GEAR REVIEW
[ TECH 21 ACOUSTIC FLY RIG | Doug Doppler ]
KEY FEATURES
Filter), this allows you to sculpt your tone with
extreme precision. In the turn, the Compressor
Phase Flip allows you to level out the overall volume of
Compressor your sound, helping it sit more better in the mix.
Adjustable Boost
Low Pass Filter
Reverb
Chorus / Delay
Tap Tempo / Tuner
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I/O
The Acoustic Fly Rig sports both ¼” and XLR
THE BOOST FACTOR
outputs, which is super convenient if you want
to use an amp like Tech 21’s Power Engine 60.
Notch Filter
Sans Amp
accurate and easy to use!
The Boost footswitch allows you to engage This is a big help when it comes to dialing in
the scalable boost function so you can make your tones at home, but don’t have your own
melodies or solos pop in the mix with the push P.A. system. In turn, this makes it easy to take
of a footswitch. And like all the backlit encoders that same sound to both rehearsal and church
on the Acoustic Fly Rig, the Boost knob features if your sound team is good with your having
a unique background color so you can easily an amp on the platform. As I mentioned in the
tell when it is engaged, even on a dark stage. companion video to this review, you’ll probably
want to boost the Treble and Mids on the Power
EFFECTS ON THE FLY
Engine 60, but aside from that I found this did
a great job of solving a common problem many
The Acoustic Fly Rig does a great job of solving One of the other things I love about this unit is the numerous challenges acoustic-electric the built-in effects. Acoustic players in particular players face, be it live or in the studio. And it will appreciate the ability to adjust effects levels does it so in a form factor that can easily fit in without having to engage a menu. The foot- the cubby of your gig bag! switchable Reverb circuit incorporates a push- In addition to having a great feature set that
button function for toggling between a Small or allows you to boost melody lines with the push
Large Reverb. The Delay circuit incorporates of a foot switch, the Acoustic Fly Rig delivers
similar functionality, allowing you to toggle great sound at a price point that’s hard to beat.
At the heart of this unit is an acoustic-flavored between the fully-editable Delay with Tap To get the most out of this unit, I’d strongly
version of Tech 21’s Sans Amp, which is Tempo, and a preset Chorus which is designed suggest reading the manual before plugging in.
used by numerous churches to add amp-like to sound like a 12-string guitar. Although the Acoustic Fly Rig is super easy to
CRAFTING TONES
dimension to flat-sounding DI bass. In addition
to the Low and High controls, the EQ section
of us face.
GREAT SOUND
use once you’ve got it dialed in, I found their
TUNER ON TAP
suggestions made it much easier to dial in great
features a sweep-able Mid Shift control for
sounds right away.
selecting the center point midrange frequency When held down, the aforementioned Tap
you want to either cut or boost via the Mid Tempo button also allows you to engage
control. In combination with the LPF (Low Pass the Tuner, which I found to be refreshingly
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