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How to make electric guitar sound like acoustic?

D K

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Nov 11, 2019
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Does anyone know what settings I should choose on my amp to make my electric guitar sound as close as possible to an acoustic guitar? Like in general and/or specifically for my guitar (Schecter Stealth C-1) and amp (Yamaha THR10 V2).
Thanks in advance!
 
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Jak Angelescu

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Hey DK! Have you thought about looking into an acoustic simulator pedal? They’re around $100 but that’s the only thing I can think of. I think it may be hard to get an actual sound even similar to an acoustic because the difference in string metal. Electrics use steel, nickel, and chromium alloys while acoustic guitar strings are made of more resonant alloys like bronze or brass. I tried looking up your amp and it seems like there’s a lot of presets involved? Hopefully someone can give you a better answer
 

Ed Seith

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    Jak’s right. You’re not going to get close to an acoustic sound without an emulator, or installing a piezo pickup and electronics in your electric. There are some electrics that have a piezo, as well, but they’re usually quite expensive.
    Your amp does say it offers “acoustic simulation,” so you might start with the instruction manual for that section? If that works at all, then it’s mostly going to be compression, EQ, and other shaping after that, but you’d need that sim to start with if you want it to get close to an acoustic sound.
     

    Matt Wildman

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    Yeah, the tone knobs on both the guitar and your amp can definately get you close but it won’t sound just like an acoustic. My amp has an acoustic setting so if yours has that, give it a try. Otherwise just put it on a clean setting, be sure to turn the gain all the way down and play around with the treble and bass knobs. That or a pedal is really all you can do.
     
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    Jak Angelescu

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    Sorry we couldn’t be more help, buddy. It’s just so hard to really determine what we could do unless we were experienced with your specific setup. If you had a spider line 6 I’d be able to help more