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Location: Goodyear, AZ | I have the 12 string Glen Campbell acoustic/electric. Anyone have a suggestion as to which amp to match with it? Also finger pics? |
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Location: Texas | You'll have better luck getting amp suggestions if you say how/where you'll be using it. |
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Location: Long Island, N.Y. | What I like to use for my custom legend is a 15 watt crate rfx 15 combo with built in effects and 8 inch speaker. One may think what! No way! but for me, it has the most cleanest natural sound for my ovations. I bring it to a gig and have it mic`d up with a 57. I have gone straight through pa systems via direct box and it just doesnt do it for me. I t really is a decent sounding little amp. What makes it even better is that I only paid 39.00 for it used from g.c. I remember seeing Jorma back in the late `70`s mic a fender combo through the system and it was great! |
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Location: Texas | As time has passed, it has come down to sound vs weight. If the amps tonnage is unimportant, then you have a slew of choices. I really like the sound my Ultrasound produces for acoustics. I may tweak it with my Baggs Para DI, but I have have been through many an amp and feel the Ultrasound offers a great sound and is reasonably priced. |
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Location: Waurika OK | I like my ultrasound. 2 8" speakers, 2 2" tweeters, mic chanel, effects in and out, notch filter, shape, effects, mono-stero-headphone jacks, direct out. With my ovations it always gets good notice. (Maybe its the ovations!) |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | As Standing says, give us some more information about your intended use and we'll give you lots of opinions. Our opinions may also differ based on how much you want to spend, whether or not you'll be using it solo with multiple inputs, pedals, and feeding into a sound reinforcement system. Because I use a pedal board, my personal preference is for a smaller tube amp run clean, but I don't always follow my own advice. I've been using a Genz Acoustic Pro for the past two years for my weekly gig. It is in an ATA case and I only have to roll it in and out of a storage room. I run it clean with no effects and the preamp tube set at 100%. I also occasionally use a Vox AC15 Anniversary Heritage. There's a lot of good choices these days. I gravitate toward Fender products as well. Some folks here have a lot of experience with many different amps, so we're more than happy to give you our opinions. If I had to give you only one piece of advice, it would be to not buy more power than you really need. We all tend to buy much more powerful amps than we really need, including me. |
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Location: Connersville, Indiana | We all seem to use our amps and guitars in so many ways. I would suggest taking a guitar you want amped, and take it to a few music stores, plug into several amps, small, med, large, and see which one sounds best to you. But like the Professor, The Fender Acoustic amps are really nice. I happen to use a crate, or pedal board through a P.A. Just my two cents worth. |
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Location: New Hartford CT | I'm in the market as well since mine was stolen. It was a Roland Micro Cube, the one that goes for about $250 new as seen below:
new.http://www.ebay.com/itm/Roland-Micro-Cube-RX-Guitar-Amplifier-Portable-LOUD-/230628668988?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35b28a363c
It's good for practicing, with the built in drumbeats and you can line out to a PA as needed. The on board effects add another dimension. It was a real handy and decent sounding unit for running around with.
Now I'm looking at the Ultrasound amps. I'm sure they sound way better but since the Micro Cube worked fine I may buy another one soon. |
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Location: closely held secret | ZT Lunchbox Acoustic.
200 watts. 12 lbs. 2 channels (guitar/mic). Aux input. Cab output. Headphone/DI output. Effect send & return.
You won't believe it's a 6.5" speaker when you hear it. Well worth the money. I replaced my 50lb Marshall acoustic with it. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I have heard good things about the ZT Lunchbox Acoustic. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I'd like to read an A/B comparo between the ZT and ADD Cub mighty minis. The ZT provides the extra channel so it may have a bit more utility. I love the ADD Cub for traveling and handling, and it is built like a tank. Anybody have experience with both? |
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Location: closely held secret | Brad, I haven't tried the ADD Cub.
Forgot to mention the ZT also has a very nice subtle reverb. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Brad, Maybe Temp will chime in (he is the one that first told me about the ZT).
Basically (if I remember correctly) he said he got rid of the AAD once he got the ZT. |
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Location: Scotland | Both are great amps. I've ditched the Cub in favour of the ZT because of the extra channel with phantom power and the onboard reverb. The extra functionality is a bonus but terms of sound quality there's nothing between them |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Thanks, Paul. The ZT is certainly more readily available and lists for much less than the ADD Cub. In fact, for less mony than the Cub, some retailers are offering the ZT extension cabinet in addition to the amp along with a couple of cables. |
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Best amp?