Strumming acoustic Piezo Pickups

[gerryCol]

Hi all!. I am in desperate need of finding a Patch or preset or a place I can buy them for strumming acoustic guitar. there are tons of places to shop and presets for single note single picking acoustic guitar and that's never been an issue but I'm trying to find something somewhere. I don't know why but has anyone ever tried IR's on strumming (I have all the 3 Sigma IR's) but from my experience they are meant for fingerstyle, solo acoustic, or single note picking and not for strumming. At least I can't find any. I would appreciate any suggestions thank you so much !!!

I have a Takamine G series with PIEZO pickups, not the greatest top of the line guitar, but I have tried top of the line Taylors and no point buying them because they don't sound any better. Another thought I had is does anyone know of a place where I can just send a clean strumming recording clean into Pro Tools with no EQ on the acoustic whatsoever and I could have a Patch made for me for my HX stomp? That would be a great christmas gift I would gladly pay for!!

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[silverhead]

I find that most Helix patches designed for piezo acoustic guitars (including those designed for the Variax acoustic models) can sound either quite good or quite bad when I’m strumming. The difference is in my touch, strumming and pick. I find a need a lighter touch with my fingers on the strings, a MUCH lighter touch in strumming and a soft pick. Those elements, in my experience, are more important than the actual patch as long as it’s reasonably well designed.

 

The best acoustic patches for piezo guitars that I have found in the Helix Marketplace are from Glenn DeLaune:

https://shop.line6.com/marketplace/acoustic-simulations-patches-for-acoustics-piezo-equipped-guitars-and-variax-guitars.html

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Glenn DeLaune in any way, and my opinion is not intended to reflect in any way on anyone else’s Helix Marketplace offerings. I am simply offering my opinion based on my own personal experience after purchasing this preset pack myself, and comparing to acoustic presets I created myself as well as other Customtone downloads.

 

[gerryCol]

Thanks so much for getting back so fast. yes I'm very familiar with Glenn D's patches have just about all of them (Excellent),  but I never checked out his acoustic patches I'm gonna do that right now. I do agree 100% about the strumming  and pick. I have started using a light pick for some acoustic strumming tunes and I find it when you back off the preamp on the acoustic and set it to 75-80%  it takes the bite out of it a little. that's all I'm really looking for it has just such a hard midrange sound and I tried with the every eq config you can think of. LOL. I actually close my eyes anymore and start dialing in because common sense just doesn't do it. LOL. 

Thanks again!