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Acoustic Guitars With ‘Normal’ Electric FX & Amps? [Well, Electro-Acoustic, But Yes You Can!]
Published 2 May 2025
Duration:
00:50:53
Do you have to have acoustic-specific gear? Not always…
Welcome to the show! There was a time, in our living memories anyway, when ‘acoustic guitar’ was synonymous with ‘nasty and lame’ for a great many electric players. Add to that the fact that a high quality acoustic guitar was rare and expensive… AND they sounded pretty awful when amplified. It wasn’t the most compelling of areas to explore.
But times and gear changed. MTV Unplugged kicked us off in understanding that actual, normal humans //really// like acoustic guitars when they’re playing songs. And then high quality, affordable electro-acoustic guitars started appearing, alongside a quantum leap in acoustic pickup and amplification options. The dear ol’ electro-flattop’s appeal went through the roof.
Nevertheless, for predominantly electric players, the electro-acoustic world is still shrouded in confusion… a brown confusion for the most part, where acoustic-specific amps and pedals are probably a step too far.
Fear not. Just use your normal gear? Well, it wouldn’t hurt to try…
Enjoy the show!
Pedals & Stuff used in this show
• TheGigRig Three2One
• Sonic Research Turbo Tuner ST-200
• Boss GE-7 Equalizer
• Origin Effects Cali76 Stacked Edition (new small box version!)
• MXR Duke of Tone
• Hudson Broadcast Dual
• Hamstead Redwing
• Boss RE-202 Space Echo
• TC Electronic Hall Of Fame 2
• TheGigRig G3S
• K&K Pure Mini pickup
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Interesting bits and go to sections…
0:00 Intro playing and today’s outline
1:50 The Pixies inspired Dan
2:35 This is NOT pure, ‘perfect’ acoustic tone
3:35 Take care of your own sound!
4:30 Pickup systems?
6:20 Mick’s start place for live acoustic tones
9:40 Dan & The Bipolar Bears
11:29 What about a Deluxe Reverb then?
13:30 Try an EQ pedal
17:45 Try a compressor
25:30 Try an overdrive pedal
31:30 Try some modulation
36:00 Reverb of course!
43:50 What about delay?
46:30 Use feedback?
48:02 Closing thoughts
Guitars in today’s show
• Collings CJ-35 with K&K Pure Mini with volume control
• Kinkade Kingsdown Deluxe with K&K Pure Mini pickup
Amps in today’s show
• Fender ’65 Deluxe Reverb with Jensen C-12K speaker
• AER Compact 60 3 acoustic amplifier combo
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