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| Can someone recommend an amp for an Ovation Celebrity. Don't need anything real elaborate. Looking for some in the 40W to 60W range. Thanks. |
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Location: Scotland | How much do you want to spend? |
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| Less than $500. It's purely for may own entertainment. I was considering a Behringer Ultracoustic ACK1000, but really don't. I recently got back into playing guitar after a 25-year layoff, so I'm a bit behind the times on equipment. |
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Location: Scotland | Saw this at the NAMM show, looks interesting
http://www.rolandus.com/products/details.asp?catid=7&subcatid=32&prodid=AC%2D60
Street price should be within your budget |
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| Thanks for the info! |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | I really like the Carvin.
( http://www.carvin.com/cgi-bin/Isearch.exe?CFG=2&P2=AG100D&P1=AG ) |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | If you can scrape the extra pennies I really like either the Trace Elliott or the Crate lines |
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Location: SoCal | Crate CA60 or Fender Acoustasonic Jr. Both can be had used for $350-$400. |
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Location: Kentucky | I have a Marshall AS50R and highly recommend it.
50 watts, 2 speakers & a tweeter.
Feedback control, reverb, chorus, extra channel for plugging in a mic.
About $350-$390 |
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| Watch Ebay for Peavey KB series amps. Although they're designed for keyboards, they have a pretty flat response, tons of power, 3 channels (at least the KB300 does), reverb if you want it, and they can be had for about half your budget. I got my mint KB300 in the Recycler for $200. |
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Location: Scotland | Dead right, with a little extra eq most keyboard amps will do a great job, better than a lot of so called "acoustic" amps. The only down side is the size & weight as most have 12 or 15inch speakers. The KB300 is a beast of a lift. But no pain, no gain |
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Location: SoCal | I just don't want that pain to be in my lower back. |
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Location: Scotland | Yep, I'll go along with that. As I get older, wiser, lazier & more decrepit, my criteria for any form of amplification is a) does it sound good b) can I afford it & c) can I pick it up without the aid of a surgical appliance. |
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| I've played many acoustic amps out there and IMHO the Fender Acoustasonic Jr. beats 'em all for overall warmth, limited effects (chorus & reverb are excellent) and price ($300.00 used no problem). If, however, you'd also like to play an electric and want one amp to fill both roles, I can't recommend highly enough the Line 6 Flextone II Plus. No kidding - you can dial in a GREAT acoustic tone on this, it's plenty loud enough for nearly any gig (plus you can run a direct out to the board or for recording without a mic), and it has so many variable tones & effects that you can't go wrong. Happy playing! |
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Location: Colorado | Get a used Fender Twin or Vibrolux Reverb tube amp-- nothing else even comes close... |
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Location: Scotland | There are many ways to amplify an electro-acoustic guitar, and while a clean-sounding tube amp with lots of headroom, such as a Fender Twin will produce a reasonable acoustic-ish tone, for most people an electric guitar amp involves major compromises and is a last resort.
In my experience for anything other than personal practice, very small gigs, or as a personal monitor in a bigger system, acoustic amplifiers or any other backline amp are a waste of time. A good quality FOH sound system is the only thing which truly brings out the best in an electro. |
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Location: Lafayette, Louisiana | Paul T, I got a Boss AD-3, and it works great. It really cut the feedback, and I am really impressed with it.....Paul Hebert |
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Location: Scotland | yep, both the AD3 & AD5 work great, especially with the earlier Ovation pre's |
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Location: new jersey | Hi All now I am a true beginner when it comes
to this amp stuff I am a bit confused
for electric guitar you have the regular amps
for lack of a better word
For acoustic/electric you need an Acoustic amp.
We have a basic pratice amp fender frontman
Can you use this with a Balladeer we are saving for and plan to get. I read the past posts and after that I am really confused.
Could someone please explain this whole amp thing
and the options
thanks so much |
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Location: Scotland | Don, you can use any amp for your balladeer, the differences are a matter of personal preference & sonic accuracy. An electric guitar amp will make your guitar louder, but it will not sound the same as when you play it unplugged. A good flat-response amplifier such as a PA system, dedicated acoustic amp or even a good hi-fi rig will sound more "acoustic" than an electric guitar amp. It still will not sound like a guitar played acoustically or through a good mike, but it will be less coloured or "electric" than through an electric amp. If you intend to play only at home & own a good Hi-Fi you'd be better off buying something like a Behringer mixer with digital effects & going through that. With a US list of around $200 a Behringer mixer via a good Hi-Fi will kill any electric amp, and most dedicated acoustic amps. Their mixers without digital reverb can be had for less than $100 |
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Location: SoCal | Don:
Electric guitar amps and acoustic electric amps are designed for different things and different sounds. The acoustic amp needs to produce a cleaner sound than the electric amp. An electric amp tends to give you more effects and a dirtier sound, not as clean as the acoustic.
The bottom line is, for what and where are you going to be using the amp. |
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Location: new jersey | Thanks Paul and Moody
I think I got now and the Hifi and the Behringer mixer with digital effects sounds very interesting
I will check it out
thanks again |
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