Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator

It is easy to use and figure out. It has one volume knob would have been better to have two one for amount of effect other for dry signal. Other two knobs one is for low end other is harmonics in the high end. If you turn these all the way down you lose volume. So you cannot mix dry signal it is 100% wet signal.

The sound is very artificial I was disapointed. It pretty much takes all of your real guitar sound and makes it sound artificial. If you were expecting like me to sound like a real acoustic guitar do not buy this pedal. I tried this pedal on three different instruments on every setting possible. I played though a Peavey Triple XXX on clean channel. It made me realize how good the orginal clean sound really was. I just did not like it and returned it to the store next day.

Not sure all Boss pedal seem to last very long

Never dealt with them.

I play alot of styles mostly rock acoustic and electric. I mainly wanted this for those songs with both an acoustic and electric in same song. I thought it would be cool if I could go from a acoustic guitar sound to a distorted electric with a few stomps of the feet. Unfortunately after spending alot of time with this pedal I felt it might be good for a paper weight. Looks like it would work good.....but it sounds like artificial S...! Find a clean sound you like and use an EQ to tune out the frequencies to soften it up. Don't buy this pedal!

The setup is realy easy. The knobs give a good response and I found it easy to create a good and worm sound. In the manual you will find some presets tah will hook you up in seconds.

I did own some other acoustic simulators like the Behringer and the AC-2 by Boss but this one beats them by a distance. Looking for a realistic warm acoustic guitarsound whilst playing electric guitar get this one. You won't regret it. The jumbo sound is awesome when you'll do solo acoustic intro's. (E.G. Pinball wizard) The enhanched breakes easy through the thick band sound and is great when you'll do a lot of strumming. But choose the sound you like and it will be realistic and wide. I use it with an Bandit 112 and straight into the Allen and Heath wizzard. Both sound great. My guitars are a Yamaha hollow body and a Fender tele custom. The cosm modeling makes it sound more realistic the any other acoustic sim pedal

It is a Boss, need I say more.............

Have never used them.

I'll play classic rock and popsongs and was forced to change guitars, (acoustic to electric vv) all the time. A variax wasn't to my likeing, so I struggled on. I did buy different brands of simulators until I stumbled on this one. It is a killer pedal. I love the Jumbo sound of it and use it also on solo gigs playing the tele through an mackie cfx 12 table (with red box). People do not know what they are hearing, and it is there ant your feet. Boss realy did a good job here. I surely hope they will find the time and money to be the innivators the were throughout the years. Let the others copy them they never reach this level of perfection.

This pedal needs some tweeking. If you take the time to REALLY play with the knobs you can get some good tones out of it. I used a Strat and a Les Paul for the review. The manual is fairly decent, as are most Boss pedal manuals. Has two outputs, one for your guitar amp and the other for the PA.

IF you have the time to spend some time with the PA you are going to run in through and IF you have the patience to really sit down and play with the knobs then yes, you can get a fairly nice acoustic/electric sound out of it. (missing some midrange) It does NOT sound like a true acoustic. On the other hand, it does NOT sound like an electric either. It has its own unique sound. This can be a good thing, sounds way better than just DIing into the PA, brings some top end sparkle and some rich low end to the game. Makes an electric sound "full" if your playing by yourself. Great in a full band situation if you need to open a song with an acoustic passage. Again, not a replacement for a true acoustic, but can do in a pinch.

Its a Boss. Virtually bullet proof. This thing is a battery hog, so make sure you have an AC adapter handy. Giving it an "8" for battery consumption.

Boss is pretty good.

I play everything except metal. A bit pricy, does not do exactly what I though it would do but you know what? I am going to keep it. Brought in a few people(non musicians) and had them pick- they liked the Boss better than an amplified Yari. Go figure.