I am A BASS PLAYER... Recently, I changed this little brown box full of beautifull surprises to my guitar player by another equipment...I heard this unit working with his acoustic guitar and for that time I didn´t found nothing special in it. I changed it because he wanted my equipment so badly, and how I wasn´t using mine at all I agreed. Mainly to use it with my acoustic bass.

Great use for the acoustic bass, great beautifull tone modeling tool, it just fitted perfect for it, and the the Antifeedback is amazing.

I was curious about using it with electric bass. The result was stunning amazing wonderfull. The high-quality reverb, the 4-band EQ and tuner is just everything I need. I can play from boost low end to clean, slap, lead & sweep in just a half of a second ... with the 4 Preset memory locations you can store different equalizations & tones. It is amazing how this guitar made product works on my electric bass. Call me crazy but try it.

I've the Boss AD-8 for about 2 years. My guitar info: 2005 Martin JC-16RGTE, which came with the Fishman dual-source electronics (internal mic, undersaddle piezo, side mounted preamp). I replaced the Fishman undersaddle piezo with an L.R. Baggs iBeam, then later replaced the whole shebang with an B-Band A10 dual source.

Pros: I've been very happy with this product. Through all the iterations of electronics in my guitar, the AD-8 made it sound much better. Recently, I played two gigs on two consecutive days. One day, I played through a average quality stage mic (Sennheiser), the next day I played plugged in through the AD-8. A man who was at both performances told me I sounded better plugged in. The flexibility in tonal shaping (body styles, eq, presence, string enhance) is very good. I really like the quality of the reverb. Having the XLR outs is a great feature, though I don't use it much, because I usually run out of the 1/4" out to a volume pedal (to turn up/down between lead and rhythm) then to the sound system. It’s solidly constructed.

Cons: It's not absolutely quiet-there is some self noise, though not very much. I wish it had more than four spaces to save settings. I wish there was a better way to recall the setting for each knob than marking the settings on the last page of the user manual. I personally don't care about using chorus, but I sure don't understand why this expensive pedal doesn't include it, when the cheaper versions do. I don't like the tuner all that well. I could not get the unit to run off batteries, even though I tried three different types of AA's. Like many Boss products, it did not come with a power supply, which I dislike very much.

Conclusion: I played a few different acoustic effects pedals, most notably the equivalent Zoom product, and this was the clear winner. It makes my guitar sound much better than the sound straight from the pickup. I’m happy with it. I would buy it again.

I just received ths unit and spent about 45mns. teeking it and t sounds awesome!!! I use Flamenco nylon string guitars, and most times it is so difficult to capture a true organic plugged in sound but the AD8 is truly awesome and make my guitars sound amazing. I don't know how it would sound with acoustic steel strings, but with nylon works great. The reverb is not bad either.. Definitely reccomend this item.

I wish I bought this years ago. It makes my Taylor sing! Very good quality, built to last many years and easy to use.

As with all musical equipment, complaints and praises are based on your needs. Now that this statement is out of the way... I was looking for a acoustic rig, that was independant, and could run direct or into an amp. Mainly for live applications. Well, this works in live band situations, but for me, in solo shows the compressor was too loud and hissed during quiet times. As an added bonus, this thing is outstanding in the studio. I play a Takamine Santa Fe (late 90's) and for fun I ran the pick up through here, and played with the presets...and got a great sound! Now I always record with this. The tuner is easy to read, the 4 different reverbs is usefull, although I keep it on one setting. The EQ is great, especially the presence control. I am not smart enough to program my own setting in it, but there are plenty of presets, and a manual setting all for the old schoolers. One thing I have not tried yet is running an electric through it. In the end, it is a great ME unit, come on now.. it's a Boss! You can't loose!