Who's using a BodyRez?

FolkRock Rules · #1 01-12-2016, 02:48 PM

I've seen mostly glowing reviews for the TC Electronic BodyRez, so yesterday I bought a used one on eBay.

An AGF member posted a link to Sweetwater's page about the BodyRez, and all but a few of the twenty-four reviews gave it "five stars."

Does anyone here have one, and how do you like it?

roylor4 · #2 01-12-2016, 04:37 PM

Never heard of it until now. Sounds pretty darn good to me.

larryjoh814 · #3 01-12-2016, 07:51 PM

My TC Helicon Play Acoustic has a few built in. I like the 3rd one so much I retired the Red-Eye preamp I used before. Last Friday I gigged with it at a coffee house and the string-to-string balance was superb on my Bourgeois OM with a K&K

fazool · #4 01-12-2016, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by larryjoh814

My TC Helicon Play Acoustic has a few built in....

I don't know what you mean. Has a "few" what?

FolkRock Rules · #5 01-12-2016, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by roylor4

Never heard of it until now. Sounds pretty darn good to me.

I've had my Ibanez TCY10E for awhile, but only recently noticed it seemed a little "quacky." (Preamp is an AEQ200T.) So I decided to try the BodyRez, too. I have a bunch of other TC Electronic/TC Helicon pedals, probably more than any other brand in my collection, and they're all pretty good.

FolkRock Rules · #6 01-12-2016, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by fazool

I don't know what you mean. Has a "few" what?

I think he means a few effects (guitar as well as vocal), one of which is BodyRez™.
VoiceLive Play Acoustic

I'd say that's a pretty good endorsement, if it can help a Bourgeois sound even better.

Fusion01 · #7 01-13-2016, 07:25 AM

Is there a way to have this Bodyrez pedal only effect the UST piezo and not a SBT like a K&K mini if you only have a single stereo output?

8TrackJoe · #8 01-13-2016, 09:58 AM

Just for clarification, and this is all from comments that I have gathered from the TC Helicon Forum. So if I am incorrect feel free to correct. Just trying to keep some confusion from occurring since I've seen the BodyRez term tossed around and it can be applied to three different devices and they all are different.

The TC Electronic BodyRez is a stand alone pedal with one knob that adjust the amount of the effect. It is based on BodyRez #1 from the Play Acoustic.

The TC Helicon Play Acoustic has 5 BodyRez presets/effect built in.

The TC Helicon VoiceLive 3 has 5 BodyRez Presents that sound similar to the Play Acoustic, but not exact. For some reason they didn't replicate the effect completely, so there is no "Amount" option, but instead created the presets with all the EQ settings. For the end user you still have to add your own compression and delay settings.

8TrackJoe · #9 01-13-2016, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Fusion01

Is there a way to have this Bodyrez pedal only effect the UST piezo and not a SBT like a K&K mini if you only have a single stereo output?

Are you running both pickups in your guitar? If so can you split the stereo output left being the UST and Right being the SBT? IMO, it would mean a stereo cord going into a something to split the left/right, but then you can send the UST only to the BodyRez pedal and the SBT to something else.

That would be my thinking on this.

Gutch · #10 01-13-2016, 11:20 AM

I also have the Play Acoustic unit. I've checked it out with Taylor's ES pickups - Versions 1.3 (mag/SBT) and 2.0 (piezo). I really like how the BodyRez helps to minimize the magnetic sound of the ES v1.3. As for ES v2.0, it sounds fantastic, very natural.

Although the included 5 presets cover most of an average player's needs, the advantage of BodyRez in the Acoustic Play unit is that you can tweak the compressor and parametric EQ settings to your liking in order to get even closer to what you'd like to hear. Nice flexibility. Highly recommend BodyRez.

Fusion01 · #11 01-13-2016, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by 8TrackJoe

Are you running both pickups in your guitar? If so can you split the stereo output left being the UST and Right being the SBT? IMO, it would mean a stereo cord going into a something to split the left/right, but then you can send the UST only to the BodyRez pedal and the SBT to something else.

That would be my thinking on this.

Oh ok, so then I'd need a stereo 1/4" cable with 2 mono 1/4" plugs on the other end. I guess that is one way to do it, but not what I was wanting.

Currently, the stereo output goes into a stereo input of a DTAR Solstice pre-amp and it is split into 2 channels in the Solstice. I guess I could run the UST output through the FX send of the Solstice, and then to the BodyREZ and back into the Solstice FX Return.

I guess I answered my own question, but thanks for steering me in that direction 8TrackJoe

clicktone · #12 01-13-2016, 11:26 AM

wow that's impressive... think they'll rent one out to me first just to try it?

El Conquistador · #13 01-13-2016, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by larryjoh814

Last Friday I gigged with it at a coffee house and the string-to-string balance was superb on my Bourgeois OM with a K&K

TC Helicon states that the Body Rez is intended to "restore the natural sound of an acoustic guitar with undersaddle pickups." Of course USTs are infamous for their quacky tone. K&K is, however, a soundboard transducer which is famous for not suffering from UST quack.

So, I guess I am confused. In what way does the Body Rez improve the K&K? Are you saying that your K&K equipped Bourgeois was quacky even with a RedEye? Or are you saying it did not have good string to string balance which the Body Rez improved?

Steve

Doubleneck · #14 01-13-2016, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Fusion01

Oh ok, so then I'd need a stereo 1/4" cable with 2 mono 1/4" plugs on the other end. I guess that is one way to do it, but not what I was wanting.

Currently, the stereo output goes into a stereo input of a DTAR Solstice pre-amp and it is split into 2 channels in the Solstice. I guess I could run the UST output through the FX send of the Solstice, and then to the BodyREZ and back into the Solstice FX Return.

I guess I answered my own question, but thanks for steering me in that direction 8TrackJoe

Not sure what you are doing? I think the FX send and return is for the pedal and would effect both pickups? I think you would have to split the stereo cable and but the pedal on the one pickup and then into your Dtar. Probably good just to let effect both using the insertion jacks.

bobbyg67 · #15 01-13-2016, 05:53 PM

i use one with a redeye pre-amp. into the preamp and out to the bodyrez, out of bodyrez into an aer 60/3 and lined out to a Qsc 10 powered speaker. i play a martin hd28 and a 00018. i can definitely tell the difference when not using it. if the bodyrez isn't on i notice right away. adds warmth, fullness and that acoustic sound i believe we're all looking for. great piece of equipment in my opinion. have k&k minis in both guitars.