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Location: Western Massachusetts | I used to plug into my Line 6 pod and get a killer acoustic tone going direct to the board. I've yet to figure out a setting on my Line 6 Flextone amp that sounds anywhere near as good. Anybody out there use this amp to plug their Ovation into? Care to share settings?
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Location: south east Michigan | Welcome Standing O!!!
Good name ya got there.
I'm surprised that was not taken before. |
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Location: Jet City | Welcome Standing O. Are you who I think you are?
That amp isn't really made for acoustic tones. I'm not a sound engineer, and there's plenty of folks here who are, but I would imagine it's do mostly to the voicing of the speaker/cab or something to that affect.
There's a killer Roland amp that Trader Jim is letting go in the For Sale section. I have 2 of those. My O sounds very sweet indeed through it. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Welcome! (and thanks for the plug, Damon!) |
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Location: Scotland | Maybe I'm biased, but I'd much rather hear acoustic guitar recorded with great microphones than digital amplifier modellers voiced for electric guitar. Come to that I'd rather hear electric guitars played through real amps recorded via high-quality mikes, rather than amp modellers. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Again , I agree with P T , must be flue -season coming....anyways , ya could allways put an SM 57 or somethin` in front of the speaker..
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Location: South of most, North of few | I had a Line 6 amp, and no matter what you did as far as adjustments or effects, it still didn't reproduce the acoustic sound. There are differences in acoustic and straight electric amps in tonal qualities, but, I agree with what Paul said, the best tone for an acoustic is with a good mike through a good system. The closest I've seen to a good reproduction of sound as far as a pickup system is with the B Band blend able dual source I had on the Larrivee, that Andrew has now, pumped through a good acoustic amp. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I think you're going in the wrong direction. There are no settings ...
The line 6 flextone is a great amp, IMHO, for modeling an electric guitar. Some purists here will disagree, but, these things work.
However, to me, it doesn't work with any acoustic guitar.
For your acoustic try one of these amps:
Hog 30
Fender Acoustisonic
Genz Benz Shenendoh Jr.
Yamaha PA or reference monitor
or a Peavey |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Or, a nice Roland AC60 (another shameless plug) available in the sale trade section.... |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | I agree also that the best sound reproduction you'll ever get is the real sound through a good mic.(condenser) BUT ... If that is not an option, the next best thing is an acoustic amp (I believe they have a broader frequency range). For screwing around at the house I use a Peavey Acoustic 212 controlled through my Zoom A2.1u Acoustic Guitar Multi-Effects Pedal. It has a lot of different modeled acoustic guitar sounds (including a dobro) and siulated hall sounds, if you like to experiment without doing a lot of tweeking. Of course there is a reason I play Ovations, and that is because I really like the Ovation/Adamas sound itself. |
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Location: Western Massachusetts | Hey thanks guys for all the great tips. This is in a rehersal setting in which I just lug the amp and a couple guitars, but will take my P.A as well because of the displeasing tone I'm getting from my Legend, or should I say the amp. The strat sounds great of course. However I have been considering the Roland AC60 for awhile now and will check Trader Jims goods.
Yes Damon67, I am who you think I am....I think :)
At anyrate, it's good to be aboard gentlemen.
Thanks for a warm welcome.
And yes, I was pleased to find the name available. |
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Location: Jet City | That AC60 is perfect for lugging around. Comes with a bag and shoulder strap too.
And no! I'm not league with Jim! :eek: I just like those amps. |
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Looking for a great acoustic tone from my Line 6 Flextone amp
