acoustic simulators. any good ones?

i think a simulator could be nice for my solo/looper thing. i have an older zoom acoustic multieffect, that has a simulator built in. but that thing hisses like hell. are there better ones? what about the bosses?
it would be pretty nice to make the background-looper-tracks a bit with of an acoutic flavour and then overdub with twang. i really dont know if that is a realistic expectation. specially through a regular guitar-amp.
eddie

An acoustic simulator might just work for what you are talking about doing with the looper, but nobody is going to really think that an electric through a simulator is a real acoustic guitar.

I used to have the Boss AC2 that I stepped on once in a while. It made for a decent rhythm sound in a band context. I also used it at open mics for a while when I was without an acoustic guitar with pickup.

The bottom line to me is the bottom line....the simulators are a lot of money for a one trick pony that probably won't sound as good as you would like it to sound.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: While acoustic simulators may never be mistaken for a "real" acoustic guitar, neither would 80% of the acoustic guitars I've heard plugged in.

It's all about the flavor man, and I bet a Boss pedal will get you the flavor you want.

I have only tried the Boss AC2, it sounded pretty realistic IF I ran it through the PA system, run a compressor in front of it and it's even better.
Not as good as a real acoustic but useable.
I would like to hear the newer version, I believe it is supposed to have some COSM modeling acoustic sounds.

i forgot obout that acoustic-simulator idea. first i tried a yamaha magicstomp acoustic. sounded good, but a nightmare to edit. when i brought it back to the shop, i found a really excellent chorus pedal, a zoom choir. that thing can make heavenly sounds and textures, like i never heard before. i know chorus is "out", but to produce a background-track for my looperstuff it´s excellent. i would have liked to check out a boss ac2, but its too expensive.

Chorus sounds like a good idea. I play a lot with my looper too, for light background chords I tend to use my Small Stone Phaser then play a little twang over it.

I bought the Boss AC-3, the new model with COSM modeling.

I play electric lead with an acoustic rythm player in a christian band. I wanted to play some acoustic parts live. The AC-3 looked like a good pedal for this and the layout is set up to send the acoustic model line-out to the board and run the unaffected signal to the amp.

I used it with my strat and I couldn't get a convincing struming sound. For single note and arpegio picking I actually got some good tones, but thats not the majority of what I would use it for.

I wouldn't clasify it as a total failure. For a rock band that has very brief acoustic sections this could still be the answer.

A buddy told me that he was "floored" by his friend's Behringer acoustic simulator rip-off of Boss' AC2...in a good way, of course!

i would have liked to check out a boss ac2, but its too expensive.

If it's like every other Boss pedal, you'll see it used at some point, for cheap.

Good that you found an alternative though. Keep on loopin'!

A buddy told me that he was "floored" by his friend's Behringer acoustic simulator rip-off of Boss' AC2...in a good way, of course!
this forum has always something for me. i just ordered the behringer thing for 18!!! euros. since it will only be used , while i am sitting down, it can be something in a plastic housing. otherwise: 30 days of money back guarantee. that would be too cool, if it is only half way good and does not hiss too much.
eddie