piezo bridge pickup!
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Acoustic sim pedals sound okay and plausible with the guitar playing on its own or with just vocals.
But as soon as the rest of the band join in then the sound gets lost really quickly.
I think it must be something to do with the way the pedals squash and reshape EQ and add a kind of compressed sound to the guitar.
Does anyone have any tips for how to get them to stand out in a live mix (and let's face it that's the only time you'd bother with a pedal rather than a real acoustic guitar), with the rest of the band?