Exactly my thoughts

Thanks for the kind words. Was looking for a video just like this and couldn't find one so decided to make it myself :)

Thanks for the feedback. I was really looking hard for a direct comparison video myself and couldn't find one so I figured it might be useful to others if I did one myself!

what can the line out do?

@@kissapeles You can route the audio through a different channel when the simulator is active, so you could (for example) record the acoustic parts on a separate track, or apply different effects when playing live.

@@DavidAddis Basically it has two line outs? or is the added line out a dry signal exit?

@@kissapeles yes essentially two line outs. If the second one is connected, you get the wet signal through that.

I am not sure what he said. U may have to select??

Are you happy that you have this mooer pedal and really sound as acustic guitar?

@@alexgochman6654 yes i have it

so, the mooer is the way to go!!!

Ashraful Khan I was quite surprised by what I found too. From memory the Gibson SGs have that deliberately muddy sound. Did you end up getting the Mooer in the end?

Felix Thiang - Guitarist nope not yet...will look for it

Felix Thiang - Guitarist So I ended up with the ac 3 and I gotta say I’m new to stuff like this. I don’t mind the sound - but here’s the thing - I put it in the fx loop of my blackstar ht5r and had to totally turn down the body knob since the amp is already adding extra low - in fact if I turn up the body knob, the sound becomes very distorted and unpleasant. Here are some questions - do you use this pedal’s amp out option into your amp or do you use the line out option into a pa (for a live setup I.e) ? Also,does you pedal have a slight hiss ? My one is creating this weird scratchy sound when I run my pick on the strings (wondering whether they tried to simulate acoustic string squeak ?) Will appreciate your feedback.

Ashraful Khan As per my video (top left corner), I use the Guitar Amp Out into an amp simulator into a PA system. I probably wouldn’t start with putting it in the effects loop, you bypass the preamp and go straight to the power amp by doing that. That means you bypass the eq knobs, I think any reverb you have on the amp is then sent to the ac3 to process and the valve preamp sound (driven sound) is also sent to the ac3... which I imagine can have weird effects (you are turning the fully processed sound from your amp into an acoustic tone). I think what you want is to have the pedal in the front of your chain so Its like plugging an acoustic guitar into the front of your amp (into a clean channel). When you do that, I would start with all settings at 12 o’clock to begin with (perhaps 12 o’clock on your amp settings as well, even volume as the more volume you have on a tube amp the more drive/crunch, reverb as desired but I’d turn it off and see what it sounds like first). Rather than play with the ac3’s body knob to adjust eq, use your amp’s eq to tweak your tone. At that point you should have a simulated acoustic guitar into the front of your amp, which isn’t designed for acoustic guitars so your mileage on whether you like it may vary. I would have thought it’d be fine though, as long as you don’t crank the volume up to go into overdrive/crunch. There is more string noise accentuated by the unit, that;s what you get from an amplified acoustic, but your weird sounds may be the ac3 processing your post preamp and reverbed sound. If you recall, even putting humbuckers instead of single coils through the units resulted in a vastly different sound, I can only imagine what you get when you try to put your whole amp’s preamp sound into it (by using effects loop). Let me know how you go.

That would sound better, as the purpose of a piezo sounded pickup is meant to go through directly to a pa or a cabinet. If you have an amp, put the output of the acoustic simulator to your fx return as it will bypass all the eq preamp on the amp itself.

Thanks!

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Thanks Alan. Hope it helped you.

Aaron Black note that he Boss AC3 can get brighter, I just left everything at 12 o’clock for comparison. But if you don’t need battery and don’t mind the louder button, the Mooer is an impressive little pedal.

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Don't demo in a shop then buy online. This is why music shops are dying out.

Thanks, hope it helped you.

When you consider that it's $100 or less, you probably can't get a good sounding (or feeling) acoustic guitar at that price anyway.

Lol… thank you. I went 7 string archtop, 8 string electric, then back to 6 strings for a long while now. Don’t let the novelty of the guitar fool you, just learn jazz guitar… it’s cool! :)

hahh, same here on a niner HC9. Thanks for the Review! Went on the Boss with EMG900. Moorer clipped on the c# dropped to B

I haven't noticed any unusual levels of noise coming from the unit. There is naturally some noise coming from any system but both the Mooer and AC3 I would characterise as quiet. Not sure if something else may be happening with your signal chain. How are you hooking it up? What is your signal chain like, what amp, what length of cable etc?

I have an 8 pedal setup but I tried using it on its own to isolate other pedals noise. There is a slight hissing sound with the Boss Ac3 when its engaged. When its off then the hiss goes away. Also tried with either outputs (guitar & direct out). There is a lot of forums out there that discusses this problem. They say the mooer Acoustikar has lesser noise level.

I had ordered a Mooer Acoustikar it will arrive around 2 weeks from now. I will let you know if there is a difference in their noise levels.

jam mamiscal Thanks, let me know how you go.

Finally got my Mooer Acoustikar. And it sounded waaaay more quiet than Boss Ac3. The sound quality I think I will give a SLIGHT advantage to Boss AC3 with its Jumbo settings but the standard settings on the Mooer is lovely. But still, it cannot replace a Real Acoustic guitar but the two pedals does a good job on simulating the sound and will give a "acoutic feel" with a band in a live situation. I would've still chose the Boss AC3 because of its additional features (reverb, line out) but the noise made me changed my mind.

Unfortunately I don’t play djent... needed a long scale 8 string guitar... thank you djent!

Felix Thiang - The Guitar Workshop I don’t know man that 8 string looks pretty djentable

BroToPro I was in a guitar center and tried the AC-3. No matter how much I tried I could not make it sound like an acoustic. The acoutikar actually sounds like an acoustic.

On my iPad, they sounded pretty similar, but when I played the video through my TV and full sound system, the AC-3 was head and shoulders above the Acoustikar. My son wandered in, and he thought the whole thing was pretty cool. The Mooer sounded extremely muddy, and we couldn’t even hear some of the higher notes in the chords, when he was playing the Ibanez toward the end of the video. By comparison, the Boss sounded like an upright bass and an arch top acoustic, combined.

I certainly hear the loud POP/click from the physical button (I hate those little pedal buttons!). Is that what you are referring to? It's certainly loud enough to make you think that the sound is coming from the amplifier!!!

Felix Thiang Hey, Felix. Thank you for answering. 😃 But I was really talking about the amplifier sound. I had the Tomsline AC Stage, that is something similar to the Mooer Acoustikar, but I got really disappointed because of the LOUD pop on the amplifier. Simply unusable in live situations. So, Im looking for a new pedal and triyng not to make same mistake again. Your Mooer have absolutely no POP when turning on?

Del Rei Rock No, there was no pop coming from the amplifier when I turned it on. If I had heard a pop coming from the amplifier I certainly would have complained about it in the video and that would have been a huge deal breaker for me. You might have a defective unit, might be worth trying to return it?

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Thank you again, Felix! It could be a bad unit... And also, the volume on max was lower than the guitar signal... Very weird. I bought the pedal on aliexpress and I'm from Brazil... The returning shipping cost back to China is more expensive than the refund... So, I realized it was a bad deal. Anyway, thank you for helping, man. And I've just subscribed to your new channel. Looks really good stuff! :)

Willy Bernardus . I had a really hard time picking one. I eventually ended up with the AC3 because I simply couldn't decide based on tone/sound and went for the unit with the battery compartment :P.

It's really subjective... if I didn't have them side by side I reckon I would have been happy with either. But yes... it's interesting you thought the Acoustica standard was better :)

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