Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator

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Andy here, and today we're going over the Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator. This pedal let's you transform any electric into an acoustic guitar with the help of Boss COSM technology. Along with 4 natural sounding acoustic models, the Boss Acoustic Simulator lets you shape the booming bottom with the Body control and the bright, percussive end via the Top control. Plus, built in Boss reverb adds a more spacious environment and sense of realism to the AC-3's acoustic tones. The Boss AC-3 Acoustic Simulator can also tackle a number of stage or studio configurations by using the line out for sending to a PA/mixer, soundcard or separate amp while a dedicated guitar amp output preserves your guitar's natural tone.

[@andres_yeah]

What happens if you plug this into an acoustic guitar? Does it get even more acoustic? Or maybe it cancels the acousticness of the acoustic guitar and it starts sounding like an electric guitar? Someone try it please, I NEED to know.

[@floydfan831]

I don't see why people rip on Boss.... I play on Boss, and I think they sound as good or better than a lot of other pedals on the market

[@MorrockW]

I've tried it on bass guitar, and no, it doesn't sound like an acoustic bass, but it does give it a nice, natural woody tone, which I enjoyed a lot. But nothing like an acoustic bass.

[@Winner8092]

My thing is, if I would've heard this on a record without having known it was a simulator, I would've thought it was an acoustic guitar. The facility of switching between the AC-3 & other pedals is a plus, thats why I bought it :D

[@PaladinsFury]

Of course real Acoustics sound better, this is meant for people gigging who can't carry two guitars

[@Showerlover]

best GnR Patience solo cover on youtube

[@trokeification]

I Remember You, Patience, Lake of Fire, Andy knows all the good riffs!

[@gpq21]

Andy you make every guitar gadget a must! Great job!!

[@EVHfan78]

Skid Row - I remember you. Awesome choice Andy. One of my favorites from Skid Row. But you make me want to buy everything you demo. You make it all sound so good.

[@metalhead2279]

1:48 guns n roses - patience

[@WhiskeySanta]

Damn Andy, fantastic job with "Patience!"

[@jazzyfella08]

The Gun's run was beautiful Andy. Good job!

[@AbelChiu]

Beginning - I remember you By Skid Row !

[@JTbundy13]

i wonder if this guy is from the 90's?

[@suburbancowboy9]

Alright I'm an acoustic lover so I've always been skeptical of these pedals. But when Andy kicked in the piezo mode for the dobro sound I was buying in!

[@ZehEduardo]

IMO the only pedal/effect boss left out of their ME-70 multi-pedal, i'd easily switch the defretter or slow gear on that thing for a sweet AC-3 effect.

[@Stormtrooper042]

The acoustic sound was through the "line out" output. When the pedal is off the signal goes through the "g.amp out" output.

[@tylerwolfe648]

I don't know, man, check out PRS's P22, that piezo pickup is incredible. Granted, its very utilitarian, but still awesome in every sense of the word!

[@newbbietrader9918]

WITH THE STRAT it definitely goes perfect.

[@raquel1234ful]

2:34 patience guns and roses awesome

[@poocoop]

It may not sound as good as an acoustic but it's better than haling around another guitar!

[@hello1234566784]

I Remember You by Skid Row. its an amazing song!!

[@JM3RC4D0]

if there's an acoustic simulator, there should be a sitar, banjo and shamisen(3 stringed japanese guitar) simulators too =)

[@b44styreraug]

I can still feel the twang of the Strat. Maybe this is something good for one to use it for just a while within a song for some acoustic guitar sound without switching guitar.

[@guitarjammer1]

Love the opening riff. I believe it was Skid Row's I Remember You. I have the AC-2. It was good when it came out. But I have the Roland Cube60. The Roland has a pretty good acoustic preset. The AC-2 has lost it's "soul". The other riff I recognize was GNR'S Patience.

[@Oharris995]

Bear in mind that this may sound better without the Pre-Amp of your amp. For example, I use a POD HD500 in the Combo Power Amp of a Blues Deluxe Reissue, and I'm sure that using a Direct Line FROM THE POWER AMP (for those who don't know, this bypasses the pre-amp) will achieve better results with such a pedal.

[@Tanikaze2]

oh MAN that tone when you kicked in the Power Stack was SICK.

[@whyckicki]

Shed a tear 'cause I'm missing you I'm still alright to smile Girl, I think about you every day now ...

[@spencer.ross.s]

Lake of Fire FTW!! Nice one Andy. :]

[@fullmetalfunk]

@aznjt No. The reason you couldn't hear the Power Stack was because I'm guessing when the AC-3 is engaged with a cable in the line out it's going to wherever you have that line out plugged into, this case being PGS's sound card. The Power Stack was on the whole time but the signal was going to the sound card, when he turned the AC-3 off the signal went right to the power stack and then to the amplifier. If something is plugged into the line out it will only play through that when engaged.

[@leojosepila]

I remember you, -Skidrow

[@bluetomatorecords]

nice slide work Andy.

[@pierre1084]

what is the first song played name?

[@futurerocker44]

i love your song choices and the pedal is amazing

[@cjljmm6739]

You basically make an Electro Acoustic guitar, an electro Acoustic-Acousic guitar.

[@tubaczar1]

Quick question; if I wanted to get the most natural acoustic sound possible, would it be best to use humbuckers or single coils? And neck, bridge or middle position? I love the idea of being able to leave my acoustic at home, since I only use it on one or two songs in a gig. As always, your videos are the best around. Thanks!

[@maz7100]

I was waiting for the whistle solo in the Guns tune.... :)

[@omrix2]

I want to hear it on bass!

[@Chad11491]

that's one of my favorite songs! love skid row. Awesome review guys!

[@TomMilleyMusic]

actually, this isnt bad at all. sounds pretty similar to an acoustic with a sound hole pickup.

[@xRAKDOZx]

lake of fire... nice!

[@teemunknee]

Nothin' on top but a bucket and a mop and an illustrated book about birds!!!!

[@RickyBrant15]

the opening thing reminded me of the 90's family guy thing! "it used to bea-A that you loved mea-A but that was 1990AAeeii! and i have to saaa-A it your freee eeee eeaaaaa aa aa a aa a a a aaa a the letter A the A A aA A AAAEEEAAAA THANK YEAAAAAA!"

[@clarkkent5482]

woke up to the sound of pouring rain... :-)

[@Hello_there_obi]

SICK TONE ON THE POWER STACK

[@ProGuitarShopDemos]

@mistakendrummer Stay tuned...

[@trinitykorg]

@Metallimeister I know that XD For "in the first part" I was meaning when begins the demo at 2:34,not at the beginning of the video,my fault. Sorry

[@theguardiansofavalon]

How does this sound with EMG's?????

[@dhchoi]

thanks all the time. YOU are the man. yes you are !!!!

[@EeeAreEyeKay]

haha the intro made me want to listen to some Skid Row!

[@noptv5]

Very good demo

[@Sebastianodelarada]

does this have that Hisss when engaged??? I noticed that on other acoustic sim pedals

[@slugpumper1]

A lot of negative comments here - but i thought the sounds were pretty good - (not the enhanced) i wouldn't buy one - but still pretty good to me.

[@choadcityusa]

ill remember youuuuuuu

[@dakotamanomgwtf]

How does it do going from Playing a heavy overdriven sound then turning it on?

[@hi_im_eoin]

I need help with this. I recently got one of these second hand, but I played it before I bought it and it sounded great! Once I got home the signal would dip down in volume and come back up again and pressing the pedal wouldn't make any difference... help!

[@shearn666]

@jazzyfella08 Agreed. I hope this doesn't sound condescending or whatever, but Andy's playing has improved a lot over the past few years. Well done mate.

[@Stirfrygoblin]

@Silverb0lte That's a real song, I just can't remember who wrote it...

[@rickostrat3]

Hey Andy, thanks for all the cool demos. I've been using you guys lately and great prices and fast shipping. with the boss AC3 can you run both line and guitar out signals together to get the electric and acoustic flavors at the same time. I understand when you engauge the line out function it silences the guitar out signal. would be nice to have a blend.

[@riciy]

@Eldererr there is a sitar simulator by electro harmonix

[@DryRoastedLemon]

Or a microphone, or a high quality contact microphone pickup. Piezo pickups tend to sound very dry and, more importantly, pretty fake. They don't reproduce the acoustic sound very well.

[@bonyero]

@Skylarkman Lake of Fire was by the Meat Puppets, and I think the fourth song is Could This Be Magic by Van Halen?

[@vmhntrd]

hmm. Hardly sounds acoustic, but i guess you cant expect perfect. If anything it sounds like a neat way to enhance your clean tones

[@jackredelfs]

It's not an exact simulation, but it's more than adequate for live purposes. Even for recording, it might sound fine tweaked into the mix as a background instrument. To be fair, this pedal sounds better in some of the other videos, I wonder if they recorded this clip with a humbucking pickup - the AC-3 sounds much, much more authentic when used with single-coils. It sounds much better on the "Boss Sound Check Video," where they certainly use a single-coil pickup.

[@MartinLoken333]

0:00 Skid row - I remember you! :D

[@DDeemmoolliittiioonn]

@Eliteman117 That is not patience. That is Skid Row - I remember you

[@77rockerman]

which is the song that sounds at 3:40??

[@GuitarPhantom]

Patience 1:48 I love you :]

[@Skylarkman]

@Stirfrygoblin 1st is I remember you by Skid Row 2nd is patience by GnR, 3rd Lake of Fire nirvanna did a cover of it i dont remember the orginal artist. 4th not a clue.....

[@CuteKittyMeep]

I can smell the Aquanet from here when I watch this.

[@thedom021]

@aznjt when you are plugged into both outputs it switches between the amp out and the direct out

[@zapantalambda]

Hello Andy. quick question. did you use the AC-3 as a preamp to the ST-2? pls reply thnks.

[@poplepo3]

omg great idea for an intro song

[@SpikeCalhoon]

Finally Boss has put out a pedal I wouldn't be ashamed to have on my board! :D

[@thedddemon]

Goddamn it Andy, you're the best!

[@iamjimmy86]

@tAkETM It's "I Remember You" by Skid Row. Awesome tune.

[@Zacky703]

whats the song he plays at the start? its realy catchy i wanna learn it.

[@PieceOfMind56]

Opeth needs this.

[@FloyDZeD]

Sounds good with the line out, but not that great into a guitar amp if you ask me.

[@000MidnightSun]

sounds good

[@MrScibo2009]

check that your not using an AC power supply. Make sure its a DC power supply or buy the boss dc adapter

[@DVeck89]

Wouldn't exactly get rid of the Martin for one of these.

[@trumpetguitarguy]

@Tanikaze2 sick in the bad way... because its a Boss overdrive...

[@elwirahmadi]

i have one , alot of hizzz coming up when you play can't used for quite on . sadly

[@TheMrObsanity]

0:00-0:45 Skid Row - I remember you

[@chrismortlock2192]

are these generally better to throw in your effects loop?

[@Eurotour93]

where should it be in chain?

[@Coztomba]

RIP Gary :(

[@u24evernalways]

wisdom! i have an explorer with seymour duncan JB's, and an SG, with an angus young humbucker in the bridge, through a marshall '77 JMP, and i couldn't ask for anything more amazing :) there's my opinion, peace!

[@TheAppelEater]

0:00-0:45 What Is It??

[@otiHito]

Greetings, this AC-3 seems to be very nice. I'd like to ask a thing about it. I'm playing small cafes and pubs with my acoustic guitar plugged in acoustic amp Marshall AD50D, which is very good, 'cause I can plug a microphone to the second microphone channel and I can play and sing the whole gig with it. But I have hollowbody electric guitar that I would like to use on a stage too. So my question is, would AC3 work with a hollowbody electric guitar plugged into acoustic Marshall AS50D? thanx

[@shacham6]

I remember you, NICE

[@Stormtrooper042]

Is it possible to plug active monitor speakers into the line out of the AC-3? or is the signal too weak?

[@pabloulises7319]

3:20 - 4:05 Lake of fire- Nirvana (meat puppets cover)

[@shaggy1039]

Over the hills and far away?? missed a good opportunity with that power stack :)

[@papadimitriouapostol]

I REMEMBER YOU!!!

[@madwithpower62]

i was going to buy this but sod it....the LINE OUT is pretty sweet but the G. AMP OUT output is really half-baked.

[@hb92930]

what do u mean by making an acoustic guitar more acoustic? an acoustic guitar is 100% acoustic....

[@fourthlayer]

I wonder what it sounds like with an acoustic plugged in

[@eduardoantonini]

how did you switch the pedals in the begining of the video with just one click???