Acoustic pedals anyone??

[Electric_Death]

Has anyone designed or at least built a pedal dedicated to acoustic use?
This definitely seems to be a department overlooked in the world of DIY pedal builders.

I guess the ingredients aren't too clear anyway. 90% of acoustic guitar amps are solid state though tube based slightly grew in numbers the last few years. They also run full frequency which 99.9% of the time means incorporating a tweeter and most designs like to utilize 2 woofers. Then the controls..my god there's more knobs and switches than the control panel of NASA's first space shuttle.

Just what would make for the best ingredients in a DIY acoustic pedal?
I suppose my initial thoughts are some hefty amounts of gain that doesn't overdrive but yields sensitivity and sustain, moderate to light compression and achieving flat frequency response pre EQ stage.
The most I've done is a really great voicing and sim circuit that makes your electric pass for full on acoustic, it's the bright and shining prize of my work which is pretty amusing seeing how it's about as simplistic as you can get and was a fluke I benefited from.
While I like to play acoustic, being a creature of habit keeps my mod and design plans in the electric department.

I'll be busy recording for the next few weeks while I provide sound samples for a new pickup company and when I start experimenting with the clean tones, it got me to thinking about an acoustic DIY pedal.

[PerroGrande]

I only use an EQ and a looper with my acoustic.  I'm sure others use different stuff, so it'll be interesting to see how everyone responds.

[cheeb]

I like to use boosters with mine.

[Zben3129]

oh, i would sure be interested in this   I am a fan of the 12 string acoustic, and I have a 12 string acoustic electric. Play it through a chorus with slight mix. Wow

Anyways i think acoustic pedals are an area untouched. Would be great to get some interest in that

Also, you said you built an acoustic sim, I am also interested in that is there a schematic for that anywhere?



Cheers

[Electric_Death]

oh, i would sure be interested in this   I am a fan of the 12 string acoustic, and I have a 12 string acoustic electric. Play it through a chorus with slight mix. Wow

Anyways i think acoustic pedals are an area untouched. Would be great to get some interest in that

Also, you said you built an acoustic sim, I am also interested in that is there a schematic for that anywhere?



Cheers

Sorry but as simple as it is, it's top secret. I really do intend to own an amp company some day so tossing that around online..well I've been a victim of my generosity in the past as well as recently when it comes to the commercial industry. Some people..if you have a great idea, keep it to yourself because nobility is dead and someone in a position to benefit from it will absolutely steal it.
You come home, clearly see someones dug through your design notes/schematics/blueprints and 4-6 months later, there's your idea for sale on the market.
Not a chance in he!! you can do anything about it either. It's no wonder guys pick fights on a lot of DIY sites, they're thieves digging for useful information and no doubt in my mind, they've never had an original thought or idea in their life.

aaaaaanyway....
I suppose an acoustic geared pedal has no specific formula beyond not overdriving itself into audible clipping, I just realized I've never come across one in all my DIY oriented guitar surfing.

[MartyMart]

For acoustic simulators, there's Mark Hammers "Woody" and cbriere has a Boss AC-2 clone up
which I built - though quite complex I did manage to get it all working !
As for building stuff "for acoustic use" it seems that a good three/four band eq or graphic is essential
and then probably a nice compression ( LA-light and Flatline are nice on acoustic )
Chorus with a balance control is great, see Tonepad Chorral Chorus ( CE-2 )
If I were building an acoustic amp then look at some keyboard combo's - which have the right freq response
then add the eq/comp/chorus features, that would be a nice Acc combo
I've seen people using PV KB-100 combos with acoustic guitar to good effect BTW
MM.