does anyone know of any good effects processers, obviously limiting overdrive and such effects, for acoustic guitars, for acompaning folk music on stage,
Sorry, I don't have any particular recommendation, but:
Dervish was the first Irish trad band I ever saw in concert. After being mesmerized by the clear, natural sound, I wandered up to the stage--and saw one or more foot pedals per player. Quite a surprise. (Some were just tuners, but others were the usual sort of stomp-boxes, don't remember exactly what types.)
I suppose the moral of the story is: If you do have digital effects, use them so carefully that nobody is the wiser.
Does your signal start with a pickup or a mic? Some of the pickup mfgrs have units that include most of what you mentioned. Can't think of the names right now.
I second the suggestion about the Zoom pedal. I have one myself, and as well as all the 'gimicy' effects (wah-wah etc) there are some which can be used to good effect in folk music .i. equalizer, delay etc.
I have a Zoom but don't use it much as sound engineers hate it - apparently it adds huge amounts of hiss. I guess it's inversely proportional to the natural volume of your instrument
guitar effects
guitar effects
does anyone know of any good effects processers, obviously limiting overdrive and such effects, for acoustic guitars, for acompaning folk music on stage,
# Posted on March 5th 2008 by tina concert
Re: guitar effects
What effects do you need for folk music, other than something to deal with feedback?
# Posted on March 5th 2008 by Bob himself
Re: guitar effects
a little wa wa pedal?
sorry. couldn't resist
# Posted on March 5th 2008 by zippydw
Re: guitar effects
http://www.guitar.co.uk/pedals/acoustic/697-a21u_acoustic_guitar_multieffects_processor
# Posted on March 5th 2008 by strayaway
Re: guitar effects
sorry, i should have put that better. something with built in tuner, antifeedback, chorus, equaliser etc.....
# Posted on March 5th 2008 by tina concert
Re: guitar effects
Sorry, I don't have any particular recommendation, but:
Dervish was the first Irish trad band I ever saw in concert. After being mesmerized by the clear, natural sound, I wandered up to the stage--and saw one or more foot pedals per player. Quite a surprise. (Some were just tuners, but others were the usual sort of stomp-boxes, don't remember exactly what types.)
I suppose the moral of the story is: If you do have digital effects, use them so carefully that nobody is the wiser.
# Posted on March 6th 2008 by John Galt
Re: guitar effects
Does your signal start with a pickup or a mic? Some of the pickup mfgrs have units that include most of what you mentioned. Can't think of the names right now.
# Posted on March 6th 2008 by Bob himself
Re: guitar effects
I use a Zoom acoustic pedal.You can get any combination of delay,reverb,chorus,octave doubling and many other effects.
# Posted on March 6th 2008 by dafydd
Re: guitar effects
I second the suggestion about the Zoom pedal. I have one myself, and as well as all the 'gimicy' effects (wah-wah etc) there are some which can be used to good effect in folk music .i. equalizer, delay etc.
# Posted on March 6th 2008 by Sinocal
Re: guitar effects
I have a Zoom but don't use it much as sound engineers hate it - apparently it adds huge amounts of hiss. I guess it's inversely proportional to the natural volume of your instrument
# Posted on March 6th 2008 by Bren
Re: guitar effects
Screw the "effects"--learn to play well--you'll make a lot of friends.
# Posted on March 17th 2008 by hauke