Zoom AC-3 Acoustic Creator Pedal

£269.00

This is a New Zoom AC-3 Acoustic Creator Pedal from Zoom, listed in Specialist Effects Pedals on Just Pedals. Read More below.

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The Zoom AC3 is your all-in-one acoustic preamp effects pedal. For the live (or studio) guitarist it's an invaluable piece of kit thanks to its ability to morph and improve your sound in many ways.

Target Guitar Sound

One of the most powerful things about the AC-3 is its ability to make your current acoustic guitar sound like a completely different body shape altogether. You can easily change this by choosing the setting for your current guitar (like a dreadnought for example) and then adjusting the target guitar sound to be completely different like an OM or jumbo even!

Anti-Feedback

If you've played acoustic guitar live then you'll know that feedback can be one of the most difficult issues to deal with but the AC-3 has an automatic anti-feedback switch will prevent the guitar from creating any unwanted noise! This means you can focus on the gig at hand.

Key Features

  • 16 source guitar type/body presets for accurate tone re-creation
  • 15 target guitar type/body presets for tonal refinement
  • ¼” input
  • Two XLR balanced outs
  • Two ¼” outputs for mono or stereo connection to guitar amps, headphones, and audio interfaces
  • High-quality, low noise preamp
  • 9 effects with adjustable parameters
  • Piezo/magnetic input pickup select
  • Built-in compressor
  • 3-band equalizer
  • Input and output gain/sensitivity adjustable via single volume knob (patent pending)
  • Clipping indicator
  • Anti-feedback control
  • Boost switch for up to 9 dB of additional gain
  • Built-in chromatic visual-LED tuner
  • USB connection for firmware updates
  • Dual output jacks for connection to guitar amps and mono or stereo PA systems

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Brand

Zoom

In the current JustPedals catalogue, Zoom is represented by Multi-Effects Pedals, Expression Pedals and Bass Effects Pedals. Current listings include MS-200D+, FP02M Expression and MS-50G+ MultiStomp. That makes the range relevant to players looking for drive, gain and clipping, plus time-based effects and ambience. Check each model for its exact circuit or processing platform, controls, power requirements and connections, particularly where the catalogue includes both pedals and supporting gear.

Category

Specialist Effects Pedals

Specialist effects alter the signal in ways that do not sit cleanly inside one established family. They may use granular processing, frequency shifting, resonators, freeze or sustain, bit reduction, ring modulation, feedback networks or combinations of several techniques. The relevant distinction is the underlying process, its tracking or latency, and how completely the dry signal can be blended or replaced.

Tags

Acoustic

Acoustic products are designed or voiced for acoustic instruments, including piezo, magnetic and microphone-based sources. Input impedance, body resonance, attack, EQ, compression, ambience and feedback control can all affect the result. Check whether the product is intended for acoustic guitar, another stringed instrument or general use, and confirm the connection, power and output format before placing it into a live PA or recording chain.

DIY Kit

Supplied as components and hardware to be assembled into a working pedal. Circuit complexity, board layout, enclosure preparation and off-board wiring set the difficulty, while accurate component values, polarity and solder joints determine the final noise, reliability and sound.

Presets

Preset-capable products can store and recall effect settings, signal paths or control assignments. The useful differences are the number of locations, whether footswitches or MIDI can recall them, what parameters are saved, how quickly they change and whether trails continue between settings. Check editing, backup, firmware, expression and USB requirements, and confirm that the preset system covers the parameters you need rather than assuming every control is recalled.

Stereo

Stereo products provide separate left and right audio paths, which may widen modulation, preserve independent delays or route a pedalboard into two amplifiers or a mixer. Input and output behaviour is not always symmetrical: some units sum a stereo input, while others create stereo from a mono source. Check whether the effect collapses safely to mono, how the dry signal is routed, the socket format and the destination’s panning and phase requirements.