SONICAKE Acoustic Pedal Guitar Effect Acoustic Pedal Multi Effects Preamp Chorus Delay Reverb Acoustic Guitar Pedal Sonic Wood with XLR Output

​This pedal is built like a tank. The switches feel high-quality and the knobs have a nice resistance to them. I love how it takes up so little room on the floor while giving me all the essential effects I need for an acoustic guitar. The Preamp EQ is very responsive, making it easy to dial out any "tinny" sounds. Great value and a permanent part of my gear now.

The Sonicake Sonic Bar Sonic Wood is a compact acoustic multi effects pedal with a preamp, chorus, delay and reverb. There's a single 1/4" input, a 1/4" output and an XLR output. I play a lot of acoustic gigs and could use this and only add a looper and a tuner, though I have one built into most of my guitars. I did my best to make an amateur video so you can hear the pedal and see how it functions. I'd suggest you also watch the official video from Soncake. My guitars have built in preamps, so I wasn't able to really test the preamp. However, with the tone controls at noon and the volume up, it works great as a lead boost. I'm really picky about my chorus sound and this one made me happy. You can make it really warbly, but I like something way more subtle, yet noticeable. In addition, the chorus has a tap tempo feature that I demo in the video. If you're using the effect as something like a rotary speaker sim (it's a chorus, but doesn't sound like a univibe), you can go from slow to fast with the tap of your foot. The delay gives you blend (level), repeat (feedback) and time knobs. I think it sounds great and warm without altering your full range acoustic sound. It also has a tap tempo feature (shown in the video) which I always use to match the delay tempo to the song. The reverb is a one knob affair, but sounds good with a very usable range; from none to way too much that some ambient players might like. It also has a tail effect that I forgot to demo in my video. I would use it to keep the reverb low for normal play, then hit the tail switch to end with a BIG reverb. Pretty cool and not something I've seen in another pedal. As with all the Sonicake pedals I've tried, the chassis is strong metal, the knobs feel very smooth but won't move until you do it deliberately. The footswitches have a great feel and seem like they'll stand up to use. The input, output and xlr jacks are metal, not. cheap plastic. Overall it's really well made. Surprising for the price. Size-wise, it's way smaller than the Tech 21 acoustic rig or the Trace Transit A, but it does lack a tuner I should mention that this unit comes with a 9V, center negative, 500ma power supply. It's small, but the power cord is probably the longest I've seen. That can come in handy as it did during my video. If you only need a short cord, just use a tie to keep the cable neat and together. In summary, it's a hell of a pedal for $69!!! Now I want to try some of the electric multi effects!

Good bang for the buck, light weight, usable effects, takes up little room on a pedal board. Nice pedal, glad I got it. Works well at rehearsal and live acoustic performances.

I have a guitar student who tends to be resistant to things that seem foreign or complicated. But I knew, as did he, that he needed some reverb and chorus for the limited gigs that he does. I had loaned him my TC HOF reverb and Digitech Chorus pedals and while he liked the sound, for him he thought the setup was too complicated. So I bought this one for him to try. I'm not surprised but he loves it. We were on a gig together last night so I thought it would be a great opportunity to try it out in real situation. The one thing I saw in another review was that the reviewer said it brought noise into the house system. I was concerned about that, but very relieved to say that it was dead quiet. It should be noted that we connected it via the guitar output jack rather than the XLR and went into a separate DI box. I don't have to tell you how everything functions. Reverb is simple. Chorus is a pretty standard 3 knob setting. PREAMP gives some possibilities and can not only be used as a basic EQ, but if you turn the volume down to zero, when you activate the preamp section it acts as a mute. So if your guitar has a decent tone controls you can control tone at the guitar and again, use the preamp as a mute which can come in handy. Otherwise use the preamp to dial in the sound you want and you can always roll off the volume on the guitar, assuming you have a volume control. For those "blow thru" pickups with no volume control this provides that feature. The channel that seems to be the most difficult to figure out is the delay. In my student's case I don't see him ever using the delay, but it's good that it's there. I rarely use delay myself even though I have a stand alone delay pedal. I got lucky to have gotten this during the Black Friday Sale, but I think it's still worth it at the full price. My student was so excited and asked me if he could buy it off me. I don't think he knew I actually bought it for him knowing that he'd like it. Before the gig was over he Zelle'd me the money in between tunes! That should tell you something.

Un beau produit mais ne permet pas de vraiment transformer le son de sa guitare. Le preampli n'est pas fameux. Rendu du son trop criard.

Such a neat box of acoustic magic - great reverb, delay, chorus & very nice warm pre-amp. You can run it as an effects unit to an amp or as a d/I box. Brilliant. I have used it with an acoustic guitar going straight into a pa & also to add a little sparkle to my venerable Gibson ES125 going into an amp - the unit was perfect on both occasions. The construction is effective & sturdy, it is small & so easy to carry round (if you have big feet, you might need to work on finessing your switch stomping as they are obviously a bit close together), it comes with a power supply & - thank you Sonicake - is very affordable. Highly highly recommend this unit.

There are all sorts of acoustic pickups both active and passive, I tried this unit on an acoustic with active pickups and a semi-acoustic with passive pickups. For the most part there was little difference other than setting the pre-amp controls , if the pre-amp is set flat on the tone controls at full volume it maintains the same volume as the signal going in, it is not a volume boost , it is a volume control that will keep the signal from clipping. The 2 tone controls will add volume in each of their ranges, basically complementing the sound of the standard 4 band active pickups being used today, giving a richer sound. The unit is a nice compact size with the switches at a comfortable distance to use , and all of the sections can be used simultaneously without taxing the power supply (included) or making the lights fllicker. The reverb effect is pretty simmple , one control , and goes from subtle to driving surf sound. The echo has a nice sound with typical feedback and intensity and speed controls, sounds nice on its own . The chorus I found absolutely amazing it had a richer fuller sound than I have found on most separate chorus pedals I found myself turning it on often because it sounded so good. I tried also with an electric guitar , the quality comes out there as well, and it sounds great with an off-board distortion unit too.

Gli effetti che veramente servono per l'acustica: riverbero, delay e chorus. In più c'è il preamp con volume, bassi e acuti anche se l'incremento di volume è limitato. Praticissimo da usare, stabile e poco ingombrante, uscite xlr e jack

I have used the pedal for over 6 months now. It's sturdy and has caused no problems so far. I am not very impressed with the reverb, but the chorus is nice, and the delay is effective. Overall, it's a great pedal for acoustic guitar owners.