Acoustic pedal advice

lincolnblue · October 2018

I have a main pedal board which I use for both electric and acoustic but I'd like to make a new just acoustic board.<br><br>Pedals I want are:<br>Tuner<br>Boss OC-3 (already own)<br>Tremolo (already own)<br>Reverb<br>Delay<br><br>My budget is very limited so can you recommend some good affordable pedals which work well for acoustic?

joetele · October 2018

I think <span class="vanilla-mention-@">@preston61 might be able to help here - he's an acoustic man with a good pedalboard. </span>

joetele · October 2018

Also I know I said it before but the Digitech Digiverb is very good

<br><br>I'm selling a TC Flashback 2 in the classifieds which would cover any delay needs too

preston61 · October 2018

<blockquote class="Quote"> <div class="QuoteAuthor"><a href="/profile/17910/joetele">joetele</a> said:</div> <div class="QuoteText">I think <span class="vanilla-mention-@">@preston61 might be able to help here - he's an acoustic man with a good pedalboard. </span></div> </blockquote><p> <br>Thanks bud</p><p>It depends on what you're trying to do with the acoustic and effects.</p><p>As far as reverb goes I'd happily recommend a Boss RV5, the modulated effect on that sounds really good with it. It's also versatile enough that you can have other reverb effects if you needed. It's fairly reasonable as well, 2nd hand you're probably looking at £60.</p><p>Delay wise, any of the boss DD's will work, but they are crisp. A more analog delay sounding pedal like the Carbon Copy would sit nicely underneath if you're not trying to be too obvious with the effect</p>

lincolnblue · October 2018

<blockquote class="Quote"> <div class="QuoteAuthor"><a href="/profile/42/preston61">preston61</a> said:</div> <div class="QuoteText"><blockquote class="Quote"> <div class="QuoteAuthor"><a href="/profile/17910/joetele">joetele</a> said:</div> <div class="QuoteText">I think <span class="vanilla-mention-@">@preston61 might be able to help here - he's an acoustic man with a good pedalboard. </span></div> </blockquote><p> <br>Thanks bud</p><p>It depends on what you're trying to do with the acoustic and effects.</p><p>As far as reverb goes I'd happily recommend a Boss RV5, the modulated effect on that sounds really good with it. It's also versatile enough that you can have other reverb effects if you needed. It's fairly reasonable as well, 2nd hand you're probably looking at £60.</p><p>Delay wise, any of the boss DD's will work, but they are crisp. A more analog delay sounding pedal like the Carbon Copy would sit nicely underneath if you're not trying to be too obvious with the effect</p></div> </blockquote> Thanks. Delay will only be used subtly so more analogue I think. Reverb I want a general room/hall but for finger picking want aomethuso a bit more ambient.

lincolnblue · October 2018

In terms of tuners, there's lots of budget ones -mooer etc. Are there any good tuners other than the usual Polytune or Boss?

lincolnblue · October 2018

The other option is a multi effects unit like the Fishman Tonedeq but even used they seem pricey

preston61 · October 2018

<blockquote class="Quote"> <div class="QuoteAuthor"><a href="/profile/2971/lincolnblue">lincolnblue</a> said:</div> <div class="QuoteText">The other option is a multi effects unit like the Fishman Tonedeq but even used they seem pricey</div> </blockquote><p> <br>Personally I wouldn't go for one of those. Fishman stuff is great but the way they've set up the pedal means that you can only use reverb or delay, which is very limiting. The same goes for the Chorus/Tremolo/Flanger, you can only use one at a time. The compressor, if its the same as the one on the Aura spectrum, is subtle but nice, but personally I don't think you get much versatility for the price. </p><p>Sure it's a great solution if you need a DI with good EQ settings as well, however for adding effects I'm not sure it's the right thing, an M9 would probably be better, also has a tuner built in as well</p>

builttospill · October 2018

Boss CP-1X compressor is supposed to be good with an acoustic setup or maybe a TC Spark Boost mini, I have the Boss comp and it's brilliant, I've seen quite a few demos with with acoustic users and it sounds great

PS66 · October 2018

<p>L.R Baggs Venue..excellent pedal!! and a HOF Reverb</p><p></p><p><a title="Link: http://i67.tinypic.com/qxm3pz.jpg" href="http://i67.tinypic.com/qxm3pz.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://i67.tinypic.com/qxm3pz.jpg</a></p>;

preston61 · October 2018

<blockquote class="Quote"> <div class="QuoteAuthor"><a href="/profile/19692/PS66">PS66</a> said:</div> <div class="QuoteText"><p>L.R Baggs Venue..excellent pedal!! and a HOF Reverb</p><p></p><p>http://i67.tinypic.com/qxm3pz.jpg</p></div>; </blockquote> <br>I use, love, and could not gig without the Venue DI and the Align Session, LR Baggs make some very useful stuff

PS66 · October 2018

<blockquote class="Quote"> <div class="QuoteAuthor"><a href="/profile/42/preston61">preston61</a> said:</div> <div class="QuoteText"><blockquote class="Quote"> <div class="QuoteAuthor"><a href="/profile/19692/PS66">PS66</a> said:</div> <div class="QuoteText"><p>L.R Baggs Venue..excellent pedal!! and a HOF Reverb</p><p></p><p>http://i67.tinypic.com/qxm3pz.jpg</p></div>; </blockquote> <br>I use, love, and could not gig without the Venue DI and the Align Session, LR Baggs make some very useful stuff</div> </blockquote> <br>Yip..excellent pedal..although I find the Tuner a little jumpy which is why the Polytune is on the board

preston61 · October 2018

<blockquote class="Quote"> <div class="QuoteAuthor"><a title="Link: /profile/19692/PS66" href="/profile/19692/PS66">PS66</a> said:</div> <div class="QuoteText"><blockquote class="Quote"> <div class="QuoteAuthor"><a href="/profile/42/preston61">preston61</a> said:</div> <div class="QuoteText"><blockquote class="Quote"> <div class="QuoteAuthor"><a href="/profile/19692/PS66">PS66</a> said:</div> <div class="QuoteText"><p>L.R Baggs Venue..excellent pedal!! and a HOF Reverb</p><p></p><p>http://i67.tinypic.com/qxm3pz.jpg</p></div>; </blockquote> <br>I use, love, and could not gig without the Venue DI and the Align Session, LR Baggs make some very useful stuff</div> </blockquote> <br>Yip..excellent pedal..although I find the Tuner a little jumpy which is why the Polytune is on the board</div> </blockquote><p>I think the tuner is great, so much so that I got rid of my Polytune Mini :-)</p><p>Once I realised how to use it properly that is (the switching off after not being used for a while threw me the first few times)<br></p>

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