VALETON Dapper Acoustic Mini Electric-Acoustic Guitar DI Analog Preamp Multi-Effects Pedal

Having joined a band on vocals and acoustic, I very nearly started down the path of putting together a hefty pedal board and possibly even purchasing an acoustic amp.However as I use public transport for gigs and don't have a whole lot of space at home I was kind of hoping a more mobile and affordable option existed.This pedal is essentially everything I wanted - a pre-amp, tuner, reverb and compressor for live acoustic players - all in one.The pre-amp is great and helps me out massively as I play a non-electronic steel string with an unpowered pick up slotted into the mouth, so the signal is extremely quiet without one.The tuner isn't amazing but does the job, and on acoustic it's not like you have to tune in silence onstage like you do with an electric.The reverb is hardly a flood of reverb even cranked up to the max but this is sort of a good thing as it gives you just enough to create a nice vibey sound without getting you lost in a fog. If you want more there are plenty of good pedals out there for that.There is only one major con here, and that is the compressor. It's noisy as hell. A really nasty hiss can be heard when activated, so if you're into heavy compression you might need a gate pedal to get rid of this noise, or better yet, buy separately. Thankfully with my set up, the pick up I use already creates a very flat sound so I only use a quarter of the compression, which is just to give the overall volume a bit of a nudge. Thankfully a quarter way up you can't hardly hear the noise.Overall very solid option for gigging, not much for recording - but technically you should be mic'ing up an acoustic anyway, so subjectively speaking this is still 5* from me, as this tidy thing looks good, feels well built and tucks away under the mic stand perfectly.