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Location: Los Angeles | I am looking for the best sounding amp for a 12 string Ovation and Vocals combined for coffehouse and street fair gigs. Any Advice? |
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Location: puerto vallarta, mexico | there is a cool portable amp out that we use for beach parties here. there is a model called a taxi and another called a limo. they have a built in gel battery and the limo has 2 channels.
the woman who owns it is coming to a party i'm throwing today. i'll ask more about it, but everybody that has used it so far likes it. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Get a small portable PA system |
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Location: NJ | I was always a HUGE proponent of the Trace Acoustic amp. Great sound for small rooms, and the notch filter really comes in handy.
Alas, I lost it in my *#$%@%!&*^ divorce settlement!
Now I'm using a Peavey 150W PA head and a pair
of Peavey cabinets w/12 inchers and horns.
Works pretty well.
When I play with my "full band", I use my Peavey as the dedicated "sound system" for my Ovations. |
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Location: puerto vallarta, mexico | bill, you mentioned a pa system. what do you think of the fender pa systems; that sort of fold together to make a well protected two speaker setup. we have one in the band but i have nothing to compare it with. |
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Location: Scotland | For live work at anything more than moderate volume most acoustic amps should really be considered as personal monitors. They generally lack headroom in the power-amp and the models with small speakers don't shift enough air or develop the lower frequencies efficiently. Most offer decent EQ, feedback control & reverb, so they're fine if you have a bigger rig to DI into. As an alternative to an acoustic amp it's worth considering an active full-range PA speaker (The Samson Expedition is a good inexpensive example, or the Mackie SRM450 if you want a killer sound, but it costs a lot more) Get one of the little notepad-type mixers (Mackie, Samson or the ridiculously good value Berhingers) and you have a high-power, high-quality general-purpose rig that will handle guitar & vocals. You may like to add a digital reverb & some extra EQ.
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Best vocal/Ovation amp combo?