TC Body Rez Pedal - How to make an Acoustic Guitar pickup sound better!
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- Designed for players who normally amplify their acoustic guitars by using the internal pickup. The TC Body Rez just basically makes you sound better! Its simple & cheap!! Find out more here - bit.ly/1O1bUEg
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Thank you for explaining the feedback suppression mode better than anybody else has.
"THIS IS THE TONE ENHANCING KNOB IT BASICALLY ENHANCES YOUR TONE"
Yeah big brain time..lol
Brilliant explanation, ol boy...Bravo with your demonstration skills and meaningful obvious observations!
Would like to see/hear this same demo but on a cheaper guitar, like a Seagull. Martins don't need much help.
As he said, it's an entry level Martin, and it needed (and didn't get) a
LOT of help.
Honestly a standard Seagull S6 will almost always play and sound a lot better than one of these Martin X series guitars. I've played about 5 different X Series and many Seagulls and I own a Simon & Patrick with a solid cedar top that's very similar to the Seagull (same company). The luthier at the store actually directed me away from the Martin X series I was going to buy and directed me to the S&P and I'm SO GLAD he did, it's a much better guitar. I'm not saying these Martin X series are specifically bad guitars, but they're nowhere near the quality of a solid wood Martin, let alone an American-made Martin which will cost thousands of dollars. When you factor in the extra $$ you're paying for the Martin name for a guitar that has laminate back/sides, lower quality fretboard materials, etc., you realize why so many others in that price range sound and play so much better. Also, this video is really more about helping out the pickup, b/c these piezo pickups take a gorgeous D28 and give it the ole "Piezo Quack", which is why IMO it's better to mic it if possible.
Seagull is better than entry level Martin IMHO but I don't hear any improvement anyway
Great demo!!! No clowning around good job.
I accept the fact that an amplified acoustic with piezo doesn't sound like an unplugged acoustic.
I just go DI with a little help from the EQ on the guitar and PA mixer I get an nice sound. If you want the best sound , use a mic in front of the guitar.
I got really interested in this pedal recently. I love this video because I have the same Martin he’s using. According to TC Electronics “BODYREZ applies a vast amount of pre-configured filters combined with subtle quick compression…” It’s a compression pedal for your acoustic.
Awesome Little pedal. I Love it!
Love that paddle it just it great job
I have a Taylor 214 and it sounds pretty good already. Can't imagine this would help that much
I play my Taylor 414 through this pedal and it basically serves as a one-setting EQ. That said, it sounds great. Adds nice presence and allows for space between the strings, if you know what I mean.
I am running this in front of an Alix preamp. It is so simple. Sounds great with any of my guitars.
Blending an internal microphone with a piezo saddle is pretty much the best way to capture the tone at high volumes. The simplest way to the best acoustic tone is just playing into a large diaphragm microphone on stage like the majority of acoustic musicians do, ringing out the room, and employing a feedback suppression system.
I was pretty sold on these from the sounds the TC shared a while back. Even on my monitors I'm noticing *very* little difference. It seems little more than a mid-boost in this demo. I think I need to head to a music shop to get my hands on one!
It seems to me that using a graphic eq pedal would be a better solution because of more possibilities for sound shaping. Although a feedback suppressor and mute function is nice to have. The reviewer is doing a good job:)
If you’re running a pedal tuner you’ve already got a mute so I feel it’s kinda a useless feature
That is exactly what I use. The Boss EQ pedal. Probably the most important pedal I own.
I've owned this pedal for about a year and find it quite useful. I use it with my Taylor into a Fishman Loudbox mini. I think is rather a difficult pedal to demo. I find, when I have it on, I have to adjust the eq either on my guitar or on the amp. Thus, doing a demo where you just switch it on/off is not necessarily showing the ideal setting. I was not aware of the 2nd mode until I watched this vid. Maybe I should have looked at the instruction sheet; didn't seem necessary for one knob.... Anyway, I think it's a useful pedal for a little sound enhancement without a much more complicated box.
Ciao..io ho una Taylor 114ce e un loud box mini , secondo te e meglio prendermi un equalizzatore oppure questo pedale. La chitarra suona benissimo non amplificata ma una volta collegata ad un suono aspro e non molto piacevole...cerco qualcosa che possa aiutarmi
Grazie mille dall'Italia
I use this with an older Fender Santa Rosa, which is a semi-solid body designed to sound acoustic on a loud stage without the feedback. It's a piezo pickup, and these guitars can get too trebly. The body rez does a nice job of improving the tone, giving a much fuller tone. I usually run it about 5/8 to 3/4 up. I've never needed the feedback suppression, as the semi-solid body seems to handle that quite well enough.
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I think it sounds good. I've tried many different pre amps over the years and this compares very well. Personally I've never found a feedback suppressor that didn't simply carve out the mid range and kill the tone; this seems to do the same. Buy a soundhole plug and use it in mode one :-)
So not a good buy?
(Especially if your low on funds and have to be choosy atm like me lol)
super bodyrez is very very best ! For my Martin D-35.E, PRS Angelus US model and also for Taylor 500 with L.R. Baggs M80 .... you make good job thanks
This pedal demo reminds me of dry cleaning a sport coat. How do I know it's clean? Well, there's a clear plastic cover over the coat.
I am feeling the same. Petrucci replaced his Fishman Aura with this on the piezo signal in his live rig. Come to think abour it...the only non TC pedal is his Keeley Red Dirt OD. I wonder if thats a coincidence....me thinks not.
Hi Pete, I have a problem with my Bodyrez pedal... I'm hoping you could help me by figuring out what could be the problem so that I can try and tackle it!
My Bodyrez pedal occasionally goes on and off continuously on its own... the red power light goes on and off constantly when this happens. While it does this my signal has this irritating clicking sound.
Most often, there isn't an issue... this throws me off, because I figured that if there is an issue with the pedal it should happen all the time!
My pedal is connected to an isolated power supply by Donner... and I have an LR Baggs, a Boss DD7, a TC Hall of Fame reverb and a Boss RC30 looper connected to the same isolated power supply... nothing happens to the other pedals when the Bodyrez blinks on and off and creates this clicking sound.
When this happens, I detach the power supply to the Bodyrez but I leave the input and output cables connected and the signal flows through without a problem, but obviously without the Bodyrez magic.
Please help!
I'm definitely buying a Martin!
Hi there thanks for sharing. Question: Can I use this with a nylon string?
Will this work with a magnetic sounhole pickup as well?
Really pleased you've decided to use Peter in more of your videos. Rob is fun and everything but his very small repertoire of the same runs gets pretty boring as a listener to the point where i simply don't watch his channel anymore.
+CROMWELL He's reviewing gear, not playing a concert. Playing the same riffs gives us a good idea on the tonal differences between the gear that they review.
Hi ,also works for classical guitar? If the answer is no! Do you know any enhancer for classic guitar? thanks
ok mode 2 is necessary to use it or in what circumstances
does it come with distortion?
what is the guitar and pedal plugged into ?an amp or a pa in the room?
Nice way to spruce up a Piezo Pick-up :)
6:40 Did he just swallowed the pick?!
+Flávio Castro No he has it in his mouth. I do the same thing. Terrible habit really.
vitamin C major or minor?
You can tell that it's in his mouth at the end when he's talking. It's a habit that some guitar players have for some reason. I do it too and I don't even remember how it started
sounds like a mid scoop and brilliance booster pedal?
"Purists" carping and wingeing about tone are missing the point: This doesn't change the guitar, it helps compensate for the PA's resonance, including feedback.
It does it so well you don’t hear any difference at all.
Nice vid. Now I need enough money for that martin...
Look at where he is strumming. Who strums near the bridge?
All you really need is some nice compression. I think if you wanna spend a bit more money a LR Baggs Sessions DI would be the ticket. Or just roll will a compressor like a Xotic SP. That way you kill two birds with one stone. You use that for your electric and your acoustic guitars. That might be a much better choice. Idk, just my opinion. I like the idea of this pedal but from this demo it doesn't appear to do much and there's probably better choices out there.
Believe me it does a lot. I have this pedal. Try it out instead of depending on these utube vids. This is a great pedal. Easy to operate just turn the knob all the way to the right and leave, use your amp eq to shape. I just hate when people comment and they dont know what the hell their talking about
It does smooth things a bit but it adds this annoying low end thump, and I've heard that in several demo videos. Listen at 3:34. I've got a Taylor Grand Orchestra sized acoustic, I need more low end thump like I need a root canal. BTW, while I'm a Taylor fan, that Martin at 2:50 when he starts playing without the pedal being on sounds just beautiful. Anyway, FWIW I had the Boss AD-2 and I liked that acoustic tone much better.
It seems to take a strange high end feedback out of the sound when strumming but increase the pick attack. I really am not sure this needs to be a pedal at all. Why take up space on my board.
+Kenton Schroer “GeekyLemur” It's the instrument, I have that Martin Custom X Series and it does that high end feedback right from the nut. I guess if you get another guitar It won't do such thing.
It must needed 👍💯
That ultra-low frequency booming completely kills it
What is better, Boss AD 2 or Tc Body rez?
It would have been nice to see the demo with a lower end acoustic guitar.
You wanted it to sound even shittier? Seems almost impossible.
I mean.. who needs mid range.. :/
How does it work on nylon strings?
I wonder how it would sound if I used a Yamaha silent guitar with this pedal.
yeah not entirely sold on this one. I love TC though
Ive had it on my pedal board for a year or so. I decided it did not do enough to take up the space so I took it off. Last night I noticed my acoustic guitar did not sound the same. It was kinda thin empty sounding. Damn. I made room and put it back on.
What would happen if you tried it with an electric guitar?
Use it for my Gibson which is quite harsh sounding plugged in. Don’t use it at all for my Martin.
I think you missed an opportunity to make a more dramatic presentation. I've found that when I use a capo I lose body resonance the higher I use it. I think you could have demonstrated the effect better by using a capo in the demo. I really like how the pedal adds a very natural sounding resonance though.
I agree, this demo isn't doing the pedal any justice...if there is any justice to be had. The best amplified acoustic sounds I've gotten are with an LR Baggs Lyric PUP installed and/or a Zoom A3 pedal. The Fishman Aura did nothing for me, but then again nothing Fishman makes has ever impressed me sonically.
can i use it to turn my electric guitar sound acoustic ??
No
@@skylerfelix7609 Electric guitar + bodyrez + acoustic amp = actually a bit yes :-D
Hi Would this work with an electric guitar with active pickups?
.......WHY? why. why?¿
For a hundo bucks, it might be better to get an external preamp, like a K&K
At 6:39 the guy ate the pick and it's gone! Forever!!!
😂😂
man i laughed to death really haha
Hahahaha
Is this his first video?
the "sweet spot" on this pedal is when it's turned off.
oh burn
In the words of The Nature Boy........ Wooooooooo
What is the mini USB on this pedal supposed to be used for?
TC use things like tone print. The usb allows you to update firmware etc
So does this guy work for andertons now or what?
Not really a great demo, the guy completely misses the use case... this pedal really isn't targeting high-end guitars like Martin, Taylor or the Takamine with palathetic pickups. The Martin sounded just fine before the pedal. If you have cheaper electronics and pickups in your guitar, this pedal actually removes quite a bit of the quackiness with some mid scoop, transient compression. It actually *does* do something. I'd have to fault it in one area: EQ. Piezo's suffer from being excessively bright, and the Martin in this video is waaay to bright sounding. Hopefully TC pushes an update to it to make the effect a little bit better.
I feel like half the people in the comments hate this pedal because of the price lol.
I have one myself and it's not bad at all, just a bit too expensive for everyone's liking as it seems.
Cool to see Peter working for Anderton's now, he's a great player. However, this demo just doesn't work. I think the main problem is the onboard piezo sounds really artificial to begin with, and that pedal enhances the bad qualities of it. Try it with a better piezo/preamp and this pedal may sound better.
I agree. It never loses that plasticky sound. Very disappointing.
Based on this demo, I would not buy it... But since I already have it, I can only say, It works for me. ! Makes my acoustic sound great
Say hey buddy, Where would you recommend I place this in a chain of just mod, delay, reverb ...first or last?
@@ironman1290 bodyrez -> Compressor -> overdrive -> chorus / mod effects -> delay -> reverb
I have one its great to put on your board to instantly make it compatible with acoustic or electric guitars easy, small footprint, true bypass ( unlike the session di) I have and affordable. dont pay attention to the wannabe haters. different approaches for different guitars and situations.,, an affordable good choice.
Daniel Duberry Totally, it's a great pedal with the right guitar.
Will it help a living room guitarist ajusting his tone switching from a classical to acoustic to resonator guitar? Thanks in advance.
This makes it sound worse? The way to use a Fishman Sonitone is to roll a tiny bit of the tone off and some volume then just turn the master up on the amp/pa... This makes the guitar sound scratchy and tiny...
I had that pedal. All it did was making my sound thinner. i sold it and bought T REX Soulmate acoustic! much better, Its practicly all you need in one pedal.
So it basically cuts mids
I think it sounds good, it definitely removes the UST "quack." Although, I heard little to no quack from that Martin on this video. (I honestly don't mind a bit of quack for some stuff, just dont like the harsh pick attack of a piezo). If anything the pedal made it sound like the guitar was miked from different positions which is great tone wise! not fair to compare to an aura
not bad, makes piezo sound less hateful
Guitar model???
Isn't he the guy from Mesa?
+Birdy Wings He was, but he hasn't worked for them for a while. He's done a bunch of stuff for us this year & as of this week he's joining our team full time! So lots more videos coming soon!
CaptAnderton Cool, thanks for replying!
+Birdy Wings Incredible memory. He's a confident demonstrator.
+CaptAnderton but what is his name?
+monstercrx It's Peter Honore.
Works fine when it is off, only.
Wait, I'm confused I thought this guy worked for Mesa/Boogie?
After watching this demo I thought the Martin sounded better without the pedal.
In today's market I don't think the body rez sounds very good but just having the feedback control alone could be quite handy.
*Checking out comments and not watching the video while it is playing* Oh now it sounds really good! After scrolling up to the video; turns out the pedal was turned off. Well, good job Martin, I suppose.
Dicaprio reviews
does it djent?
They ought to just ban piezo undersaddle pickups for acoustic guitars. I'm sure they're great for violens and mandolins, but not guitars. I say that because people with really nice guitars get tricked into having them installed and they can cause incredible distress when you find out the sound is completely changed and you have this big unit inside that makes it sound muffled and completely different. Plus the hole in the undersaddle you need for that type of pickup will kill the low E string. To fix it you have to find an exact sized dowel which is not easy. For me it was a high end coffee stirrer at a Hilton that came with the complimentary coffee kit. With the piezo, you spend all this time trying to get the old sound back when you could've just mic'd it in or got a passive pickup that does nothing to the sound.
Hahahaha :))) the dude couldn't help but laugh when saying:what it does is... enhance the tone :)))) there you go suckers enhance your tone :))))
Inspire Agree. Martin, Taylor, Fishman, etc., have no idea how to make an acoustic guitar sound good through an amp...thank God for Beijing's TC Electronics!
All I am hearing is a mid sweep with a bit of compression...hmmm nothing really outstanding, am I missing something here?
Not the best representation. I have one and it dramatically improved the richness and meatiness of my tone while retaining the high end. I did find it worked better with my in built preamp vs a totally passive system. The green setting would work better on a Martin, IMO. Red works best on my Yamaha.
LR Baggs Para DI Acoustic Preamp does alot more for $200US
use the guitar that not in the high end or branded. then apply this one you propose.
Higher string sound was very loud
They disappeared bass .... ??
I recommend not watching this on a cell phone, you really won't be able to tell the difference
Nor on a TV with shitty speakers =/
or on a laptop with good audio and $350 sennheiser headphones... at least, you won't hear anything that makes this pedal worth getting.
I just played it in my car and it sounded great. I really enjoyed his playing too.
So it is a bass boost EQ...
Is this why Paul Simon's guitar always sound good on stage?
I think he uses an actual mic inside the guitar. check KnK trinity system for example. can't beat a real mic but it will feed on loud stages.
i think this works the same as the compressor .. 😮
whatever pedals you use to make the sound better, these undersaddle piezo things never sounded good to me. LR Baggs soundhole pickups are 100% natural sounding
Sounded better at 1:00
Check out fishman aura pedals. Much better result.
+MagneticWhistler The Fishman pedals are good, The Fishman pedals are 4 times the price of this pedal. Different markets.
+MagneticWhistler Yeah I've got a Fishman Aura Spectrum and it is a great box, but having a mini pedal that can sit in a gig bag pocket with minimalist controls would be very useful. The Aura Spectrum ain't light. Going to feedback suppression mode seems rather fiddly, though. I'd rather just have a toggle.
not bad ;)
I think the guitar sounds much better without pedal.
I really hate the sound of acoustic pickups. I'll always go the rout of just micing it if it's an option.
Its got a plastic sound doesnt it obviously i wont bother micing an acoustic live but when im tracking a dude i always use a mic as the main
I totally agree. However I use a fishman aura spectrum DI pedal. Totally the best answer to sorting those hideous piezo pickups!
LR Baggs Lyric / LR Baggs Anthem.
seems like it practically does nothing. I'd guess it's a potentiomter wired to a capacitor.. In other words.. a tone knob. but It does work as a kill switch which could be handy if you have a guitar with no tone knob. Hey I have one of those
Sounds like a sorta pre EQed pedal. I can appreciate it for what it is but if you're a serious live musician you oughta to invest in a preamp.
I feel like I might be the only person who doesn't mind the sound of just a piezo. I mean. I can see why the objection exists, I just don't find it to be that big of a deal... I dunno.
I was around in the days when you either had to mic a guitar onstage or put a DeArmond violin contact pickup on it somehow. Sure, there were some soundhole magnetic pickups around, but they all made the guitar sound mostly like an electric. Then the Barcus-Berry (and the "FRAP") came out, at around the same time as the piezos. The Barcus-Berry had an acoustical tone, but like the contact pickups, location was everything. It was often difficult to find a mounting location that delivered a balanced sound across all the strings. The piezos had that balance for the most part, but to this day, they still sound wonky and grainy, and you should be able to notice their characteristic sound right off the bat. These piezos were installed in zillions of Ovations and the next thing, there's a whole generation of people who've heard them since birth, and actually think that an acoustic is SUPPOSED to sound like that. If that were really the case, why aren't there any digital stompboxes with a setting that sounds like a piezo? If piezos were the perfect answer, then why would there be all these stompboxes for getting rid of the piezo sound and making the guitar sound more natural? Companies are still using contact pickups, soundhole mags, and internal mics, and lately there are a storm of modeling pedals that provide a variety of modeled high-dollar guitar & mic combinations. All this other stuff sells very well, because piezos & soundhole mags can't do the trick. By the time anyone gets a true acoustic sound out of their amplified acoustic, they've spent big bucks on pickups, processors and modeling software, and that just isn't satisfactory, to me, at least. I grew tired of attending open mics and the like where everyone just kind of plays the night with a shrug & a grin, and puts up with some kind of flaw in their tone. I did hear a Martin played through a Marshall acoustic amp that sounded pretty real, but that kind of outlay for me would guarantee a divorce. Or a homicide.
P.S. We put a FRAP on the neck heel area of a Tele, and got a scary-close acoustic tone.
Still sounding like a piezo pick up just louder
I've given up on acoustic pickups and pedals. There is no pedal or pickup that can come close to accurately emulating the true acoustic sound. The interaction of the body and strings gets lost in an electronic signal. A good mic is the best way. Even a bad mic is better than most pickups.
Not if you’re using LR baggs anthem