I picked one of these up and it sounds great with my Fender Acoustasonic guitar... It's inexpensive and very useful for the features you get! BTW, thank you for showing the functionality of this unit by playing mostly chords in your demo. Seems like most videos showing a guitar product on RUclips have people cranking on crazy leads. Not real helpful for us rhythm players when trying to judge whether it's a suitable product for our particular use. 👍
Just got one of these and hadn't a clue how to make it work so this video has been terrific! I was on the verge of sending it back as I couldn't even see how to change the settings so thank you very much for your clear and simple to understand demo Very, very useful Can't wait to try it out now I have a semblance of understanding of what it can do!
I saw this unit advertised on Amazon so was interested in hearing it in action. From your demo I loved the delay & would probably but it for that function alone. I was less enamoured with the reverb & chorus but I imagine that it would be possible to get a more subtle chorus effect with judicious tweaking of the controls. Most acoustic amps have a decent reverb built in anyway so I would probably not use that much. The preamp function did seem to lift the sound of the guitar. I have a passive pickup on my 12 string & would probably find that very useful to match the volume with my other guitars. It is a shame that it only has a two band EQ though as I find scooping the midrange quite helpful on a strummed acoustic. A quick question: can both outputs be used simultaneously? It might be useful to run the XLR out into the PA whilst simultaneously sending the jack output to an amp as a stage monitor?
@@Chinaguitarsceptic I've only had the chance to try it for a bit of recording so far. Seems decent, certainly well built. I'm going to see how it works with Live-streaming software and hopefully before too long at an actual gig.
That effects pedal certain has wood. Gave this to my dad for Christmas and I’m blown away by what this did for his Taylor. It warmed a fairly bright acoustic sound and gave a tremendous amount of depth.
A jolly good instructive video. I have just purchased one of these units from Amazon for the wonderful price of £45 including postage. I had been looking at a Donner Mini pedal which included the Preamp, Chorus and Reverb effects, but every retailer seemed to be out of stock so I trawled the web and came across the oddly named Sonic Wood. For what I need, it does the business, even if the so-called instruction booklet is somewhat minimalistic. I was a bit lost with the Tap and Tail functions, but you have cleared that up for me. Many thanks. All things considered, a sturdy and inexpensive little gizmo that seems to do what it says on the tin. PS: Having read some of the previous comments there would seem to be a lot of super critical guitar players out there, and probably one or two tin-ears to boot. This unit is great value for money, and I don't hear a lot wrong with the tone of your guitar either.
I like the sound of the preamp. It seems to even out the tone. The guitar has a bit of mid-range honk which disappears when the preamp is engaged. There is a slight pop though when switching. Not too noticeable when playing I guess? Excellent review by the way. You answered pretty much all my questions. Only thing I'm wondering is whether the DI output needs a ground lift in some situations? Would I be better using a dedicated DI box with this effects pedal?
I've been using a ZOOM A1 Four. A worthy multi effects stomp box. 100 presets and a plethora of settings. It's very difficult to use on stage though. With so many options it is confusing to set your sound on the fly when you are trying to concentrate on your performance. Also it limits how much you can change in mid song. This item (the sonic wood) simplifies and solves all these problems.Thank you for this video which was instrumental (pardon the pun) in steering me to this product.
You can simplify the zoom pedal if you use a midi foot controller. Im using my Zoom G1 Four with Mvave chocolate midi foot controller with 4 switches save for presets. I can also navigate to each of the 5 banks.
Sounds pretty decent. I've been looking for something for a college student that leads worship in my church band. He's not a guitar player and doesn't realize an acoustic, dry into the PA doesn't sound good 🤣 This will fix that problem, on the cheap! God bless and rock on 😎👍🎸
Hi, I got one from eBay for £35 brand new on offer, was so pleased with it that ordered the "rockstage" for my electric, I don't gig I'm just a hobby guitarist and SONICAKE products are just perfect for me at home, but I'm sure would be great on a stage. Great review cheers.
Interesting video, cheers. I was wondering if it's possible to run it with a twiggy blues as well? I've got a Crafter SA with a lipstick pickup,a fantastic guitar, could you switch between them for playing blues and acoustic. Not at the same time, but to play either. Cheers
Really helpful video - thanks. Like the fact that the tone is different, isn't that part of the point of messing around with pedals? Think I'll get this.
Dont care too much for the delay feature on this, doesnt seem like it would be too useful, but chorus and Reverb and Preamp modes definitely make it worth the price & definitely like the balanced XLR output. Does it come with an included dedicated power supply line?
Need suggestions pls. I play for Church and a friend of mine suggested I can use GE mooer 200 or zoom ac2. Should I go with any one of them or sonic ? Pls advice.
@@Chinaguitarsceptic This pedal is a no nonsense approach to getting full bodied sound with improved tonality you would do well to use it and leave time to attend to the team and ministry.
Very good demonstration. I've had one of these for a few years, using it primarily through the system at our church. It meets my needs as the acoustic/rhythm player in our group. Of course there are better boxes, but they are considerably more expensive. For flexibility, compact size, ease of use at a reasonable price, this can't be beat.
I find that the reverb is great for slow Ballads,sometimes faster hmmmm depending on the song🤔 I just got mines from Amazon haven't tried it yet but today might be it...
It all sounds very processed to me. The guitar also sounds harsh to my ears which doesn't help. Personally I'd get a Behringer acoustic pre amp, those things are super bang for your buck. Good, in depth vid, cheers CGS!
Nice Demo. . I do think your HARLEY guitar didn't maybe do it justice.. but for a ONE STOP BIT OF KIT . this Sonic Wood ticks the boxes as its all there... at the end of the day you get what you pay for ..and you'd certainly not get those 4 pedals for £60... keep up the good work.. thanks
Hi and thanks for the presentation, I almost purchase it when I realized that I own a Cuvave Baby rechargeable multi effects pedal that has much more possibility to get better acoustic sounds up to 8 IRs can be load it to emulate guitar sounds like the Martin, Gibson, Taylor, classic guitars and so on......so you're not stuck with just one kind og sound witch is not bad of course, but stil......I tryed and it was much more enjoyble to be able to have different sounds (live you can only choose 3 of them because has just 3 footswitch, while in studio you can have much more) pluss the Cuvave baby has Bluetooth så you could use you phone or Ipad or another bluetooth player to play a backing track so you could practice or learn a guitar chords/solo and has the possibilty to record directly in to your phone, IPad or other devices while you use your headphone and play and all of this for almost half the price of this gadget, check it out for yourself. Ciao!!!!
Except for XLR out, I don't see how this pedal is specific to acoustic guitar. There is no feedback reduction, no mid-eq's, no tuner and the most elementary of effects. Lame!
Bought one on Amazon.....worst sound ever. Sent it back the next day. If you care nothing about tone...or want something that will remove every bit of your guitars acoustic sound... this is for you!
Thank you for letting me say box guitar worked well, yet my yamaha silent guitar with hours of fiddling around with knobs still has yet to find a tone. Just a funky guitar.
@@bassdale17 I own a Fender CD-60 guitar, and will be buying a magnetic pickup. Can you recommend a similar pedal as the SONICAKE that works well with a magnetic pickup please? Thx!
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I picked one of these up and it sounds great with my Fender Acoustasonic guitar... It's inexpensive and very useful for the features you get! BTW, thank you for showing the functionality of this unit by playing mostly chords in your demo. Seems like most videos showing a guitar product on RUclips have people cranking on crazy leads. Not real helpful for us rhythm players when trying to judge whether it's a suitable product for our particular use. 👍
I love how this pedal seem to aid in the compression of the tonality of the guitar when the preamp is engaged.
It does naturally. I'm really pleased with it and would definitely gig it
Just got one of these and hadn't a clue how to make it work so this video has been terrific! I was on the verge of sending it back as I couldn't even see how to change the settings so thank you very much for your clear and simple to understand demo Very, very useful Can't wait to try it out now I have a semblance of understanding of what it can do!
Glad it helped! you're most welcome my friend. Enjoy!
I bought this great pedal a few years ago based on this video ...i love it total quality! Rip man....
Sounds Good Bro 👍✌️😎
Great demo, thank you. Has that nice simple analog, quality sound and compact. Thanks from eastern Canada 😊🇨🇦🎶
Thank you Eddie
After watching i decided to order mine... Thank you very much, my friend!
Very nice sounds. Very complementary to acoustic guitar! \m/
It's definitely worth checking out
@@Chinaguitarsceptic :o)
I saw this unit advertised on Amazon so was interested in hearing it in action.
From your demo I loved the delay & would probably but it for that function alone. I was less enamoured with the reverb & chorus but I imagine that it would be possible to get a more subtle chorus effect with judicious tweaking of the controls. Most acoustic amps have a decent reverb built in anyway so I would probably not use that much.
The preamp function did seem to lift the sound of the guitar. I have a passive pickup on my 12 string & would probably find that very useful to match the volume with my other guitars. It is a shame that it only has a two band EQ though as I find scooping the midrange quite helpful on a strummed acoustic.
A quick question: can both outputs be used simultaneously? It might be useful to run the XLR out into the PA whilst simultaneously sending the jack output to an amp as a stage monitor?
Yes you can use both outputs together.
Brilliant review. Thanks a lot! 🎸🎶
I wish they have a send return insert for additonal fx pedals...
Yes the Sonicake Boom Ave bass pedal is the only one they do that has an effects loop. Strange as it would be handy for all the pdals.
I’ve just bought one of these, looking forward hearing your thoughts on it.
I hope you're enjoying it brother
@@Chinaguitarsceptic I've only had the chance to try it for a bit of recording so far. Seems decent, certainly well built. I'm going to see how it works with Live-streaming software and hopefully before too long at an actual gig.
Awesome I reckon it's perfect for live
That effects pedal certain has wood. Gave this to my dad for Christmas and I’m blown away by what this did for his Taylor. It warmed a fairly bright acoustic sound and gave a tremendous amount of depth.
Looks and sounds great mate
Thx brother. 😊🙏👍
A jolly good instructive video. I have just purchased one of these units from Amazon for the wonderful price of £45 including postage. I had been looking at a Donner Mini pedal which included the Preamp, Chorus and Reverb effects, but every retailer seemed to be out of stock so I trawled the web and came across the oddly named Sonic Wood. For what I need, it does the business, even if the so-called instruction booklet is somewhat minimalistic. I was a bit lost with the Tap and Tail functions, but you have cleared that up for me. Many thanks. All things considered, a sturdy and inexpensive little gizmo that seems to do what it says on the tin.
PS:
Having read some of the previous comments there would seem to be a lot of super critical guitar players out there, and probably one or two tin-ears to boot. This unit is great value for money, and I don't hear a lot wrong with the tone of your guitar either.
Thank you I'm glad you found it useful my friend. Its a great little device and does the job.
Awesome pedal! Great review!
So glad you enjoyed it
I like the sound of the preamp. It seems to even out the tone. The guitar has a bit of mid-range honk which disappears when the preamp is engaged. There is a slight pop though when switching. Not too noticeable when playing I guess?
Excellent review by the way. You answered pretty much all my questions. Only thing I'm wondering is whether the DI output needs a ground lift in some situations? Would I be better using a dedicated DI box with this effects pedal?
Glad I covered what you wanted to know
I liked the demo. If I got one I would set it up like this. Guitar->Sonic Wood->Behringer ADI21 Acoustic Preamp Di->Amp/PA
What Harley Benton model is that? I have several but never saw THAT one. ;) BEAUTIFUL (and great review) :)
Very nice sounds
I've been using a ZOOM A1 Four. A worthy multi effects stomp box. 100 presets and a plethora of settings. It's very difficult to use on stage though. With so many options it is confusing to set your sound on the fly when you are trying to concentrate on your performance. Also it limits how much you can change in mid song. This item (the sonic wood) simplifies and solves all these problems.Thank you for this video which was instrumental (pardon the pun) in steering me to this product.
I'm glad you found it useful mate
You can simplify the zoom pedal if you use a midi foot controller. Im using my Zoom G1 Four with Mvave chocolate midi foot controller with 4 switches save for presets. I can also navigate to each of the 5 banks.
Did you have to do anything to that Harley Benton beyond a standard setup?
Perfect
Sounds pretty decent. I've been looking for something for a college student that leads worship in my church band. He's not a guitar player and doesn't realize an acoustic, dry into the PA doesn't sound good 🤣 This will fix that problem, on the cheap! God bless and rock on 😎👍🎸
It's a very good value fix for live
Jesus was a guitar player, his dad is known for writing rock and roll to you which kiss copied
Hi, I got one from eBay for £35 brand new on offer, was so pleased with it that ordered the "rockstage" for my electric, I don't gig I'm just a hobby guitarist and SONICAKE products are just perfect for me at home, but I'm sure would be great on a stage. Great review cheers.
They are great 👍
I’m going to buy one. Nice and easy to play on live.
Such great value mate and can be quite subtle if you want it to be or full on effects equally. I hope I put a link in for you?
Nice informative video thanks appreciated
Thanks my friend, so glad it was useful. 🙏
Does it have built in compressor already?
I think the pre amp needs an adjustable middle EQ setting.
I agree. I'm sorry if i also got a poor tone on the unaffected guitar
Interesting video, cheers. I was wondering if it's possible to run it with a twiggy blues as well? I've got a Crafter SA with a lipstick pickup,a fantastic guitar, could you switch between them for playing blues and acoustic. Not at the same time, but to play either. Cheers
Yes you definitely could do that mate.
Really helpful video - thanks. Like the fact that the tone is different, isn't that part of the point of messing around with pedals? Think I'll get this.
Thank you so much Jill I'm glad it was useful to you. 🙏
Dont care too much for the delay feature on this, doesnt seem like it would be too useful, but chorus and Reverb and Preamp modes definitely make it worth the price & definitely like the balanced XLR output. Does it come with an included dedicated power supply line?
I ordered one of these and got it with the power supply included.
What am did u ou say you was playing though???¹
No amp direct recorded
Hi! can I use the OUT to connect my headphones?
Is not a headphone output but with an amp it could be
How will it work with an electric classical guitar?
I haven't tried but I think it will work great
Would it work well with a ukulele?
Haven't tried it but I would think very well
Yes generally acoustic guitar pedals work great with ukulele,
Which HB guitar are you playing.
Cld 40 sm
@@Chinaguitarsceptic Thanks.
You're most welcome brother
Need suggestions pls. I play for Church and a friend of mine suggested I can use GE mooer 200 or zoom ac2. Should I go with any one of them or sonic ? Pls advice.
The mooer and zoom are more complex units but both very good. They can't touch these for value though.
@@Chinaguitarsceptic This pedal is a no nonsense approach to getting full bodied sound with improved tonality you would do well to use it and leave time to attend to the team and ministry.
I'd use it live for sure
Very good demonstration. I've had one of these for a few years, using it primarily through the system at our church. It meets my needs as the acoustic/rhythm player in our group. Of course there are better boxes, but they are considerably more expensive. For flexibility, compact size, ease of use at a reasonable price, this can't be beat.
Does anybody have a long term review? How's the reliability?
Mine is working fine
I find that the reverb is great for slow Ballads,sometimes faster hmmmm depending on the song🤔 I just got mines from Amazon haven't tried it yet but today might be it...
Me too mate
It all sounds very processed to me. The guitar also sounds harsh to my ears which doesn't help. Personally I'd get a Behringer acoustic pre amp, those things are super bang for your buck. Good, in depth vid, cheers CGS!
Thx mate. I clearly didn't do a great job on the tone of the guitar
I love my Behringer ADI21 Acoustic preamp Di. If I had the Sonic Wood, I would run it like this. Guitar->Sonic Wood->ADI21->AMP/PA.
Has anyone tried it with a Classical Guitar?
Ps. Loved this review! Very useful!
Thank you 😊
Nice Demo. . I do think your HARLEY guitar didn't maybe do it justice.. but for a ONE STOP BIT OF KIT . this Sonic Wood ticks the boxes as its all there... at the end of the day you get what you pay for ..and you'd certainly not get those 4 pedals for £60... keep up the good work.. thanks
My pleasure brother and I hope it was an interesting prospect for you
Great demo cheers Mike that effects pedal certainly has wood 😉
Thx bro
Hi and thanks for the presentation, I almost purchase it when I realized that I own a Cuvave Baby rechargeable multi effects pedal that has much more possibility to get better acoustic sounds up to 8 IRs can be load it to emulate guitar sounds like the Martin, Gibson, Taylor, classic guitars and so on......so you're not stuck with just one kind og sound witch is not bad of course, but stil......I tryed and it was much more enjoyble to be able to have different sounds (live you can only choose 3 of them because has just 3 footswitch, while in studio you can have much more) pluss the Cuvave baby has Bluetooth så you could use you phone or Ipad or another bluetooth player to play a backing track so you could practice or learn a guitar chords/solo and has the possibilty to record directly in to your phone, IPad or other devices while you use your headphone and play and all of this for almost half the price of this gadget, check it out for yourself. Ciao!!!!
Sounds like a great device. I suspect it is in a different price range
@@Chinaguitarsceptic Like I said, it's almost half of the price of this device but with much more features than this one.
no tiene potencia el preamp fata inyección volumen l reverb no es buena. Y la calidad no es profesional.
el preamp no tiene iz falta potencia.
Except for XLR out, I don't see how this pedal is specific to acoustic guitar. There is no feedback reduction, no mid-eq's, no tuner and the most elementary of effects. Lame!
I though it sounded good
Mmmm well some of it was good.
Fair enough brother. Clearly it's not for everyone
That natural acoustic tone is AWFUL. Won't be buying a harley anytime soon😬😬
Sorry probably my settings
Both guitar & the effect didn't sound good to me.
You're not alone and sorry if I didn't properly dial in the tone
@@Chinaguitarsceptic I don't think it's you dialing a bad tone it's £60 for four pedals it is what it is.
Fair enough mate
Bought one on Amazon.....worst sound ever. Sent it back the next day. If you care nothing about tone...or want something that will remove every bit of your guitars acoustic sound... this is for you!
I actually liked it, but each to their own. I agree that it does effect the natural tone but then it's supposed to I think with Reverb etc.
@@Chinaguitarsceptic Not a pedal for the magnetic pick up player and yet work well on Mic and piezo.
Thank you for letting me say box guitar worked well, yet my yamaha silent guitar with hours of fiddling around with knobs still has yet to find a tone. Just a funky guitar.
This might help
@@bassdale17 I own a Fender CD-60 guitar, and will be buying a magnetic pickup. Can you recommend a similar pedal as the SONICAKE that works well with a magnetic pickup please? Thx!
la calidad por cascos es muy mala esto no es profesional.
What an annoying intro