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Thanks for using English! It's the only language I know. I greatly respect your learning another language! Thanks for your advice on the Zoom A3! Sorry, I just saw from the other post you don't yet own the Zoom A3 and are looking to purchase. I will share my experience when mine arrives. Last edited by Marty C; 05-30-2017 at 08:08 PM. Reason: Updated post |
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I highly recommend the A3 over multiple pedals, if it has enough effect patches for you. I could even imagine chaining TWO A3s together would be OK, using the first one for, maybe, compression and EQ, and the second one for modulation and reverb. If you instead buy various other pedals and chain them together, that is probably going to suck a lot more sound than one or two A3s. For me, the A3 would be perfect if I could kill the modeler (which is OK but not needed for my great pickups) and instead have a 3rd effect patch. Then I would use compressor + modulation or delay (on/off) + reverb. A little bit of compression can make fingerpicking and strumming much more appealing. As I write these lines, I'm seriously considering buying a second A3 so I can chain them together as mentioned above, for a total of 4 effect (plus modeling). Then I could even add in an EQ patch for each instrument. Thanks for indirectly getting me into that mode of thinking. :-) |
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HI there,
I'm mostly an electric guitar player, but I want change that. I've Marshall Cumberland jc28 1997 model, and I just bought a Fender acoustasonic 40, and a TC Bodyrez (that hasn't arrived yet). I'm wondering if the A3 could do any good for my sound, or it is redundant since I bought the bodyrez. Thanks for your help. |
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The Zoom A3 will give you pristine audio quality, plus the use of 2 effects simultaneously (besides body resonance, if you choose to use it). If 2 effects are enough for you, then you'll love this unit. Unfortunately, the 3rd effect slot is occupied by the body rez simulator, and you can only turn it on (set for a particular source and target guitar) or off. In my opinion, the body rez settings on the Zoom are quite subtle, and therefore very usable, thus making your extra body rez pedal superfluous. Not only that, but adding any device in your chain is likely to degrade the overall sound a bit. If I were you, I'd give the Zoom's body res settings a spin and see if you like them well enough to not use the extra body rez pedal. For different songs you can even store patches with different rez settings, and then cycle through them via the footswitch.
I personally never use the Zoom's rez feature because I feel it doesn't do justice to the fantastic undersaddle pickup + internal mic'ed signal coming from my Martin D-45. If I, for example, chose a dreadnaught as the source and target guitar, the bass end becomes a wee bit too "boomy" for me to handle on stage. With a guitar that is weaker in bass to start with, that could be an asset, of course. By contrast, I can set a smaller guitar as the target guitar, but for some reason I don't like castrated or adultering the natural sound of a beautiful Martin. ;-) The only thing I add are a touch of EQ, plus compressor and reverb, or chorus and reverb (without compressor, because only 2 effects can be run). If I had designed the Zoom A3, I would have made the rez simulator optional and replaceable by a third effect. |
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Thanks SongJoy.
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