Progressive live stuff

[Oddkid]

Basically i'm in the process of writing some music with a few friends of mine. It's going to be a progressive effort, written on 7-strings. In my head i'm feeling dropping from heavy overdriven metal to acoustic breaks and harmonies. My problem here is for ease of use on stage, i think it would be better to use an acoustic simulator pedal than try to find room for a semi acoustic on a stand.

The only one i know of is the BOSS AC-3, i demoed one today and although i would say there was a noticeable acoustic twang, i wouldn't say i was i was overwhelmed. I once had the chance to hear the acoustic simulator on a BOSS ME-50 and that was really impressive. Can anyone suggest anything else?

 

[Winspear]

Piezo pickups with a graphtech acoustiphonic preamp, maybe? Those coupled with an acoustic simulator would probably be even more awesome.

 

[Oddkid]

I've heard of bridge mounted piezo's but i don't fancy swapping the pick-ups out of my BC Rich unless i'm swapping them for BKP's. I'm going to google those other bits to find out more about them. This is new to me.

 

[GunpointMetal]

I'm pretty sure the AC-3 is the same acoustic simulator in thier modeling pedals....I don't think you have to change pickups to use a Piezo bridge, jsut the bridge or string saddles.

 

[troyguitar]

JP7 w/ piezo -> PA

 

[TheKindred]

I'm pretty sure the AC-3 is the same acoustic simulator in thier modeling pedals....I don't think you have to change pickups to use a Piezo bridge, jsut the bridge or string saddles.

True story.... You keep the magnetic and have a switch for the saddle mounted piezos.

JP7 w/ piezo -> PA

....or an Ibanez 2027x could satisfy for a little cheaper.

 

[Winspear]

Yeah piezos are in the bridge the whole point of them is they are physically touching the string
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If your saddles look like any of these it's easy to do.

 

[Oddkid]

That's annoying, none of those are for floyd rose trems.

 

[Winspear]

Nope afraid not. A few guys have done mods but it takes metalwork.
All I can think of outside piezo is settling for an acoustic simulator.

 

[Oddkid]

and the AC-3 is about the only one? Shame, i guess that's settled that purchase for me then. I like the idea of stands and extra guitars but i simply

A.) Can't afford it
B.) Can't afford it
and C.) Can't guarantee i'll have space in venues for it on stage.

I hate being largely poor.

Don't we all just wish we had the income the Iron Maiden crowd have sometimes?

Honestly, thanks for the help everyone, much appreciated.