Using the fantastic sounding Sketsch d hole acoustic guitar plugin sounds harsh with MG3 (using a nylon guitar ) compared to playing it with touch sensitive keys you get the a much more subtle sounding Sketsch.
How can I reduce the velocity that MG3 outputs?
Internally MG has strike and pressure (and brightness and pitch). Strike is like midi velocity. Pressure is like midi aftertouch or channel pressure.
When the signal reach a synth or midi output you have knobs to adjust strike and pressure knobs. Its also possible to adjust strike and pressure for a whole chain by using a GAIN module.
Wow, that was fast, will try that. Maybe using an electric guitar will give more control???
Solid body guitars give better tracking. Also make sure you adjust the input gain for the tracking.
So the Sketch D hole is a pretty decent guitar over all, but it needs some special attention to function as a playable extension to our (real) guitar (when used as a controller).
Aftertouch is one thing. Sketch samples have assigned AT/pressure to vibrato, which gives it a very unrealistic sound when used with MIDI Guitar. Look at this, for a in-depth description.
Thanks, just realized that I have to us “no bends” when playing the nylon guitar otherwise MG3 translates the slightest pitch change and it gets pretty messy sounding
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Got to save for a good Parker Fly solid body guitar
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Well, you should be fine playing the D hole (or any acoustic guitar virtual instrument) if you just match the instrument pitch bend range with the bend range on the MIDI Guitar module.
I know from having tried myself though that the small press bends on an acoustic tend to feel exaggerated, but this can be handled by pressing less (which is what we do on electric guitars) and also the lower frets perhaps.
But turning bends off completely is in my view an absolute last resort since it takes away the very thing that makes guitar a guitar, and especially so with these new MPE polybends.
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Ok great advice as always, I’m still dreaming of a perfect electric guitar.
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Yes, aren’t we all 
As long as you add the word “bass” between “electric” and “guitar”, I agree 100%. 
