Acoustic - Piezo -> Fractal -> Acousticy for recordings?

[famished]

I love acoustic guitar in my recordings. Due to ambient noise in my dwelling - two children, I've been considering foregoing a mic'd acoustic guitar in favor of a piezo. There are some high end options out there, notably the Rick Turner Renaissance, which might be best of breed. I've heard that running such a guitar through a 'D-TAR Mama Bear' might be a useful solution, particularly because the D-TAR is an acoustic instrument-specific digital modeling preamp.

Now I'm wondering, (a) whether the Axe-FX can cover this ground, of the 'D-TAR Mama Bear'; and (b) whether trying to record with a piezo has any hope of sounding like a fair pass at an acoustic recording.

 

[Scott Peterson]

You can find - on this forum using search - more than a few Mama Bear originated IR's to use in your Axe-FX.

The technology does work and does make things sound less 'quacky' and harsh; more woody and natural. I do it live = a lot = and it's a very workable situation.

For actual studio recording; it'd be fine for guide scratch tracks IMHO; but will never do for final finished tracks.

IMHO, YMMV.

 

[equilibrium]

I tried the acoustic (mama bear...) ir's with my Takamine. But for me, they took the directness out of the sound.

Some PEQ tweaking worke better for me. The piezzo-quack is still there, but it feels better.

 

[Beefcake]

For actual studio recording; it'd be fine for guide scratch tracks IMHO; but will never do for final finished tracks.

IMHO, YMMV.

Mileage will indeed vary... anything may work, depending on the situation. But I agree that for those natural, woody acoustic sounds you still have to play an acoustic guitar.