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Post by Ricketi on Feb 6, 2021 19:47:42 GMT -5
I don't know if this has ever been asked previously, does anybody play their electric through an acoustic amp? I have been playing my Fender American strat into my Fender acoustasonic jr for the last couple of years "not gigging" and I think the clean tone is great. I also use an MXR Distortion + at times which works out well. Its been my goto set up in the family room and plenty loud for the house.
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Post by bluzcat on Feb 7, 2021 13:22:14 GMT -5
I have done this occasionally through my Acoustasonic Jr also- great clean tone. I have been concerned about blowing the tweeter in the past so I always keep the volume down- probably a non-issue in reality.
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Post by Ayns on Feb 7, 2021 14:37:36 GMT -5
A few years ago I took my Fishman Loudbox 100 to a gig and played the whole gig with my pedals through it. All I'm going to say is...…. I never did it again  |
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Post by Ricketi on Feb 7, 2021 15:07:36 GMT -5
I have done this occasionally through my Acoustasonic Jr also- great clean tone. I have been concerned about blowing the tweeter in the past so I always keep the volume down- probably a non-issue in reality. yeah, I don't crank it to much |
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Post by twangmeister on May 1, 2021 20:06:43 GMT -5
I used my Acoustic Image Ten2 with a Strat when I needed to play rock-type solos in a concert situation. It sounded like a Twin Reverb with the volume at 4 to 5. If I needed high gain sounds I used some of my distortion pedals with a touch of compression. The Ten2 being small was practically invisible unless you sat far in the rear of the hall or in the balcony.
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Post by tahitijack on May 24, 2021 10:20:42 GMT -5
I've played my Strat and PRS through my SWR Strawberry Blonde a couple of times at home. The tone was not that bad but not what I was looking for, so I am keeping my policy: electric amps are for electric guitars and acoustic amps are for acoustic guitars.
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Post by reverendrob on May 28, 2021 14:21:52 GMT -5
I can make do if I have the pedalboard in such cases (same as with a bass amp for that purpose) - if it's loud and clean I can make it hate me.
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Post by Leftee on May 29, 2021 7:18:10 GMT -5
I have an evil experiment in mind along these lines. I need to solder up a wiring harness first. Then I will report.
Not exactly an acoustic amp, but a different approach.
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Post by jaxjaxon on Jun 5, 2021 13:56:46 GMT -5
I Have a Fender G DEC 3 Thirty and it has several acoustic amp settings I use them quite a lot with a jazz box two humbuckers, or a strat. Very clean and even sounding. The amp can also do a Jazz Master amp and with it is also clean but a bit of a mid bump in sound. I use pedals to get my other sounds I want including a Tube OD which will give me a Tube breakup sound out of the solid state or digital amps.
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Post by Davywhizz on Jun 6, 2021 9:25:10 GMT -5
The only acoustic amp I ever had was a Marshall Acoustic Soloist AS80R. This was a very high spec combo, no longer made, not to be confused with the later AS50 and AS100 models. The AS80R had three channels: one for acoustic guitar, one for a microphone and one described as for either acoustic or electric guitar. I did a few small gigs with it and it was great. Then for band use I switched to plugging my acoustics direct into the PA and hearing them back through the monitors, so I sold the Marshall.
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Post by hushnel on Jun 12, 2021 11:44:56 GMT -5
It was quite a while ago when I noticed guitarist started using bass amps. When I traded off my old Fender Bassman 4X10 it was guitar guys that were interested. I would say that acoustic guitar amps are not a lot different than the old bass amps though today they can do more with EQ. I use my bass amps for acoustic guitar exclusively, often the GK 150. The Tele I run through and old Vibro Champ occasionally, though it hasn't seen daylight in the last year or so.
Back in he 60s even into the 80s I considered bass amps, that I could almost afford, as primarily guitar amps. It wasn’t until I purchased the SWR 220 Goliath , 4 by 10 combo that I considered it a usable bass amp, I still have this combo. The older Ampeg was a good bass amp too, I’ld love to have one, my first bass amp was the Fender Baseman 50 watt with 2, 12s I think, still the bass over drove the speakers.
Last week I was playing the Yamaha CSF1M through the GK 150, I ran it through the L.R. Baggs PARA Acoustic DI. Then replaced the PARA with the SansAmp Bass DI, I got usable EQ, sounded fine to me, I may even Prefer the Bass DI’s tone and simplicity.
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Post by twangmeister on Jun 20, 2021 19:05:01 GMT -5
I played Strats through an Acoutic Image Ten2 a few years back. The Ten2 is mostly used by bassists but it is used by jazz guitarists as well. For playing rock-style solos I plugged in analog pedals to achieve the sound I wanted. The 800 watt Class D amp was surprisingly warm.
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