November Sweetwater Giveaway: Boss AD-8 Acoustic Guitar Processor


Neal Walter
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11/05/2009 11:19 pm
by Neal Walter


Boss AD-8 Acoustic Guitar Processor


Take your ordinary acoustic guitar and make it sing like a Martin, Gibson or Guild with this feature-enhanced best friend to the acoustic guitarist.

Most acoustic guitar pickups don't reproduce a guitar's natural body resonance since a piezo-type pickup senses vibrations mostly from the guitar's bridge area, which makes an amplified acoustic guitar sound bright and lacking in richness.

Boss has addressed this problem with the AD-8 by using a high-quality condenser microphone with six of the worlds finest guitars in the studio to capture these oft-missed tones. This is the first time an acoustic simulator has taken into account all of the guitar by miking the guitar's neck and body to simulate warmth. The six guitars chosen for this task are the Martin D-28 and 000-28, Gibson J-45 and B-45, the Guild D-40 and a Jose Ramirez classical.

Not only has Boss miked the neck and body of the guitars but the AD-8 gives you a separate control for each. If you need a little more body resonance you can add it with the BODY knob, for a little more brightness you can do the same with the STRING ENHANCE knob. Turning the STRING ENHANCE knob clockwise will boost the pleasant overtones of the guitar strings. This effect works particularly well with fingerpicking performance styles.

The AD-8 has a 4-band EQ to give you more control over your guitar's sound, this is useful in matching the tone of the acoustic modeler to your guitar type. It's like having your very own mixer for your guitar. Also on board are a high-quality reverb effect that was designed specifically for acoustic guitar, a presence control and an onboard tuner based on BOSS' acclaimed TU-Series.

After you've dialed in your favorite sound you can save it to one of the 4 available banks, accessible with the foot control. On the back of the unit there are balanced XLR outputs for direct connection to a PA or your recording gear, a ground lift feature available to eliminate hum, two quarter inch outputs, a headphone jack and a dedicated Electric Guitar amp output. Also, the AD-8 performs the same function as a Direct Box so that makes one less tool you'll need to carry in your toolbox.

Pressing the left and center pedal at the same time and holding for two seconds activates the ANTI-FEEDBACK function which greatly reduces the amount of embarrassing feedback that seems inevitable with amplified acoustic guitars, especially in a club setting. The more control over your guitar, the better. Flexibility seems to be a common theme with this effect and the battery powered option is no exception. The AD-8 can be used with a magnetic pickup or a piezo pickup (most acoustic guitars have this one), however, the tone and effects of the AD-8 are optimized for the piezo type pickup.

I demoed this unit with a Guild Songbird and my favorite BODY TYPE setting was 2, which is the Martin 000-28 setting. I found the BODY control very helpful in warming up my guitar's sound since it's a thin acoustic, about the width of your average solid-body electric. The AD-8 enhanced the sound well without sounding processed.

This one can be yours courtesy of our friends at Sweetwater by subscribing to our monthly newsletter and reading the product review for the month. Sweetwater sponsors this giveaway and they are always a real pleasure to deal with. They give free shipping on all orders (even strings!) and have an outstanding staff of real musicians who can help you make the right purchase the first time.

Sweetwater provides the gear, we review it for the Guitar Tricks Newsletter, and we give it away to one lucky Guitar Tricks member. Just reply to this post to qualify to win, good luck!

Check out my demo on the Guitar Tricks Channel.
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11/05/2009 11:22 pm
November Sweetwater Gear Review Giveaway ā€“ Boss AD-8 Acoustic Guitar Processor

The November contest is again sponsored by our good friends at Sweetwater.com.

We are going to give the AD-8 away to a lucky newsletter reader on November 20th.

To register to win, just reply to this thread!

Please read the contest rules here:

http://www.guitartricks.com/giveaway.php

In order to win this prize, you must "enter" the contest by posting on this thread by midnight of November 19th, 2009.
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11/05/2009 11:23 pm
Special Message for Non-US Members

We deeply regret that we cannot ship contest prizes outside the U.S.

Customs, tariffs, and shipping prevent merchandise from being shipped reasonably between countries.

That is the reason why U.S. music stores cannot sell to musicians in other countries, even as close as Canada.

We originally intended this contest to be run by Ren in the U.K. but we found that just shipping him the gear was so problematic that it would cost more than the contest itself.

Please accept our apologies for making this a U.S. only contest.
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11/06/2009 12:33 am
sounds pretty cool!
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11/06/2009 12:57 am
Toss my name in the hat.
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11/06/2009 1:26 am
I'll give it a try..
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11/06/2009 1:33 am
I could definitely use a Boss AD-8 AGP! Thanks!
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11/06/2009 2:46 am
i want in!!!
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11/06/2009 2:52 am
Did someone say free stuff? ...Actually sound pretty cool and I'd love using it.
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11/06/2009 3:09 am
Ok ,I'll try too.. :cool:

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11/06/2009 5:13 am
hope i win, good luck everyone :D
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cool! I want it!
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11/06/2009 6:31 am
Hi, Yes can i win one please
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11/06/2009 6:44 am
I could sure use one of these great giveaway count me in!
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I want it. Enter me in the drawing.
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11/06/2009 12:41 pm
Very,very nice. Sign me up!
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11/06/2009 1:19 pm
Count me in to win! (a nice Christmas present!)
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