Running an OD pedal with an Acoustic

I not only thought about it, I did it.  lol.  Back about 12 years ago when I recorded my first album.  Didn't have the money for an electric, so I ran my acoustic through a distortion, an OD and delay.

Unfortunately, I have no way of sharing anything but links to youtube vids.  I only have mp3s of those old recordings.  Don't have any sound cloud or whatchamacallits accounts.  So can't figure a way to share it here.

But anyways, ya, I've done it.  Doesn't sound all bad.  Can really sound very cool if you can get "just" the right mix of acoustic and electric pedal effect going, but it's really tricky.  It's not much different than using acoustic pedal effects really.

Check out Kim Deal using her Seagull S6 with a generous dose of distortion.

Playing solo gigs, I use a pedalboard with my acoustics. Usually I just run a bit of chorus for depth and shimmer, but I have a few 'blues' songs where I have a loop of the chords played 'dry'. Against that I'm using my Artist Studio with some fairly heavy distortion to play lead solos.  Works well, and is easier than dragging along an electric for just a couple songs.  Go for it, modernsaint!

I already play electric, mostly in bands and at jams. As for using OD on an acoustic, it is primarily when I play solo or in a duet situation. 

that is all very old stuff. AL is so prolific, that he has ERAS

Try his stuff from 90's or even this old tune, re-plugged... :0
around 3 min mark he is driving synth.. at 4 he is over driving..
enjoy

The guitar in the video is a Al Di Meola Ovation signature model. Most of the album Cielo e Terra is recorded with the Ovation. In the studio he records the Ovation 60% microphone and 40% direct signal.

The Ovation is equipped with a MIDI pickup to use with a Roland guitar synthesizer.

his pedal board in 2015