Is the a preset to make an electric guitar sound like an “acoustic”?

Xcdchdchjjf said:
As I mentioned HX Stomp had a good acoustic simulator and you could choose body type, etc. With my solid body electric tele I thought it was ABSOLUTELY good enough for live use.

The same company makes the Variax someone mentioned above (which uses a piezo im sure but still same algorithm).


Fractal is way better than the hx so im sure they could do a great one.
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The Line 6 Acoustic Sim is just a model of the Boss Acoustic Sim pedal, not the same tech in the Variax.
 
Will Chen said:
The Line 6 Acoustic Sim is just a model of the Boss Acoustic Sim pedal, not the same tech in the Variax.
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Cool its made by the same people. Im sure there is some similarity in the algorithm, as I mentioned.

Just as all specific comanies- fractals, strymons, line 6, etc share similar algorithms.


Of course (the physical tech inside) a guitar is different than in a stomp box.
 
I've been down this road. My best advice is to:

1. The most economical choice is to get a piezo equipped guitar. You can get some very passable tones for live use (or even recording) by incorporating the FM3 and a good IR.

2. The more expensive (but realistic route) is to embrace a synth-access guitar, but you'll also need a synth unit. I've gone this route and couldn't be happier. You get the additional bonus of being able to emulate a multitude of other instruments as well.
 
Personally, I find that a piezo pick-up often sounds so far from the acoustic sound of the instrument, that I can get closer to the emotional response with an electric. Preset 362, Jeff gets ready, scene 1, bypass the comp, drive, chorus and enhancer. Amp A, Cab A and reverb A or B. With the tone controll at 2-3 and my EMG SA and or the split from my 89R, I find that the emotional experience with soft finger picking is closer to an acoustic than the rubber band sound often created by piezos.
 
I do this with a simple 3Sigma Gibson IR and the USA Pre Clean amp. For our rehearsals, it's easier than bringing a second guitar but for gigs, I run a real acoustic into the Tube Pre w/some GEQ.
 
This is an interesting topic. I was just messing around with my Boss MS-3 yesterday. I even made a video clip of it to show some friends. I have had the MS-3 for several years and really only used it for the 3 pedal loops it had for my pedal board into my plexi heads. I came across the acoustic simulator on it and thought it sounded pretty good. My next thought was...does the AF3 have one of those...no. They should! I think that would be beneficial. To me it would be much more useful with the AF3 because you could then double it with an electric, like what we hear in a lot of recordings. I'm not an acoustic player so I don't know how accurate it sounds but to me it sounded like an acoustic.
 
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