The Zoom AC-3 Acoustic Creator: Product Video with guest Josh Turner

Talented singer-guitarist Josh Turner uses the Zoom AC-3 to reclaim his live acoustic tone. Here, Josh explains the ins and outs of the AC-3 to help you understand all the ways it can help you achieve your best acoustic sound.
To learn more about the AC-3, visit zoom-na.com/AC-3.

[@TheRycooder]

Josh is AMAZING! Been following him for about 8-10 yrs. Great job having him part of your company! Just got the AC3 AND LOVE IT!!

[@mzmudy]

It looks nice, what do you love about it? I have purchased and returned a couple DIs since they sound bad. I don't want cheesy effects, I would really like it to sound great. Cheers!

[@jamesbarros950]

Quite happy to see Josh working with Zoom. I already have a zoom recorder after he gave a tutorial on using one for in the field recording. Looks like I'll be adding one of these for my interface recording =)

[@petaralargic]

Sounds great...big question is what are we hearing in here... direct / miced amp / room...all together? also what is the guitar pickup system and what is the direct sound in order to create some kind of reference...? thank you

[@TheHCTroubador]

The AC3 looks like a great piece of gear! It seems to have all of things I use 4 pedals on an acoustic rig for plus all of the really cool extras. Very interested in this. As an aside, can I just say that I can't not see Ferris Bueller when watching him. :)

[@Tomtart1]

Sold! Thanks

[@TikiDave]

I'm starting to put together a pedalboard for my ukuleles...baritone and others. This looks like it might fit the bill, instead of stuffing four or five pedals onto a board. Any experiences using a nylon guitar/ukulele with this?

[@pedr0p0lis]

Got the A3 and love it after loads of fiddlin around got good sound but this little beauty seems to be the A3 on steriods......anyone wanna buy an old A3 :-) Great demo, thanks.

[@thirdgearband]

How does it work with transducer pickups like the 3/4 size Yamaha APX-T2 acoustic guitar?

[@mzmudy]

Can you get adequate slapback delay for country with good reverb at the same time? Or do you have to do only one at a time? Nice demo!

[@ZoomSoundLab]

Yes!

[@theloniouscoltrane3778]

How can you switch from one tone preset to another while playing live? Are you going to turn the tone selector with your fingers while playing live? Or can you do it with your foot while playing live? Anyone? Thanks!

[@johntan5124]

I find the "Target Guitar" setting as described by Zoom baffling. It does the same thing as "Source Guitar". If you select a specific model of guitar, its type is already known. So "Target Guitar" is more like a finer tuning of "Source Guitar", and should theoretically be turned off when you don't have one of the listed specific models. The way the two functions are labeled suggests that "Target Guitar" is a modeling function, and I'm sure everyone ends up using it that way.

[@nastyonioncompany2493]

Hello, first of all! congratulation for the device! sounds amazing!! i would like to ask you something about electric guitar usage, is it possible to plug an electic guitar in it? first of all, would it work? if yes, once i get the sound can i use it like an acoustic simulator? Thanks

[@ZoomSoundLab]

You could connect an electric guitar but this is not an acoustic simulator. We would only recommend connecting acoustic instruments.

[@NotaFantasma393]

Lonpuedo conectar en un parlante de guitarra eléctrica o no? Cuál sería las desventajas?

[@ramkalaskar007]

Hi, thanks for the review and I can see you had fun playing around. Can I connect the output of ZOOM AC3 to acoustic guitar input like Yamaha THR5A or Marshall AS50D or orange crush Acoustic 30? The reason for this is I like the Shimmer effect (Pad) and would like to use it for professional performances with acoustic guitar amp.... Will this ruin my Zoom AC3 or acoustic guitar amp? In other words, will such acoustic guitar amplifiers support line level input from Zoom AC3 (Left/mono OUT)

[@ZoomSoundLab]

This is no problem!

[@ramkalaskar007]

ZoomSoundLab can you also plz reply to my questions :-)

[@stuartmacgregor6878]

I bought the AC3 last week and I am close to getting the sound that I want going through the PA. However I am unsure what the the 2 xlr balance outputs are at the back. Do they plug in to the PA as well as the output back and what does this so? I am new to PA'ing hence my ignorance... HEEELPP

[@lurogaso]

What pickup are you using on your guitar? LR Baggs?

[@JoeBuchanan]

That's what it sounds like to me.

[@davidcockcroft5444]

Would i still need to use a DI box of using this live?

[@ZoomSoundLab]

Nope! It has an XLR output.

[@paramediccpo]

What’s the foot switch ?

[@ZoomSoundLab]

The Zoom FS-01

[@michael_caz_nyc]

@@ZoomSoundLab What does it do? The FS-01 ?

[@ZoomSoundLab]

@@michael_caz_nyc It can be used to enable/disable the anti-feedback function.

[@saintangernew]

Verry nice ! But what guitar is it ??

[@lorislandro636]

Martin 000-28H

[@momirzeljkovic5098]

Great! Very nice presentation of Zoom AC3 .... I have Yamaha SLG200N (nylon) and I am interested in possibility to get realistic sound of a steel string guitar (Jambo, Dreadnought, 12 Strings...) via Zoom AC3? Thank you in advance for help.

[@nokijanuar]

Is zoom ac-3 have anti feedback system?

[@lurogaso]

Yes. Theres is an anti-feedback switch to automatically find and cut the frequency band thats is causing feedback.

[@6strings5904]

Why do you need that,if you have a good sounding acoustic guitar,with a good amp?

[@jimmy5634]

You wouldn’t. If you have a a Fishman amp you can use as a monitor on stage, you can run that through a PA and use all the effects the amp provides

AC-3? This makes me think of Dolby audio codec ahahah

[@tiltil9442]

ahahahahaha, you read an abbreviation and then, all of a sudden, you come up with that other context, where that same abbreviation has been used ages ago and then you type that in a comment section on KZbin, ahahahahaha :-|

[@turkmusik]

I like Josh but that pedal doesn't sound good

[@brianpeters1104]

I just bought one of these, and then watched this video of this kid who knows 3 chords, and doesn't know how to use it. and made me second guess buying this thing. Everyone thinks they are a professional musician on You Tube.

[@multipipi1234]

But he comes across better than your comments did.Old man.

[@jamesdana1273]

Hopefully, you have acquainted yourself to Josh a bit more. He's actually a pretty well-rounded player.

[@brianpeters1104]

@@jamesdana1273 meh - go look at Johnny Hiland, Doug Seven, and so many more amazing guitar players. this kid? Meh. every teenager can play as well as him- not really the best to be showcasing products. made me second guess buying one. He just doesn't do it any justice in these home brewed videos of basic playing, basic recording set up ( which is unexplained so we dont know what we are hearing ( recording chain) , basic sound translation. Not Great! sorry!

[@jamesdana1273]

@brianpeters1104 Says the music critic with less than fifty subscribers. There are plenty of phenomenal players on KZbin, that's sure, but I'll again suggest looking a bit deeper into Josh's credentials before throwing shade.