Boss AD-3 acoustic instrument processor review and user guide 

Was very thorough and made sure I understood all of the features, as well as how the boss ad-3 sounded. thank you, now i know i will not be buying the wrong thing. :)

Watched your review and went out and got one. Thanks.

Very complete and thorough review and demo. Good job.

Thanks for the demo. I learned a lot about this unit.

Precise demo, well done!

This was very informative. You seem to be a professional and I admire your poise. Keep the great reviews coming.

Thanks for this review, very interresting pedal.

Excellent review. Many thanks!

Excellent presentation. Thanks!

Well thought out with no delay? That's brilliant.

Love this pedal. And power note: You don't need the Boss-specific power adaptor. I use a Spot adaptor and daisy chain it to a regular Boss tuning pedal. Simple, bulletproof live rig. I've been using these two together for about six years.

Very well-made video.

Great review!

Thank you for the review. Just to confirm, when using one TRS to XLR out into the PA, the SELECT switch should be on the LEFT, with the cable using the Line output. The SELECT switch should only be on the right when using two TRS to XLR cables into the PA.

nice review ! ...

Thanks to your clear, thorough and comprehensive review I have "rediscovered" my AD-3. I'm returning my Baggs Venue DI, which has a poor guitar tuner and no boost anyway ......... How best to hook up my polytune tc tuner and Dunlop Volume x mini on my board?

Excellent review Bruno, thank you. All these type of acoustic pedals could really benefit from a "tuner or aux out" to feed a harmonizer or tuner. Live the guitar, RIP Glenn Frey. 👍🏻

Gracias... me sirvió mucho, saludos desde colombia.

Getting one tomorrow for 30 euro, bargain for this and great video by the way

Thanks for your comprehensive review. Is it possible to use the two outputs to run two different signal chains on my pedalboard? One output (dry) will go directly to the PA and the other will go through rest of the pedals.

Best review I saw today, looking for a box with EQ, Chorus and Reverb for my acoustic. Fortunately found one same time here in Austria. Could you please tell me how long a set of batteries would last,?... cause I'd be using it as a busking device. Cheers!

Very nice demo, i wonder, when the unit if off is like thru? i mean for other effects! thanks

- Thanks for watching :)

Can you plug the AD-3 into the Effects Loop Return input of a guitar amp? I'm assuming that it would be possible to use the pedal as a preamp (hence bypassing the preamp section of the amplifier) going straight to the power amp section. Do you think this is a good option?

I have a custom mounted gibson57 classic pick up installed on my guitar runing to the factory eq on the guitar. The pick up outputs 8ohms. Would it work with this?

Hi very nice demo, when the pedal is off , is like trhu mode? thanks in advance!

Thanks again....Any difference which pedal I put first, before the A3, volume or tuner?

Good day sir. First of all, I have learned a lot from your tutorials/video.I am a musician/sound tech one of the local church in los angeles, ca.I play acoustic electric guitar on our church. You really helpful to everyone. God bless you more.. I have a yamaha apx500 guitar, planning to upgrade soon for takamine or taylor? Any suggestion price range less than 1gran. Which is better boss ad-3 or LR baggs para acoustic di since the same price. I'll be getting this one too

When I run the L MONO OUTPUT to the PA, flipping the SELECT switch to the right or left should be the same, correct?

Thanks for review Bruno! I have a question! If i had to choose from AD-3 and AD-8 which sound better. I have an external chorus and I realy dont need this feature. Thanks!

This was awesome, but after all these years, are you still here on YT!? I’ve had this unit for years, never used it, but I now want to use it for both a guitar and mandolin with Myers “mics.” They’re small microphone “pickups” which should be plugged into low impedence channels. I have two amps with mic/line in channels, but does plugging my instruments into this keep it at line level, meaning putting the switch to the right, and just using either L or R output to amp?

Just to confirm: You can run the mono out with a regular 1/4-in cable and an XLR adaptor straight to a PA w/o a DI? Thanks again for the thorough demo.

so where do you place your usual settings then when you play (the bottom top chorus and the reverb) your acoustic guitar?

Hi. I'm trying to combibe my AD-3 to a Vox VDL-1 Looper for a simple acoustic rig. But I don't know how the connections work. Should I put the AD-3 first to the VDL-1 to guitar OR VDL-1 to AD-3 to guitar? Thanks a lot.

The best pedal, I like it.

What's your thoughts about the fishman spectrum aura di? Which is better?

muy bueno

Can you use it with a looper pedal and where do you put it ? Great review sir Greatings drom Belgium

Excellent review Bro! But What about Zoom A3...which one is good Boss or zoom? I am acoustic lover. From India. Tks

Hi Mr GLB,Boss AD-3 & Fishman mini loudbox Amp 60watt.it is good combination?for budget reason,thanks

Wonder if this would be good with Fishman Rare earth pickup?

Would this pedal work with a banjo as well???

Would this be good for acoustic/electric ukulele??

Hi, I'm Singaporean as well (: I have a Taylor 214ce SB running the Expression System 2 (www.taylorguitars.com/guitars/acoustic/features/electronics/expression-system-2). It is battery powered. Would it work on this pickup? Also - when plugging it into a PA system, do I have to use stereo output to get the chorus and reverb effects? Can the mono output achieve the effects as well?

wich one dou you recomend betwen ad3 and the zoon a3, thanks in advance

18:30, with the treble cut to 10:00, THAT sounded like an unplugged acoustic guitar through my headphones.

it is need Di box also ? or it was including inside

its weird that the bigger AD-8 doesnt have the chorus, whats the point. guess they want people to buy both lol.

Can use a 9V 500mA adapter?

dont you need to run this into a standard Di box then to a pa.

Hello... Thanks for your nice reviews. I have a question and i hope you can help me... or suggest some effects. I play portuguese guitar, that sounds without effects like this one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-la6bW-NxIRI.html As you can see, the portuguese guitar as a lot of problems when is plugged with micros or pickups. My guitar as a pick up Fishmann with Fishmann Preamp. Traditionaly i only play with straight acoustic sound, but i think its time to try some effects or some improvements. Do you think you can help me suggesting some pedals or effects processors. (SIMPLE ones, please, because it will be the first time that i'll try this kind of equipemments - the portuguese guitar it's an acoustic concert instrument, and we usually dont use anything like this. But i'm participating in some projects of world music and i really need to improve my sounds and to try different kinds of sound. Thank you very much for you help. Manuel Portugal This is a video with me playing and as you can see the sound of the portuguese guitaras - there are 2 - it's not so good... ;) Cheers and thanks a lot for your time.

Good review but there are better acoustic preamp pedals on the market with more effects, a tuner, etc.

Someone should tell boss that 9 volt batteries exist.

It sounds as if you have a compressor in front, which might be the reason for colouring, and not the AD-3

No offense but u sound like a singaporean cuz im too haha

Wow all the talking sorry bro I just fast forward to the end so I could hear the sound jeeesh