Behringer ADI21 V-Tone Acoustic Driver DI Pedal Reviews

Does exactly as advertised, and adds a rich, warm tone to the overall sound of the guitar. Definitely recommend getting this if you're looking for a cheaper way to improve your sound.

First off this is my second one of these. The first one I loaned out and they plugged in the wrong power supply and let the smoke out of the box , so pay attention in that regard. so I play and record a Kalimba using a piezo pickup. I use the ADI21 along with a reverb pedal and a tremolo pedal to make the sound pretty awesome. I have to say if you are playing a acoustic instrument or anything with a piezo pickup the Behringer ADI21 makes a world of difference and makes life so much easier when you hook into a sound system of any kind.

I recently got Dean resonator guitar which loader than any of my acoustics unplugged. However the single pick up is quite weak compared to my other electrics. I also was hoping to retain as much of the resonator acoustic sound as possible when plugged in without having to add a mic. This device does the trick, I can raise the volume so it matches the other guitars and the acoustic resonance/reverb modelling helps it stay acoustic "swampy" sounding when plugged in. Early days I was dubious of Behringer products, but they continue to improve. This one has a solid build and I appreciate I can power it with either 9v batt or external ps. I also ran my electric mandolin thru it and that also sounds great.

Chained it to a Keeley Bassist Compressor. ice tone. Better than either pedal separately. Use it with my ubass. I highly recommend it. Also, recommend Sweetwater!

I got this specifically to tame the quack of my acoustic pickup. Does the job perfectly. Be prepared to spend some time with the settings to get it to work in your environment (true of pretty much anything). It does exactly what I need it to. The blend function is nice. I'd replace it if it broke/got lost.

I needed a preamp with controls .
It's added depth and volume to my acoustic guitar with sound bar. You have to have guitar cables to connect up to amp and Behringer V Tone.
Sound is much improved with this between guitar and amp.
Very pleased with the how it works.

You can't go wrong. Especially if you're on a budget or just need an occasional Driver/DI. It has plenty of options for tweaking your sound.

After tech help on the unit and proper settings, this ADI 21 Pre Amp seems to work well.

I was testing the preamp this morning. Wow! Great Sound. It has a filter and Eq for acoustic that is beyond what I expected. Very Smooth and rich sound. The boost in output is very noticeable. I can also monitor my own instrument with a headset at the preamp while sending output to the board. I think I have what I need now.
BEHRINGER does it again.

Great pedal with Resonator pick ups. You'll love the warmth.

Behringer never fails to bring their "A Game". Just to find a DI for this price would be a steal but add in the tonal functionality and you get a very sweet package. Makes it a breeze to run an acoustic guitar right into the board. Nice!!

I use this as a stompbox in front of my Peavey Ecoustic amp with my Epiphone Dove. It certainly doesn't provide what I'd say is an optimal default acoustic tone. But when it's time to dig in a little and get some extra boost, it functions very well as a subtle piezo friendly overdrive. I probably wouldn't use it as an acoustic DI box, or for recording. It's pretty cheap feeling and will probably give out eventually the way I use it, but if it was more durable/more expensive, it might not be worth it.

I have a Fender acoustic bass that I like to practice on. I thought I would give this Behringer pedal a try since the price is so affordable. Wow!! Since I have this Behringer pedal, I have not picked up any of my electric bass guitars. I love the sounds of this pedal. Now, I can switch my sound from acoustic to electric and back to acoustic so I sound like I there are two bass players.

After much research and not just wanting to ditch my APX600 Yamaha, which is a great guitar, I went with the Behringer AD21 and was able to "quiet the quack".

The AD21 is a great addition to my acoustic board and now I'm hearing a tone that I love and combining it with the Behringer Ultra Chorus, the sound is great. I know Behringer sometimes gets the bad rap for being a "cheap, plastic pedal" but in my case it is a perfect fit !

For such a small price, such improved sound for an amp'ed acoustic guitar. Great for small home recordings when an equalizer is needed.

I was bit shocked when I plugged in one of my acoustic/electrics. The out-of-the-box settings (all knobs at noon) sounded great immediately. It really worked to filter out the piezo quack and mellow out the sound all around. I found it best to turn the blend all the way clockwise — you can still tweak the guitar's highs with the on-board preamp without putting the quack back. It really sweetened up my jumbo 12-string as well. The pedal has plenty of EQ to mess with. This pedal sounds much better than my tcelectronic BodyRez pedal which was triple the cost. The XLR DI and the 1/4 outputs are noise free in my guitar amp, PA mixer, and audio interface. Despite plastic, the build feels sturdy. At this price, I'm tempted to buy another, one for home and one for the road. Really, for the price of a good dinner out, you can't beat this thing.

I purchased this specifically to reduce piezo quack in an acoustic. Works perfectly - no more quack. Good sound. Does exactly what I need it to do.

Having performed in front of thousands of people and sold thousands of recordings over a span of many years in playing the guitar for multiple bands and as a solo artist, I highly recommend this product. I wish I would have had something like this earlier in my performing days. In my opinion, the naysayers may lack knowledge of how to use the product, even though it's not overly complicated, or have the proverbial distaste of everything Behringer that skews some people's perceptions. For the price, you can't beat it. By the way, ignore the recommended settings, and work the settings with your own ear. For my non-electric guitars, I play a solid wood Seagull Maritime (Sitka Spruce and Mahogony) with a K & K pickup, a solid wood Ibanez AW-40 (Sitka Spruce and Maple) with a piezo, and a Cordoba CWE-S (Solid German Spruce and Sycamore) with a B-Band pickup and preamp, and it works well with each guitar if you take the time to dial it in. I typically go straight into the Behringer and XLR it straight into the board with a compressor/limiter and gate into the channel insert with some Hall reverb through the send/return. I will be using it in about a week and a half for a Christmas party for hundreds of people. Why pay more when you can find something that works well for less?

This thing took my tone to a whole new level!

This is a wonderful pedal, for those wanting to give the extra bump in tone, to their acoustic Guitar. It adds Avery nice warmth; a bit more bottom, and just a subtle fullness my acoustic amp couldn't.
My only regret, it did not come with the 9 volt power supply .

Ok, this is a cheap plastic pedal which doesn't belong on the floor at a gig, but, it works better than anything I have tried and returned. If you have an acoustic amp at your house which makes your guitar sound like $#%&, get one of these, just dont use your foot, I have mine on top of my fishman mini and always use it. My guitars sound full and professional. In fact, I just recieved 2 more in the mail in case something happens to the one I use now. Make sure to use a 9 volt converter and use the treble and mid dials sparingly, the blend, bass and level work great. Wish I had know about these cheap puppys along time ago.

Is this the best Acoustic Preamp out there? Uh...no. Is it worth the price? Definitely. And it does the exact thing I wanted...killed that annoying piezo quack. I love the way my Cordoba Gypsy Kings Studio Negra (from Sweetwater)sounds...acoustically. It does have a rather nice Fishman system where you can blend the saddle piezo or an internal mic, and it works pretty good. Still, there's room for improvement. And some of my other acoustic electrics don't have such a sophisticated system. I use D'Addario EJ51 nylon strings with polished basses because I don't like string squeak, so yea, I want a clean, natural sound. I find this small pedal works well at giving me what I want, taming that piezo sound. With the Tube Emulation and the sweepable mids I can get a warmer sound, closer to the acoustic sound that I like. And the XLR out and -20 db pad are nice as well.
Is it perfect? No. Would be nice if it ran off phantom power in addition to battery or external DC. The knobs are hard to read, only tiny indents for an indication; knobs with a colored marking would have been better. Then again, I run it a "set it and forget it" mode. Once I get it where I like it I leave it on. But these are small things compared to what it does for what it costs and I'm not deducting any stars for that. I have a Loar F-hole archtop with a small humbucker mounted to the end of the fingerboard, no other controls, just straight out from the pickup. This box gives me all the tone shaping and amplification I need to go into an amp. I have two of these preamps, one to throw in with whatever acoustic guitar I'm taking to a gig and another mounted to an acoustic pedal board I am building. Yes, there are more expensive options with lots of whistles and bells, but for a simple preamp this works, to my ears, pretty darn good.

This pedal is an amazing value. Solidly made and functional. Improved the sound of my sound hole pickup and added volume and tone shaping controls.

This little pedal works like a charm. My Ibanez acoustic-electric guitar already sounded good through my Fishman Loudbox Mini, but the ADI21 V-Tone added that certain touch of "special sauce" that puts my guitar sound over the top. And, of course, Gage and all the staff at Sweetwater are second to none with service. As I mentioned on the Acoustic Guitar Forum, there are a lot of businesses in the U.S.A. that could take Customer Service lessons from Sweetwater!

I use it on an acoustic bass and it gives it a fuller sound than just going thru the amp or board

I bought this as a gift for one of my music students. She has a great guitar that has tone and volume only. With this, we can adjust the sound more and get what we want. I have one myself. This pedal is more than adequate and a great performer for the price. I plan to buy more as needed. A fab starter DI pedal and if it breaks or gets lost, the bank is not broke.

This works like the more expensive models. I have a nice guitar that has only tone and volume controls. When it is plugged into a house PA it is tinny and loud. This box allows more control and lets me adjust the sound where I want. A feature packed bargain

Very cooperative, very prompt responsible service.Good produts at good value

This DI pedal really is great. I play an old Alvarez DY-78 with a piezo pickup, and this really makes it sound good when it's plugged in. Instead of the weak sound I normally get if I plug straight in, this really gives it a full, rich sound. It sounds like an acoustic guitar coming through the monitor. When the competition costs at least triple what this does, it really is a good value.

I purchased this DI box to mellow the harsh overtones of my 12-string setup. I went cheapo with an Epiphone DR-12, a stick-on piezo pickup... and the ADI21 pedal. The ADI21 was able to make this mess sound pretty decent, very much like the guitar sounds unplugged, through my Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. Excellent!
I have yet to try my uke (also a stick-on) or my Guild (LR Baggs) through it But if it can take the quack out of the 12, I am confident it can make them sound pretty good, too.

This is a great problem solver! I decided to write this because I don't see any reviews dealing with nylon strings. I play a flamenco guitar (a "relative" of a classical). I play flamenco on it (surprise!) and jazz. For a long time I always mic'ed the guitar and then into an acoustic amp or PA. This worked fairly well, but I still had feedback problems often. I finally decided to experiment.

Regular acoustic pickups don't work on nylon. I bought the KNA nylon-string pickup, and I like it, even though it's delicate. I don't go crazy enough on stage to bust it, like anyone who is bumping into band members and flailing around. I just sit down and play.

Even with that, I found I had some sonic annoyances. Midrange is just a nightmare with any acoustic guitar. So I got this pedal, and wow, right away better results, and almost no feedback. I run it pretty flat, with the Midrange Frequency turned all the way to the left, and Blend all the way right. I like the tube emulation, too!

Here's a quick tip - one day I forgot to bring my guitar cable. I thought no problem, I'll just plug in my mic cable. Doh! Feedback unless I turned the unit WAY down. Upon getting home I realized, duh, just turn the PAD switch on, and all better!

I bought this pedal after considering far more expensive options. Assuming that your aim is to replicate as nearly as possible the sound you'd expect from a high quality microphone and that you want to lose that plastic undersaddle piezo quack - and you don't want it to sound "electric" - the Behringer delivers impressive results. In fairness to pricier brands, I'm a musician, not an acoustician but I have built acoustic guitars and do have some experience of what expensive high-end gear can deliver. The ADI21 really comes up trumps. Cheap at several times the price.

If you play acoustic guitar live or in the studio, don't even THINK, just BUY this thing! It's amazing. It immediately takes the screechiness out of piezo pickups. EQ and blend control gives lots of tonal flexibility. Set your guitar's EQ flat, and let this device take care of your tone. I am presently using one on my Fender Sonoran, and I wish they made one of these with dual inputs and outputs, because now I want one for my classical acoustic! It's bigger than you think, and the body is made of such a hard, heavy duty, durable plastic, that you think it's die cast metal. I'm not worried about the foot switch, because this thing is staying ON all the time! Well done, Behringer. And thank you, Sweetwater!

Picked this up at Gearfest to use with the Ovation Celebrity I always play. It does what it says it does it warms up the piezo pick and gives it a richer sound. This seems to be the missing ingredient in my acoustic rig.

I have two great sounding acoustic guitars that have piezo pickups that sound awful through any of my amps including a Fishman Loudbox. That overly bright distorted piezo quack turns my stomach. Googled peizo quack to find a solution. This pedal was mentioned by one comnentator so I took a chance. Behringer pedals are inexpensive and I have always found them to be excellent. I could not believe how well this pedal removed the quack with the controls on the pedal and on the Loudbox at twelve o"clock. Now, I can experiment with various settings to find aporopriate tones. Now I can use the built-in pickups I had previously written off as unusable. Amazing.

This acoustic driver works great with a wide range of passive pickup instruments. It seems to be extremely well constructed and engineered for the price. I initially bought it to amplify a banjo but have since used it for a mandolin and a bouzouki. It allows you to not only amplify the signal but to also adjust the sound to replicate the natural sound of the instrument. I have a Fishman that I originally bought to use and paid over twice as much for and it holds no comparison what so ever to the ADI21. I recommend it highly and several of my friends have purchased this driver after hearing it.

Thanks again Mark Chapman. This little gem fills out the trio of DI21 pedals. First I started with the BDI21. Then the GDI21, both of these pedals do everything Behringer claimed them to be capable off and then some. Now the ADI21 is in my arsenal. Besides electric guitar and bass, I also gig with an accustic (Mitchell 12 string/Luna Orical for the six string) Nether high end instruments-Don't knock them till you try them. I've never had a true accustic reproduction without just using a good quality mic. Now with the ADI21 and on board electronics in the accustic guitars problem solved. The sweepable mids really make the magic come alive, ie. feedback control/tone shapping need I say more? 1/4" and XLR outputs Flexability to the max. Price is very friendly. If you play accustic on stage you need this problem solver.

This does exactly what it says. Bought this beacause i was going to play at a church that didnt have DI's, so i did some quick reasearch and of course i was on a tight budget. I was not disappointed. This thing sounded huge, smoothed out that piezo harshness. I have owned and use other behringer gear and have not been sorry ever. If you need an economical DI preamp look no further , you've found it!

Convenient to save settings for acoustic guitar pickup installed that has volume only, so I can leave modeling amp settings alone.

I picked up this handy little DI box for a volume issue I was having with a stomp box I received as a gift - I wanted to try little extra gain, but I wasn't willing to pay a lot to fix the sound of a percussion instrument that I won't be using for every song that I play. For such a low-cost box, it provides an excellent boost in gain, and the EQ knobs accommodate a decent amount of sound shaping. After remedying the issue with the stomp box, I decided to try it out on a few of my acoustic guitars, and was still pleasantly surprised with its' performance.

The plastic casing likely wouldn't stand up to too much wear & tear in a live setting, and there are certainly more expensive boxes that offer more fine tuning to your sound, as well as a stronger gain boost. However, at such a low price, I'd say that it's worth it to have a few of these lying around for home use, or even as a decent backup in a live setting.

I was skeptical about a pedal at this price. Was I wrong! Well built. Probably the easiest pedal I've ever set up. I read the paperwork that came with it. Had my Ovation Legend sounding perfect on my home setup in about 15 minutes. Took it to the stage the next day & tweeked it ready to play worship in about 5 minutes. I like my sound natural & even. I get it better & quicker in a new environment with this than I did with condenser mics.

I have an Epiphone Hummingbird Pro running through an Acoustic G20 amp. I guess I bought the wrong amp because my Gretsch hollow body electric sounds fine but the Hummingbird has that clangy jangly tone in the lighter strings. Instead of buying another amp made for acoustic electric guitar, I thought I would give this pedal a try. It eliminates the jangle from the piezo pickup plus I can cut the bottom end so I don't have the low feedback on the fat E string. Really great alternative to buying a new amp. People complain about short battery life. Read the instructions! You unplug your guitar cord from it to turn it off. Or use dc power adapter (not included.) A great buy.

Got my pedal yesterday and was very happy with the way it sounded. Really brought out the well balanced sound of my guitar. And as always Sweetwater customer service was awesome .

As always, Thanks to Andy Miller of Sweetwater for years of perfect customer service! The Behringer company has been putting out some really nice and affordable pedals. I've noticed that each year with something new, they are more quiet than before. This one is excellent! I am playing an acoustic into a PA for my current gigs, and this pedal rounds out the sound a lot. At first, I thought maybe too much, but after a couple of hours of tweeting and just playing with my Jam-man, I am very pleased. It can take some of the harsh upper register and smooth it out. Still clean, but not biting my head off. It is well worth the low price and then some! It also allows me to have more gain without overdriving my guitar.. If you are on a budget (even if not) this is a worthwhile investment! Sweetwater rocks!!

I have waited a while to rate this.... as any acoustic guitarist knows, your mood has more to do with how well you like your sound than anything else... I own several preamps and have liked them all at one time or another.... after careful consideration, I have decided I would be lost without this Acoustic Driver... The pros are it is rugged and has a tone I think is a good compromise.... the cons are the processed function could have more gain and the battery doesn't last too long.... maybe 4 or 5 hours.... I have a rechargeable so I don't care and use a power supply in my studio.... I am surprised how good the tone is before the activation button is pressed....

This review is specifically for piezo under the saddle pickup users who may be hesitant to pick a modeling amp. I bought this over a year ago and use it every time I play live. 90% of the time I plug into PA system via XLR cable. It's variable who will be running the sound system and everyone has a "fix" for piezo guitars. This box can do a better job, and provides a warm balanced tonal signal to the PA system. At first I tried many settings and never liked what I heard. Lately I've just been using the "folk" settings recommended in the user manual and it is perfect for my Yamaha LL-6 guitar. The mid, treble, blend options are confusing, but start with folk settings and refine from there. I occasionally use with a humbucking pickup guitar with same settings and which also gives a great tonal balance. So for $ you get a versatile hardworking "always on" solution for piezo pickup guitars. Maybe my next guitar will have $300 electronics with onboard EQ etc, but for now the adi21 solved the piezo problem for me perfectly. I do have a couple effects pedals before the adi21, chorus, reverb, tremelo, and it works fine last in the chain.

The first ADI21 I received was DOA, but Sweetwater fixed that problem in their usual exemplary manner (thanks Chris and Max!) and I received a replacement a matter of days later. In the meantime, I used my SansAmp VT Bass Deluxe DI (also purchased here) with the newly-installed Fishman Powerbridge in my Les Paul (direct wired to a stereo jack, with a splitter box to send the piezo signal to the DI and the electromagnetic signal to an amp). While the SansAmp is certainly more flexible in terms of tone, the ADI21 gets the job done for acoustic tones, which are all I was concerned with here, pleasantly rounding out the perhaps-too-bright signal coming straight from the piezo and presenting more natural-sounding acoustic guitar tones. I don't think I could be happier without spending over 10 times the money. The only thing missing from the ADI21 as far as I am concerned is an effects loop, but for the money, that seems like asking maybe a bit too much. Great product!

I play my amplified acoustic instruments through a Henriksen Bud 6. I didn't think I needed a pre-amp, but for $ I figured I'd give it a try. Some of my instruments didn't really need it, but it made others sound considerably better. And, of course, now I have a DI box for direct recording as well. Wow, at this price, what's not to like?!

Just think of it as a DI (it is), but then it has additional features.

Exactly what was needed with my Donner pickup. Sounds as good as a microphone.

Works well for me. I got an Ibanez PF10 acoustic that I fitted a Fender Cypress pickup to and connected to an Ibanez T15 amp. Found the passive single coil Fender Cypress pickup didn't power the Ibanez IS15 amp enough. Bought this and just turned the Blend and Level controls up to max and left other controls midway and turned on GND LIFT to reduce hum as its not a humbucker pickup (appreciate I should have fitted a Fender Mesquite humbucker pickup for this plus it comes with end-pin jack fitted so wouldn't have need to get guitar store luthier an end-pin jack to permanently fit the Fender Cypress to my Ibanez PF10). Anyhow, out the box the Fender Cypress sounded a lot like a Fender Telecaster single coil pickup - not very acoustic. The Blend on the ADI21 emulates a tube amp and mic. Both the GND LIFT and Blend to max makes it sound like I'd fitted the humbucker Fender Mesquite pickup instead of the cheaper Fender Cypress pickup and it drives the Ibanez TS15 very well. The volume from the Ibanez TS15 pretty much doubles with the ADI21 with Level to max as a pre-amp. I used it with a 9V 200mA power adaptor but the option of the 9V battery is nice if I'm carrying my guitar travelling so don't need to pack power adaptors. TL;DR I was disappointed with single coil passive pickup sound until I put it through this ADI21.

Matched with my Behringer acoustic amp, this inexpensive gadget gives my acoustic guitars a whole different sound. Our band is just getting back to playing before "real" people and my ADI21 hadn't arrived when we played last month so I am looking forward to putting it to use when we play a scheduled date later in June. So far I am pleased and it was worth more than I paid for it.

I ordered this unit from SW and it does the job perfectly! I have a Breedlove acoustic that has great playability, but is thin sounding by itself. I looked at some of the expensive units and decided to give this a shot and it paid off. Since then I've started using it with my Ibanez acoustic and it gives me more volume and improves the tone as well. This is a good buy! The difference with it on or off is incredible. So far no problems, and I've been using it for a year or so. Works great and it's inexpensive! It's a winner!

Although this is labelled as a DI box, it is so much more with it's active pre-amp function and three-band EQ. No other DI box in the price range has these features.
The major drawback is that it only runs on battery or a wall wart with a spaghetti wire. Behringer could improve this with a minor redesign to make it capable of running on phantom power.
Another drawback is that it is not built to be heavy duty--using the same type of plastic housing and knobs found on their other stompboxes. But as long as one does not go all "Pete Townshend" on equipment, it should be reliable enough.
I purchased two of these for the church I attend since, when I play guitar I like to run my FX unit through the board in stereo. It works great and turning the ground lift switch to "on" eliminated the hum I was hearing.
Given the fact that it contains features found on more expensive DI-Box/Pre-Amp units, I think it is a great value. If Behringer added the capability to operate with phantom power this would get a solid five-star rating.

This really helps round out your zinging piezo sound. And the price is right. Would probably be useful on bass and maybe electric in some cases.

The treble, mid and bass controls are very sensitive and allow for lot of sound shaping. The level knob has less effect than you might think - the main reason I didn't give it 5 stars. The tube mic emulation really smooths out any harshness from my pickup (JJB Prestige 330). The first pickup installation I did was poor and I needed to boost and even out the signal. The blend knob actually gives me more of a boost than the level knob - dunno why?? At any rate, it give the ability to shape, smooth out and boost my signal when needed. That's what i got it for and it does a pretty good job, IMO.

This is a good choice and adds value to sound of my acoustic guitar.
I plug my acoustic guitar into the AD121; the output goes to the mixer.

Here's my experience with the various features:
Preamp (level) Section gives a nice clean boost
EQ section is VERY helpful, especially the mid freq selector knob... I had some bad mid frequencies killing the tone but using the mid freq knob I found that around 4 o'clock (roughly 3Khz) targeted the offensive frequencies and then I dialed the Mid knob down till it got cleaned up
Blend knob - this does NOT make the guitar sound natural and in my opinion does not model an acoustic guitar. It seems to mostly put compression on the signal. So don't buy this thinking the blend knob will save the day. I focused on the EQ and then gave the blend knob a slight turn, adds a little sustain and tightens it up
All in all it's definitely worth the price but you will have to spend some time with it to get it right. In the end I'm happy I bought it.

I don't understand how anyone can hear an acoustic guitar coming out of this pedal. It adds interesting character to your sound but as the title states, it is more of a boost pedal with some tonal shaping tools. Emulation is not the end product. Maybe you can perceive differently, but if that is the result that some people hear it and some people don't, then it's not that effective of a product in terms of its stated goal.

Given the price, it's not too bad, the build quality is decent and it has a good feel to it. But the sound is mediocre. I recorded some tracks of a Eastman AC420 with K&K pure mini passive pickups, and head to head to head with an old IBZ10A practice amp (from the headphone out), and a VTB-1 preamp and this unit was my least favorite of the three. The signal was just loud enough with the level cranked, and it sounded a little weak and muddy in comparison. It will preamp your guitar if you need it to, and for as little as it costs it does it's job, just don't expect exceptional tone.

Seems well made but not very useful. Very little gain to be had and it comes with a fair amount of noise. EQ is functional, mid control effective. Blend control seems to add a LOT of distortion and compression. Did take some quack out of the pickup but I am not a fan of what it added. Tried with two very different guitars. Unusable on my Seagull and mildly improved a Martin Shannandoa. As a DI with basic EQ built in I'll probably keep it as it's not worth the trouble to return

This is the 2nd ADI-21 I have bought and used both in the house, recording, and playing out live for an audience. The first one served me well and did exactly what it claims to do and made my acoustic sound much more balanced, warm, and acoustic-like. I always just left it on when playing. I was so impressed with it doing such a great job I gifted it to a friend in need!
After looking at all the much more expensive options out there that did pretty much the same thing as this Behringer, I just decided to buy another one. I mean why pay more for same sound?
Long story short, it crapped out on me one night while playing live! The pre-amp still worked, but all the sweet EQ juice was DOA! It was a frustrating and unsatisfying evening from there on out but I adjusted the highs and lows on the little Yamaha mixer I was running everything through and it wasn't too bad, but never again.
My next purchase and the Behringer's replacement was a NUX Stageman Floor. The extra little difference in $ makes an awesome difference!

Plus - very inexpensive. Minus - not very useful. Adds NO gain beyond the output of your onboard preamp unless you dime everything which sends it into fuzzville and noise land. EQ is fairly effective, especially the sweep mid control. However the blend knob (compression) is only usable with soft fingerpicking or arpeggios. If you strum with any amount of attack it devolves into mush. Oddly this is where I found some utility by using it as a lead boost with some grit and a big midrange emphasis. If you want a direct box with some basic EQ and a functional ground lift it is probably worth the money but you will spend some more on batteries as it has no phantom power. All in all very limited usage for my needs.

Not sure what I was expecting but hoping this would make my acoustic guitar sound better and give more depth. My little fender amp did everything this was trying to do so I really could not tell any difference by adjusting the tone on this or on my amp. The price was cheap enough it is not worth sending back so I am keeping it and will probably give to someone who could use it. A friend of mine heard I was ordering this and he ordered one also. His results were the same, not worth the trouble of sending back. I will say it is quite well built and pretty stout.
My feeling are that you might want to try one before ordering one to make sure it is what you want. I will also add that Sweetwater was very quick in shipping it out and making sure I received it on time. They are a good company to work with.

It did not improve my sound at all. I returned for refund.

I bought both the electric and acoustic modelers for my live shows. The electric modeler does ok. Good enough for a bar gig. The acoustic one sounds awful. No amount of knob turning could get a decent sound from it. Sounds like there is a phaser kicking on at the end of the note then getting choked off. It is terrible. Playing a Taylor 618 through it...sounds much much better through just a DI box.

The 1st one I received somked and began to melt when plugged in with a 9 volt adapter...
Sweetwater was fantastic and shipped me out another ASAP.
2nd one smoked after 5 seconds plugged in so I unplugged and used a 9 volt battery.
Worked well for the first two uses, sounded ok and helped EQ my acoustic guitar with K&K Pure Mini installed. Third use it began feeding back and had a horribly distorted sound. Changed cables twisted knobs, tried everything, nothing worked.
Of course Sweetwater is fantastic and I REALLY wanted this to be my DI as anything else is triple the money. Pretty bummed.

Well, I really wanted to like this product. I recently bought a Godin LGXT, which has a set of Piezo Electric pickups. They tend to sound pretty harsh, so I needed some sort of acoustic DI box to tame them a bit.

For a brief period of time, I thought this pedal was the answer. It did a pretty good job for awhile, but lately it just sounds distorted and causes my guitar to break up. That's REALLY not a sound you want when trying to emulate an acoustic guitar. I've tried replacing batteries on both the guitar and the unit, and fiddled with every knob, but I just can't get a useable sound out of this thing.

Ultimately, it's pretty bad when piezo pickups sound better WITHOUT this unit than with it. I can't figure out what changed or why it suddenly sounds terrible. And since this little thing is so cheap, I really did have low expectations. All I really wanted was something to EQ my signal and make it sound a bit more natural. However, this poor thing can't even manage that. The only reason I didn't give it 1 star was because it actually sounded OK for awhile before it suddenly went to crap.

Perhaps you could plug a regular acoustic guitar into this and get some useable EQ features, but for me, it just doesn't work at all.

I used this pedal with a Maton SRS70C through a Fishman SA330X. I guess it's possible that the pedal is defective, but it did absolutely nothing except add some unwanted distortion. I just wanted to leave my experience because I made this purchase based on all the good reviews. For me, this did nothing to get rid of the piezo quack that it promises to remove. Would not recommend. I intend to return, sell, or pitch. Very disappointed.

The Sweetwater gang tried to help best they could. I wanted to use this for live performances and it just hums and has no signal. Disappointed to say least, always looking for a better acoustic sound, live. I'll stick with my L.R. Baggs DI..you are the best thanks Drew

Promises much, delivered nothing.

My wife and I play out regularly in groups, and as she plays acoustic, she wanted a DI specifically for her. We thought this was the one.

We gave it a good try - we purchased it in March, and tried to use it at least once every week. I say tried to, because absolutely *every* time we went to use it, the battery was dead, or we'd get odd intermittent issues with it taking up valuable practice time (and then usually switching it out anyway). Because I don't have shares in Duracell, we've gone back to a basic active DI for the moment, and this one is in the trash pile.