Smolder Acoustic Overdrive | Effects Pedals | Fender

[@niclastname]

I personally have never wanted an OD for acoustic sound, but I highly applaud Fender for giving it a go and doing something unusual for those who want it.

It’s a tool you don’t know you need until You start playing live acoustically trying to cover a broad catalogue and genres. Awesome tool, fender

[@fugalibrana]

I love it!! I mix it with my L.R. Baggs Reverb and sounds incredible! ✨✨✨

[@thiscorrosion900]

or...you can just whip out the Telecaster lol

[@jonmaclennan]

Definitely a vibey pedal! That pickup compensation knob is powerful and super useful for taming the low end.

[@jaredhouseman2094]

Seems cool for bass too. Sounds great in the low miss, clear in the upper mids, not too sparkly in the highs and a blend

[@RichardStrief]

That’s a really cool pedal could be really useful in a lot of situations

[@renodavid]

Just once I’d love to see them use a Gibson in one of these demos just to freak people out.

[@nolanr7679]

That's a great point. Gibson has used fender amps in their vids, and fender acoustics low key suck sooooo...

[@renodavid]

Nolan R Yes! I thought I remembered seeing Gibson doing that. I kind of like the idea of the two iconic guitar companies working together. They both have such tremendous histories. And yeah, Fender never has gotten much respect for their acoustics over the years, but I thought this one sounded pretty good!

[@nickspitzley8539]

The Paramount and the high end California serious are awesome!

[@Cityloud]

I bought this pedal for my ukulele... and I love It! 😅 I think it's discountinued now, so I'm gonna keep mine, I don't think other companies make another pedal like this 😕 Edit: This pedal could be really helpful for those blues guitarist who use that "F" holes guitars that produces a lot of feedback

[@stephenlennartz3466]

Two thoughts on this. 1. My band just added 'Hotel Cal-------' to our set list. We tried the song for the first time at practice last week. Sounded great! ... but we only have two guitarists. So my co - guitar guy plays electric and I play acoustic through a Digitech Mosaic for that 12 string sound. Sounds GREAT. Of course at the end of the song it's the iconic Felder/Walsh solo with pretty heavy tones. This might do the trick? It is the first option to come up via Google. 2. I never would have thought to put an acoustic guitar through an overdrive ... then about 7 years ago there was a guy named 'Gordo' from Arkansas. He would come through St. Louis regularly and do his one man show with looper, bass, keys, and an acoustic guitar through an overdrive for portions of his show. Very talented! Great show. And yes ... his acoustic through an OD sounded great! He quickly developed a large following here.

[@Walleun]

8:17 I like this clean tone!

[@patrickalexander7164]

I love the name, "Smolder". I feel like if I bought it every time I play it I'm just going to always want to make the face that Dwayne Johnson makes in Jumanji and continuously laugh while attempting to play

[@TimJYoung-il9sv]

I love this pedal. I use it with my electric too. Holy grail pedal for me.

[@stevenmgyori3826]

Well done and thanks for sharing Fender, Josh and Stan! Be Well!

[@nolanr7679]

This is great!!! I was playing acoustic the other day and thought, you know what this needs? DrIvE!!!

[@hartdavis5434]

Oh look, I’m early. Very cool sounding, opens a lot of possibilities! As usual, well done!

[@alejandroadams3535]

Just got one! Absolutely love it for dirty blues..

[@UncleChillGuitar]

I have been wanting something like this for a long time. I ordered mine to use with a looper and other effects. Trust me, a normal dirt box will not do what this box does. Does it sound like a Triple Rectifier ? No Will it chug ? No Will it Djent ? No Do I care ? Hell no

[@goosegaskins]

Are you still digging this pedal? I put a Schatten HFN Passive pickup under the bridge of my acoustic, and I'm struggling to find a dirt box for my guitar now. You think this can handle it?

[@Ram-zw7qz]

Do you plug it straight to the PA?

[@runwei_1999]

Y’all wait for 20 yrs this pedal is gonna be some cult classic that worth like 2000$ each

[@youngtk7993]

Can I use this for fishman piezo pickup on violin? I want overdrive sound for my acoustic violin too

[@Da_Publick]

Fender stated that it's voiced for piezo pickups. It probably sounds better on electric violin anyway, like Wah Wah.

[@wolfookamikun]

Fender pedal effects are fun. Better than other pedal effects

[@ItsKaraBowdit]

Really wanna try plugging the uke into this!! The pickup comp knob could probably get it sounding really neat.

[@jackloganbill605]

Steve Stevens (BIlly Idol) uses it live, that's good enough for me!

[@dude836]

First reaction: whats the point...? Then I think of Joe Perry's solo in Janie's Got a Gun... so you never know. Creativity respects no rules...

[@wildoscar416]

sounds great, even on my crappy laptop speakers, will be getting one very soon

[@michealguy3274]

I got one for one to use with my martin I had a brain fart one day to run my LP standard through it and was blown away

[@Viper-dz2kw]

I feel like you could do some weird stuff with this, very intrigued to see what it sounds like when you reshape the quality of an electric pickup since it’s already electric

[@jimknopf0766]

Wonder how that sounds on a Fender Acoustasonic Telecaster, I have one, and I am looking for some distorted sounds too.

[@JeremyHalterman]

The blend knob is key. When I mix acoustics, I like to blend in a harmonic exciter just enough to where you don’t notice the distortion but miss the sparkle when it’s off. This could do that, and with even more control over the tone. But I don’t think I’d ever turn the blend knob past like 9 o’clock. Eek.

[@hundocraig]

am lovin' mine. definitely helps with my game.

[@thesaj1110]

Sounds really good

[@lucasj7577]

Looks interesting. Have this mic’d up with this versatile direct input and pedal would be great layering for recording.

[@moiseshernandez4493]

good video i recently got one of those i put a 9v battery in it because the adapter makes a lot of noise it was hard for me to put the battery in and now i can't get it out, any advice?

[@ChrisScian]

How effective would this pedal be going through a mixing board/pa system as opposed to an amp?

[@richardwilliams1310]

Sounds better with the telecaster

[@Dantespeako]

Have you tried it? How do you dial it in with an electric, how does the pickup compensation knob works in this?

[@kyle2004x]

Secretly wanted something like this for the longest time, super cool. But also super pricey...

[@Cityloud]

A mí me salió en 3,000 pesos aquí en México, no es barato pero tampoco caro

[@vizzo7]

hi great video. will this work with electric guitar as well. i'm looking to blend my distorted sound with my clean electric guitar tone

[@Dantespeako]

DId you ever get to find out? I am looking for OD and if I only have to get one pedal for both acoustic and electric it would be great.

[@sesa1076]

Can I use this for the eq and compression without affecting the clean sound? Like an always on pedal?

[@JTroskaTV]

If you had told me about this without letting me hear it, I would’ve thought it was the stupidest idea. But it sounds great. 👍

[@daveschorrtube]

I wonder if this might tame some of the feedback from semi hollows?

[@andsoonthespring]

Can you plug it to a guitar with classic strings?

[@thejamnasium6447]

good on Fender for at least trying some new ideas in the pedal realm

[@fugalibrana]

I love this pedal! The bad thing on it is the switch: it's a torture! It so hard to push, and it sounds horrible. Fender has made lot of amazing things in this last times, and something to improve is that horrible switch. All the rest, awesome.

[@deemusiclv]

Yep… I wanted to like this pedal. I owned it for about 2 days and can’t get passed how loud the button is through the amp/PA. It’s loud AF

[@leecanning123]

i just got one of these, it is pretty good compared to using a tubescreamer as the TS is fizzy and not quite right for acoustic. Thing i dislike about this is the drive knob- from 0-12 oclock there is nothing, it just turn the volume all the way down really, its not til 12oclock it gets the dirt, so really you have half of this knob doing anything. i would like to see the full range from very light to even more heavy, the heaviest isnt heavy enough in my opinion. alo the actual pedal clicker button- that is horribly tough to press, not good for a quick stomp to change in the middle of a song. My NUX Atlantic which sits next to it has the same type of switch and are smooth as, i will look to replace this switch on the fender. i like the blend function, that could be useful. Ultimately i think it is good because it has that cabinet emulation which is what distortion on an acoustic needs- perhaps in future they could ad a few different cab options like other cab sim pedals on the market. i hope fender reads this and takes on board these points. overall is good for giving dirt to an acoustic sound wise and that is what im all about. Sound! Tone!

[@MikeUpie]

Totally agree. I just tried mine out. Not enough "break up" compared to what I hear in this demo above! I almost want to return it now after comparing mine to the above overdrive sound. I'm plugged into a small PA- but may try it into my Fender Acoustasonic amp before I Velcro it to my pedalboard. And, yes, that click in the pedal is far too loud, especially if doing a quieter show. I've turned knobs for half an hour and can't seem to get enough distortion/OD out of it. WTH?

[@MikeUpie]

As I said above, I went direct to my Acoustasonic amp and the Smoulder worked FINE for a change. That means I HAVE to place it last on my pedalboard. I tried it before my PlayAcoustic, etc., and it sounded quite weak, meaning the PlayAcoustic was damping-down the OD effects of the Smoulder pedal! Fender needs to TELL guitarists to put this pedal LAST in line on a pedal chain of effects. Maybe put that tidbit in their unbelievably weak product pamphlet that comes in the box. Next up: replace the very loud Off/On stomp switch with a silent one!

[@ralphtrayler4396]

I've seen a few of these reviews now, yet none of them review using this pedal on an Acoustasonic Tele (like mine) or and Acoustasonic Strat. Well guys...?

[@john564holloway]

Splendid pedal! Bet Jimmy Page would've liked that back in the day doin' Stairway. Acoustic beginning then ROCK kicks in...

[@aaronbeverly4711]

Honestly I wanted something like this so bad a while back.

[@cooperyoung4295]

I own this peddle, and would like to say I love it, but... The hum makes it nearly impossible to use. I have tried all the settings in this video, and then some, but nothing stops the hum. Why is it that the peddle you demonstrate has no hum? Frustrated in Michigan.

[@maximilianog.zelaya131]

Super

[@stephenwhite5658]

I have an internally pickup acoustic it works fine but my cling on pickup will not work through this pedal anybody know why?

[@BrankyMusic]

I think in this video they did not show what's maybe the most useful application for this: going from an acoustic sound to a blended one like an additional electric guitar came in on the background (strumming)

[@veerchasm1]

Calling it: people will just use it on their “electrics” like any other overdrive

[@Viper-dz2kw]

Correct, though I’m interested to see if I can do anything with the blend since it’s basically the same concept as a bass distortion pedal

[@donaldkarr3687]

how dare you call me out like this

[@tubetime345]

Isn't a blended in clean signal also something that makes a certain mythical professional transparent overdrive special?

[@Cityloud]

I use it on my ukulele :)

[@burdgejosh]

I genuinely want an acoustic od for my acoustic

[@mikenpet]

Very sweeet

[@eljoel89]

This would be perfect for The Man Who Sold The World on acoustic. Just turn the pedal on for electric sounds and turn it off for the verses.

[@ParaBellum2024]

I can't see much point in it, and I expect feedback will be a problem, but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt, and watch a couple of videos. The amp in this one is seriously good, by the way.

[@grassngravel879]

so cool.

[@finalvantasyofficial]

Is this discontinued?

[@jonr4651]

This sounds like the FM electric guitar sound from a genesis.

[@Range-X]

*nice*

[@argelm.4706]

For an acoustic guitar, it sounds better when the pedal is off. Lol

[@caseylm100]

omg. a pedal that is actually doing something different. i could see an acoustic act using this to beef up some blues or leads. i so the opposite, using an acoustic simulator on an electric

[@marcionobrega5117]

Gostei muito

[@LameCarrot]

Awesome for someone like me who is too poor to afford an electric guitar and still using 7 years old and a 11 years old acoustic guitars.

[@taufanmochamat7119]

Sounds like fuzz for acoustic

[@reasonsrhymes]

At best having it barely blended in maybe sits better in a band mix? I can see a resonator or square neck be way cooler sounding?....if you make a video on it, you're gonna pay me right? (Wink wink)

[@ethansmolders463]

I need this just because of my name

[@w1third]

Wonder if they tested them with fender acoustics only? 🤪 Hopefully they tried it with other brands with different pickups as well

[@BrankyMusic]

At 6.15 if they had turned a little bit down the blend knob, they would have showed exactly what this pedal si meant for

[@RicardoGordo]

I would love to try it on the portuguese guitar!

[@Cmack6025]

Ricardo Gordo i’d love to try it on a ukulele

[@RicardoGordo]

@@Cmack6025 😎🎸

[@beefsoda1]

So it's a fuzz pedal

[@YELLOWNITA]

I'm agree with you...sound like "light fuzz" 👍

[@jonathanmartin3375]

I came here to hate this, but I quite like it

[@tombarnes3240]

Sounds like the speaker has a hole in it. MMM

[@JohnsDough1918]

No shit, it's an overdrive pedal. MMM

[@guitarocd9984]

Mr. Fender. Could you please make a reliced ready with a thin coat of lacquer available for us poor people. I would buy one tomorrow for the right price.

[@Cmack6025]

Play some Django DriveHardt

[@danielvernon6841]

Guess I'm in the minority but I thought it sounded like arse.

[@marcusshane8503]

Daniel Vernon im with u

[@jonasmi5653]

You're not

[@seanantley1965]

I agree with you Daniel. I’m like why? I guess it’s not to everyone’s taste.

[@lucasj7577]

Just lighten up the dry/wet. I honestly wouldn’t be using this for full blown OD.

[@Justin_-id3bt]

Have you heard John Butler Trio...he has a great overdriven acoustic tone imo

[@fromanDg]

I just don’t understand the need for it. If I want OD, I’d play electric. If I’m playing acoustic it’s cause I want the acoustic sound. But hey, if people like it.

[@Cityloud]

Listen to monte Montgomery and Jon gomm

[@gunkanjima3408]

@@Cityloud Monte had a piezo sound though and that's from pickups oppose to OD unless I dont know his stuff enough

[@fromanDg]

zuper Ditto on the verb for acoustic, but I mostly play worship music too so someone else covers all the OD STUFF

[@glisteningkabana8154]

I think it’s geared towards the solo acoustic covers performer, who wants to spice up there sound during a long gig. Playing the more rockin’ tunes kicking in this pedal would be nice. Ads some dynamics without having to bring your electric rig too.

[@stevemccartney8151]

Live looping. I play acoustic but use fx to build loops (octaver, reverb, delay etc). I've struggled for years to find an OD that doesn't sound like arse with an acoustic. This has a built in amp modeller and a ton of flexibility. I'm definitely getting one for my looping setup.

[@whodamathadamus]

I don't have a tele I have a Bass. wth

[@cbfdxbxsb]

So many milquetoast peeps in the comments going "burt why use overdriiive on acoustic!?!?!? Is not electric guitar! My cover version of Take It Easy would be ruined!!!!"

[@davidpomella6786]

that is one baad ads pedal

[@briancoyne6700]

I wonder how many of the comments below are phony...

[@Da_Publick]

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing; probably about eighty percent. 😂

[@empathysgone96]

I’m sorry but sounds horrendous. Woofy and muffled. Here’s an idea. Make an amp/cab sim with blend knob and let me add my own overdrive

[@digiwaves]

Meh!

[@pastyman001]

Oh no, it's a brown one!

[@brenlouissurio2404]

Or you could use a regular overdrive and it would sound the same. I doubt anyone will pass a blind sound test lol

[@Cityloud]

Mucha suerte con el feedback...

[@Ihsan_neff]

​@@Cityloud& if you use acoustic amp good luck with the speaker

[@JL-bu8bz]

We love Fender. Strato, tele, JB and PB change the world. But I realy dont understand this pedal. For what? Overdrive in acoustic guitar? I dont like.

[@matheusgomes3605]

A little unnecessary

[@karlcountry2363]

Terrible

[@BarnacleButtock]

I play only my electro acoustic in church. Often use my Super Champ X2's second channel for overdrive. Might have to check this out.