The Best Pedalboard For Acoustic Guitar?

[@jhn1987]

Nice demonstration and explanation. I have come full circle when it comes to acoustic guitar sound. When I first started playing acoustic guitar, I played without any effects at all. And then progressively added effects such as reverb and chorus, and sometimes some others, such as flanger and delay. But after a while, I realized that the attraction of acoustic guitar is the acoustic guitar tone itself, and that effects can really detract from this sound. So now I focus on things like warmth, compression, and fine-tuning the mid range. I use an LR Baggs Venue and also an LR Baggs Session DI. I’m underwhelmed by a lot of acoustic guitar amps and found myself either using a PA, or a Roland KC 80. Although this is originally intended to be a keyboard amp, I find it is excellent for amplifying acoustic guitar. The end result is a nice warm, woody sound which in my opinion is the attraction of the acoustic guitar in the first place.

[@raykeough7010]

Hey Mike this video was awesome. Absolutely loved the pads in the background. Just keep on doing what you do, all for his glory awesome!

[@mikeparler]

Thanks so much! 🙏🙌

[@TravelinBoneSC]

I've been playing guitar for 50 years. I'm looking to gain basic understanding as to what I need to do to make my sound better when performing. These terms are above my head. I don't know anyone locally that I could gain knowledge from.

[@photoz23830]

I'm in the same boat - trying to improve my Taylor's electronic sound. There's quite the learning curve.

[@jackprice7828]

Very true not a lot out there on acoustic rigs. Love your Taylor BTW. I trimmed down my pedalboard that was huge and heavy. I went with the Daddario expandable which is a little larger than yours. The Stomp is the heart of my rig. Since I do both electric and acoustic, I have a few additional pedals. A strymon cloudburst for ambient reverb and pad effects. For electric I recently added the Tonex1 which has great amp captures. However I have a specific preset in my HX Stomp for acoustic. It took me a good year of experimenting and working with my acoustic signal chain to deal primarily with the problems with Piezo pickup system. I have a Taylor 810CE. Have used it for 20 years for all kinds of worship settings.

[@georgemavimbela]

The warm sound of the acoustic is so good

[@nnetynine6089]

I did copy your preset on my Pod-Go. Sounds great. Thank you so much... 🙂

[@im58woody]

Beautiful Taylor you have. I really like the 324. I play in church with a Larrivee OM through a simple NUX Acoustic Stageman pedal which gives you a nice reverb and chorus if you want it. I also have a Headrush Core I recently bought and I am working on building some acoustic rigs. Nice job here on the video 👍 Michael Westbrook has a great video on the HX Stomp for building acoustic sound. He plays for Crowder on tour.

[@rovenordiales]

Headrush core is a no brainer vs stomp price wise for an all-in-one. 14 blocks, vocals and guitar fx. I have the stomp though and a VE-500.

[@ShaighJosephson]

I'm doing something similar for my acoustic electrics... Instead of the HX Stomp, I'm using the Boss GT-1000 Core for much deeper control over everything and all the Boss drive pedals packed into it that do an excellent job of giving my acoustics some "edge" when I want it... For some reason, the Boss drive effects lend themselves much better to acoustics than the rest... Check it out if you get the chance...

[@BourkeTommy]

Might be worth looking into acoustic IRs. I’ve found it to be a cool way to get a miced up guitar sound rather than the limitations of eq with a piezo

[@Ezemdi]

Your setup is really cool. I've been playing keys in church most of my life and started playing acoustic guitar in church a few years ago. I play either keys or guitar depending on the need each Sunday. My acoustic rig features the LR Baggs Voiceprint DI and the zoom ac3. Currentlt using my Yamaha fgx800ce but im experimenring with my Art and lutherie roadhouse demin parlor guitar too. Cheers

[@1redgate8]

i just use a Zoom A3 these days (yes its old...) - a bit of body and reverb. Used to have Fishman Reverb, Delay and Chorus but they were a bit superfluous tbh. top quality pedals though.

[@pulktheband9106]

Tc helicon acoustic play uses body Rez settings works really well for me on acoustic guitar

[@georgemavimbela]

Nic and simple setup. I play electric. The cheaper/budget alternative is having autopad/autopad app on your phone. If u playing live Setup yo phone to Do Not Disturb while connecting the phone via Aux /OTG cable to the PA System.

[@bobweil4119]

Thanks for using Truetone, Mike! Great video. I had never heard of the Atmosphere before... very cool! If you ever need help with power supply questions, feel free to reach out. - Bob Weil

[@stevenhepting8013]

Great video

[@mikeparler]

@@stevenhepting8013 Thanks, Steven.

[@frankhewitt287]

All you really need for a good acoustic sound is a decent mic mixed alongside a D I signal for a little edge and you’re good to go . The magic is in the fingers guys not in the processing .

[@mikeparler]

@@frankhewitt287 agreed. These tools just help to enhance the sound further. Plus, I just like trying out different pieces of gear.

[@jakeodell880]

This is sick

[@DaleSimko]

I also have the a Taylor 324ce and I love it but have always hated the pickup in it, it just sounds so tinny and not warm, I was getting ready to either replace the pickup or sell it altogether, now I might try your settings. Thanks for a great video!

[@mikeparler]

I really like this pickup, but it does take some additional EQ to shape it how I want it. I'm basically cutting highs and adding lows.

[@rubenlopez3271]

I owned the 322 ce love it

[@everbrightmobile9008]

Thats cool for guys like me who love pads😉Would be even super cool to throw an expression/ volume pedal on board as an option.Ijs

[@mikeparler]

@@everbrightmobile9008 no doubt, especially for electric guitar.

[@willbranch5485]

Hey Mike!! Thanks for the nice video. What model Taylor is that one?

[@mikeparler]

@@willbranch5485 thanks for watching. It’s a 324ce.

[@trycleaning1639]

Congratulations nice set up I have a question Do you hook the atmosphere paddle effect into the H axis stump or you use a separate channel for it?

[@mikeparler]

@@trycleaning1639 I use a separate channel for it. However, you could run the atmosphere through the effects loop on the stomp.

[@aceflywings]

do you mind writing out the chords you used in the intro of the video? and what voicings? Thanks

[@mikeparler]

My acoustic is tuned a half step down from standard. The chords in the intro are: Eb, Cm, Bb, and Eb. Basically starting with an Eb5 chord and moving down the neck. Hope that helps. Let me know if you have any other questions.

[@aceflywings]

@ thank you, this helps a lot

[@CoreyMcConnell]

Nice, simple acoustic setup for use a worship context. There’s a lot of other functionality you could utilize with something in the Helix family as well… You might also try out using an impulse response block. Worship Tutorials provides some high quality, free IRs for acoustic Another supplement would be Polycapo, which functions like a capo without the tonal drawbacks of a shorter scale length when using a physical capo Last, a midi to Bluetooth adaptor if you use digital chord charts, and the stomp becomes a page turner as well These are just a few of endless options

[@mikeparler]

Love the Worship Tutorials stuff. Thanks for the suggestions, Corey.

[@simonprice2845]

Thanks might try this i have a taylor but haven't spent much time building a preset for it on my stomp as im only playing lead atm

[@mikeparler]

Hope this helps! I love the versatility of the Stomp being able to use it for both acoustic and electric.

[@simonprice2845]

Ye Ive only used it plugged in once but I needed the stomp anyway as my es2 pick up is making ground noise so the gate got rid of that

[@simonprice2845]

I tried it sounds great as far as I can tell but I only can try with headphones and the problem is I can here the actual guitar at the same time electric is so much easier I'm guessing you would have to record yourself or get someone else to play the guitar to completely limit this. I added a shimmer and a IR that was free from worship tutorials on a split block and put them all on the switches so when I'm plugged in in church I've got some stuff to play round with but appreciate this video as I think it's the only one on KZbin were someone has built a patch specifically for the es2 pick up

[@simonprice2845]

I take it you have your eq nobs on Taylor both at noon ?

[@mikeparler]

I usually keep the bass EQ around 2 o'clock and treble around 10 o'clock.

[@SevenTausend]

Super!!!

[@purplesundaze7881]

Hey bud!! What camera do you use to shoot your video

[@mikeparler]

I'm using two in this video for different angles- Sony A7IV and Sony A7RV.

[@rovenordiales]

Hx stomp also have pad generators… I see you still have 2 blocks left.

[@jwllong]

Do you know of an affordable pedal that creates piano sound for acoustic guitar? I play a lot in church.

[@mikeparler]

@@jwllong I don’t, sorry.

[@rcolonb2]

What model of Taylor is that one?

[@mikeparler]

324ce

[@kenminerva]

Which Taylor model is this one? Looks so sexyyy. I thought it was an Ibanez..

[@mikeparler]

@@kenminerva it’s a 324ce in shaded edgeburst. I think they discontinued this particular finish.

[@paulomahony4416]

Why didn't you play the guitar with the atmosphere

[@mikeparler]

@@paulomahony4416 I did that in the intro.

[@BrenQ99]

But this isn’t a pedalboard for an acoustic guitar, is it. Yes, it may be the board you are using while you are playing an acoustic guitar, but when you flipped the board over to reveal a Helix…. I realized that every second a viewer had spent to that point had been needlessly wasted.

[@mikeparler]

This is the board I am currently using and it works for me. It is just one option out of many for acoustic. Who knows, maybe I'll switch it up in the future. There have been some great suggestions in the comments as to what others use and I would be open to hearing any suggestions you may have for an acoustic rig. Thanks for watching and commenting - it helps the channel grow and reach more people.

[@jg_jgjg]

@BrenQ99 Lol calm down.

[@jaysar]

... wow chill

[@anthonyjourneymusic]

The line 6 is not a dedicated acoustic processor. It just has an acoustic setting, but this is almost exclusively for electric with some bass guitar settings added in too. You really need to go to a dedicated acoustic guitar processor.

[@mikeparler]

Any recommendations?

[@rovenordiales]

Nah you can get away with using acoustic guitar on stomp. I have also used acoustic sim block using my acoustic guitar with great success.

[@ceesplomp742]

Zoom AC3 would do the trick

[@Joe-vc2cc]

@@rovenordialessame i use the stomp exclusively for my acoustic and it sounds great.

[@pastorhudson]

I like the voiceprint di from LR Baggs