Guitar players: Are acoustic simulator pedals worth a crap?

[phillybri]

I'm looking at Boss's Acoustic Simulator pedal, the AC-2.

Anyone had any experience w/ one of these guys?

[toddzilla]

1. depends on the guitar you're using

if you're using a strat, or thin-bodied single coil guitar,they can be fairly decent. I imagine a hollow-body would sound good, but most hollow bodies have humbuckers, which thickens the sound quite a bit.

I think rockman made an acoustic pedal that sounded great, although i doubt it is in production anymore. Never used the Boss, although they make very nice pedals.

[MichaelHarris]

5. My Ric sounds good

Its an older model though

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. Sure..if that is the sound you want to make

Not clear of Boss's current line, but Boss is made by Roland and Roland may make a product that incorporates more than one pedal so you may want to check that out.

For instance, I have a Roland GX that imitates every pedal made by boss through 1999.

Each pedal runs 100 to 200 bucks...i bought my processor for 750.00

[ProfessorGAC]

3. I Tried It For A Night

I didn't think much of it. I thought i could do just as well by fiddling with the tone, or using a bass boost pedal to thicken a very clean tone.

It does change the tone, but it still doesn't sound like an acoustic guitar, to me.
The Professor

[MichaelHarris]

4. not sure

I did have a friend who had that Line6?? amp that had an acoustic setting and then theres that Parker Fly that has an acoustic setting. When I want acoustic I just set the Les Paul down and grab the Guild.