Mooer Acoustikar??

[BloodRose]

Anyone used one of these for acoustic guitar simulation with your elect? If so, thoughts?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_1nXg53xwI

Anything else also work really well?

[baritone]

Re: Mooer Acoustikar??

I used to have a Boss AC-2; the controls of the Mooer are identical, & the sound is similar. The way it works:
Body - shelved bass, like any 3-band EQ
Top - upper midrange & treble shape/contour
Most of the midrange is permanently scooped out, as you can hear in the video, and there's a treble blast.

I prefer to get acoustic sim sounds from an equalizer. The reason is that these acoustic sim processors imitate the sound of amplified acoustic guitars- a sound I don't find to be appealing at all; it's way different from the sound & feel of an unplugged acoustic guitar in my hands. With an EQ, I can more accurately balance the bass & midrange to get some of the dynamics back. As you can hear in the video you provided, a lot of the playing dynamics are lost due to filtering out so much midrange.

If you like the tone in the video, the Mooer would be a cool novelty pedal at a good price. Otherwise, start by seeing if you can squeeze an acoustic tone from your amp & electric guitar, just using the built-in tone stack.

[Aceman]

Re: Mooer Acoustikar??

I have never seen one (in a Pedal) that is really any good for serious imitation. But the question is - how good do you need it?

They will make the guitar sound "not like the electric" that it is. That may be enough. I almost hit one for my little band practice board - just to not drag the acoustic there.

I also use a Mosaic 12st simulator. Again - perfect? No. However - it it more than decent enough for what I do.


To get really decent acoustic sim, it has to do with a lot of mojo….Amp EQ, guitar, pup selection, and vol/tone settings…plus the box adjustments. Funny note: I get the BEST acoustic sims from my Roland Cube with a Les Paul using a SuperDistortion bridge blended a little louder than the PAF neck