Boss AC-3 vs Mooer Acoustikar - Full comparison video
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2024
- See the shorter back to back sound comparison video here • Boss AC-3 vs Mooer Aco...
I try out the Boss AC-3 and Mooer Acoustikar acoustic guitar simulator pedals. Don't ask me which I prefer, I still can't decide!
Special thanks to Music Junction Camberwell (www.musicjunction.com.au/) for lending me the pedals.
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The boss has more of a jazz archtop sound to me. The mooer sounds more authentically acoustic.
Great demo!
I've seen a lot of review and demo about these two pedals and this is the only one that made sense. Thanks dude!
What a great review Felix, thank you for the effort to create and publish this video, as well as sharing your talent!
Best review I've seen on acoustic simulator pedals and also nicest playing, thank you very helpful video
Thanks for the kind words. Was looking for a video just like this and couldn't find one so decided to make it myself :)
Excellent review!
Great review, man. Your commentary adds significant quality to the experience (as opposed to getting in the way, as is often the case with other reviewers)--well done.
This is a nice review of the differences, pretty much what i needed
Thanks for the feedback. I was really looking hard for a direct comparison video myself and couldn't find one so I figured it might be useful to others if I did one myself!
An excellent review.
wow.. your playing are awesome. great demo.. informative too. thank you, you help me pick.
Nice comparision video, good job👍🏻
Very useful review - thank you!
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Awesome video. Thanks!
Great review!
Thanks Alan. Hope it helped you.
Great guitar playing!
Great review, for the first time in forever there isn't some guy playing some pentatonic scale so fast that you can' actually hear the pedal =)
I can trust in your demonstration because I run my FX through a SansAmp too, great video
Thanks for the comparison its the Mooer hands down and the price its a no brainer
thanks for this bro!
Realy nice video, thank U.
hard to pick one, I don't know which one should I but, maybe I'll go for the AC 3
Brother,..this was very helpful and impressive!! Good Work and Well Done!! Seems they both can get the job done huh! So which did you go with? I’m presuming both since you’ve got that gorgeous Ibanez‼️ let me know what up will ya?..I’m into “Live Looping” performance so gotta get decided on these or the Zoom MS50 Acoustic Sim Pedal...🤔 If I’m ever in Australia,..I’m an 🇺🇸in Japan🇯🇵,..sure would like to check out your show!! Thanks for doing Jazz justice in these days & times! 🙏🏾✌🏾🤘🏾✨🎶🎛🎸
Nice review of the differences
Thanks, hope it helped you.
Great review, great walking bass! Do you think a simple EQ pedal does a similar job as these pedals?
I might prefer the sound of the Mooer, but the addition of a Line Out, and built-in reverb makes the AC-3 just super useful!
what can the line out do?
@@kissapeles You can route the audio through a different channel when the simulator is active, so you could (for example) record the acoustic parts on a separate track, or apply different effects when playing live.
@@DavidAddis Basically it has two line outs?
or is the added line out a dry signal exit?
@@kissapeles yes essentially two line outs. If the second one is connected, you get the wet signal through that.
Best comparison video - detailed - thank you sir. is the Mooer Akustikar kinda noisy ?
Thanks Felix - great review and playing! Really clearly explained. It's always hard to know exactly what it will sound like in your own situation, but based on what I'm hearing here, I think I may prefer the way the Mooer sounds in terms of replicating an acoustic guitar. I agree with another comment below that the AC-3 sounds more like an archtop. However, I would still choose the AC-3 for the dual outputs, so I can send the acoustic output to the PA and the bypass output to my amp, which is a great feature.
The ac3 has a great advantage if you play live, you can send the acoustic signal direct to a mixing board.
Both seemed good enough
I am not sure what he said. U may have to select??
Guys... the Mooer Akoustikar is a Boss AC-2 clone.
The AC-2 was a digital EQ (with some added clipping on the highs to emulate brass strings IIRC) and the AC-3 is the digital successor that uses Boss' proprietary COSM modeling.
so, the mooer is the way to go!!!
The Mooer sounds so much more like an acoustic guitar that the Boss...….it's my pick. I went out and bought one....sounds even better live.....
Are you happy that you have this mooer pedal and really sound as acustic guitar?
@@alexgochman6654 yes i have it
thought I was done buying pedals til I saw this piece!!!!
Hi Felix, I play a 7 string similar specs to your Ibanez. What strings are you using on it?
Wow! I usually hate digital simulator pedals, but that Mooer is the bomb!!!
Really nice review! Till now I had been pretty determined that AC-3 sounds less simulated and has overall better dynamics. However the comparison between the strat and Ibanez was very interesting. With that fat humbucker of the 8 string Ibanez, the mooer ended up sounding much better in my opinion. That means it also matter what guitar you're playing. I play a Gibson sg and now I'm thinking, the fat low end sound might pair better with the mooer - thanks for the review.
Ashraful Khan I was quite surprised by what I found too. From memory the Gibson SGs have that deliberately muddy sound. Did you end up getting the Mooer in the end?
Felix Thiang - Guitarist nope not yet...will look for it
Felix Thiang - Guitarist So I ended up with the ac 3 and I gotta say I’m new to stuff like this. I don’t mind the sound - but here’s the thing - I put it in the fx loop of my blackstar ht5r and had to totally turn down the body knob since the amp is already adding extra low - in fact if I turn up the body knob, the sound becomes very distorted and unpleasant.
Here are some questions - do you use this pedal’s amp out option into your amp or do you use the line out option into a pa (for a live setup I.e) ?
Also,does you pedal have a slight hiss ? My one is creating this weird scratchy sound when I run my pick on the strings (wondering whether they tried to simulate acoustic string squeak ?)
Will appreciate your feedback.
Ashraful Khan As per my video (top left corner), I use the Guitar Amp Out into an amp simulator into a PA system. I probably wouldn’t start with putting it in the effects loop, you bypass the preamp and go straight to the power amp by doing that. That means you bypass the eq knobs, I think any reverb you have on the amp is then sent to the ac3 to process and the valve preamp sound (driven sound) is also sent to the ac3... which I imagine can have weird effects (you are turning the fully processed sound from your amp into an acoustic tone). I think what you want is to have the pedal in the front of your chain so Its like plugging an acoustic guitar into the front of your amp (into a clean channel). When you do that, I would start with all settings at 12 o’clock to begin with (perhaps 12 o’clock on your amp settings as well, even volume as the more volume you have on a tube amp the more drive/crunch, reverb as desired but I’d turn it off and see what it sounds like first). Rather than play with the ac3’s body knob to adjust eq, use your amp’s eq to tweak your tone. At that point you should have a simulated acoustic guitar into the front of your amp, which isn’t designed for acoustic guitars so your mileage on whether you like it may vary. I would have thought it’d be fine though, as long as you don’t crank the volume up to go into overdrive/crunch. There is more string noise accentuated by the unit, that;s what you get from an amplified acoustic, but your weird sounds may be the ac3 processing your post preamp and reverbed sound. If you recall, even putting humbuckers instead of single coils through the units resulted in a vastly different sound, I can only imagine what you get when you try to put your whole amp’s preamp sound into it (by using effects loop). Let me know how you go.
great Job
I got the distinct impression that the tonal curves on the (top / body ratio) settings between the two pedals are quite different. In other words, one might have to set the AC-3 controls to 60/40 versus 40/60 for the Acousticar to obtain the same results. I full well understand that that wouldn't be a "truly fair" comparison in the technical sense, but it might better illustrate the capabilities of each pedal.
To me, the Acousticar sounded somewhat bottom heavy, and an up tweak of the "top control" might remedy that to more faithfully imitate the AC-3
Thank you very much. 🍀🖖🏼
can you compare the simulators against an actual acoustic guitar?
Boss for single coil, Mooer for humbucker. Perfect
Does anyone know how to set up the mooer pedal so it's not so much bass. I messed around with it and can't figure it out. It still sounds too much even with bass down on mixer all the way.
Mooer Acoustikar wins 2 out of 3 ! Boss Jumbo was the only better mode for it.
i like the brighter sound guitars so i think going mooer for this and for the price
Aaron Black note that he Boss AC3 can get brighter, I just left everything at 12 o’clock for comparison. But if you don’t need battery and don’t mind the louder button, the Mooer is an impressive little pedal.
Me lo compre pero al prender mete ruido, como un click interno? Es normal?
I felt the opposite with the 8 string, it sounded like you had an upright bass playing along with you, like if I closed my eyes you were a jazz duet. Maybe not the effect you intended, but to great affect.
I agree the Acousticar sounds better, and is probably cheaper. Thank you-Great video.
Have you noticed the Noise that the Boss AC 3 is producing while engaged? I have a Boss Ac 3 and it is a little bit annoying to hear the noise. Does the Mooer Acoustikar have the same noise level? Thanks man! Great Review!
I haven't noticed any unusual levels of noise coming from the unit. There is naturally some noise coming from any system but both the Mooer and AC3 I would characterise as quiet. Not sure if something else may be happening with your signal chain. How are you hooking it up? What is your signal chain like, what amp, what length of cable etc?
I have an 8 pedal setup but I tried using it on its own to isolate other pedals noise. There is a slight hissing sound with the Boss Ac3 when its engaged. When its off then the hiss goes away. Also tried with either outputs (guitar & direct out). There is a lot of forums out there that discusses this problem. They say the mooer Acoustikar has lesser noise level.
I had ordered a Mooer Acoustikar it will arrive around 2 weeks from now. I will let you know if there is a difference in their noise levels.
jam mamiscal Thanks, let me know how you go.
Finally got my Mooer Acoustikar. And it sounded waaaay more quiet than Boss Ac3. The sound quality I think I will give a SLIGHT advantage to Boss AC3 with its Jumbo settings but the standard settings on the Mooer is lovely. But still, it cannot replace a Real Acoustic guitar but the two pedals does a good job on simulating the sound and will give a "acoutic feel" with a band in a live situation. I would've still chose the Boss AC3 because of its additional features (reverb, line out) but the noise made me changed my mind.
I wonder how an acoustic with a brittle bridge pickup would sound through one of these?
So can i use a semi hollowbody guitar with an acoustic simulator pedal and run it straight to a P/A, with no guitar amp and still get a good tone?
That would sound better, as the purpose of a piezo sounded pickup is meant to go through directly to a pa or a cabinet. If you have an amp, put the output of the acoustic simulator to your fx return as it will bypass all the eq preamp on the amp itself.
Very nice!! Do you hear a high pop volume when turn on the Mooer?
I certainly hear the loud POP/click from the physical button (I hate those little pedal buttons!). Is that what you are referring to? It's certainly loud enough to make you think that the sound is coming from the amplifier!!!
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Hey, Felix. Thank you for answering. 😃
But I was really talking about the amplifier sound.
I had the Tomsline AC Stage, that is something similar to the Mooer Acoustikar, but I got really disappointed because of the LOUD pop on the amplifier. Simply unusable in live situations.
So, Im looking for a new pedal and triyng not to make same mistake again.
Your Mooer have absolutely no POP when turning on?
Del Rei Rock No, there was no pop coming from the amplifier when I turned it on. If I had heard a pop coming from the amplifier I certainly would have complained about it in the video and that would have been a huge deal breaker for me. You might have a defective unit, might be worth trying to return it?
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Thank you again, Felix! It could be a bad unit... And also, the volume on max was lower than the guitar signal... Very weird.
I bought the pedal on aliexpress and I'm from Brazil... The returning shipping cost back to China is more expensive than the refund... So, I realized it was a bad deal.
Anyway, thank you for helping, man.
And I've just subscribed to your new channel. Looks really good stuff! :)
I had a Boss AC, not sure if it was 1, 2 or 3, but it was very sterile.
1:52 starts the main thing
Thanks!
I think I'll go for the Mooer acoustikar 😊...I have this theory thta it will suit my katana amp since it has an onboard effects on it like reverb
Mooer acustic is reliable pedal?
I tried these pedals in a shop- they are both good. But Boss seemed to be a bit pricey too me, and I had a little problem getting the right sound ( too many knobs, compared to Acoustikar:). Eventually, I ordered Acoustikar on AliExpress for 70 $ and quite happy with this pedal.
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Don't demo in a shop then buy online. This is why music shops are dying out.
you just convinced me to try to buy and learn jazz on 8-string ibanez :)
Lol… thank you. I went 7 string archtop, 8 string electric, then back to 6 strings for a long while now. Don’t let the novelty of the guitar fool you, just learn jazz guitar… it’s cool! :)
hahh, same here on a niner HC9. Thanks for the Review! Went on the Boss with EMG900. Moorer clipped on the c# dropped to B
I'm really surprised at how good the Mooer sounds for a fraction of the Boss' price
Been awhile huh?..since this upload...☝🏾P.S...Sure hope that you & family are safe and well!! 😷🦠💥🔫👌🏾
Mooer sounds like an acoustic for a 1/4 price.
When you consider that it's $100 or less, you probably can't get a good sounding (or feeling) acoustic guitar at that price anyway.
I much preferred Boss AC2 for natural acoustic sound that these two..
BOSS is AWESOME!
A guy who likes djent and jazz? What a legend
Unfortunately I don’t play djent... needed a long scale 8 string guitar... thank you djent!
Felix Thiang - The Guitar Workshop I don’t know man that 8 string looks pretty djentable
My Favorit..Mooer
I find the AC3 to have a tonal character too much on the lower side. Also, maybe would be better to try it with and acoustic guitar Amp instead of an electric guitar one.
Also. Those make the low strings on the 8 string guitar sound like a double bass
Listening on my phone the Acoustika has far better acoustic guitar tone.. l would no doubt feel better about the Moorer being on my board being it's only purpose is to make my solid body sound acoustic, sure.. the Boss offers a wider selection but who cares if they are not as true acoustic sounding..l vote Moorer!
Which one do you prefer?
Willy Bernardus . I had a really hard time picking one. I eventually ended up with the AC3 because I simply couldn't decide based on tone/sound and went for the unit with the battery compartment :P.
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the ac3 sounds miles ahead personally
BroToPro I was in a guitar center and tried the AC-3. No matter how much I tried I could not make it sound like an acoustic. The acoutikar actually sounds like an acoustic.
On my iPad, they sounded pretty similar, but when I played the video through my TV and full sound system, the AC-3 was head and shoulders above the Acoustikar. My son wandered in, and he thought the whole thing was pretty cool. The Mooer sounded extremely muddy, and we couldn’t even hear some of the higher notes in the chords, when he was playing the Ibanez toward the end of the video. By comparison, the Boss sounded like an upright bass and an arch top acoustic, combined.
I'd rather choose Mooer.
Why are you stomping with your hand instead of foot? Its a stompbox 😊
shoulda used position 2 on a strat
I've heard boss has a bad hiss... Mooer is cheaper and superior overall
Acoustica standard is better than boss
It's really subjective... if I didn't have them side by side I reckon I would have been happy with either. But yes... it's interesting you thought the Acoustica standard was better :)
Mooer one kill
That Mooer absolutely crushes the task at hand. I love Boss products usually but their acoustic sim is disappointing.
I think Mooer is better.
the Boss sounds good but not real. Moore sounds more realistic
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Both sound pretty awful, the Boss surprisingly more so, just buy an acoustic guitar.
... why are ppl wanting to strum a like new metal guitar like an acoustic guitar??? Strumming or playing electric guitars not built for acoustic playing style will kill your expense metal guitar .. save your metal guitar from embarrassment..
Can you just stop talking and start playing?
talk talk talk what is your problem why add a sansamp into the line its a amp simulator for distortion and why the hell you playing jazz comping on a bloody acoustic guitar ''simulator''. Your video could have been 2 mins not 16
thought I was done buying pedals til I saw this piece!!!!
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