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Location: Keller, TX | Question: I'm learning electric guitar and don't have a decent electric amp. I have a 15 watt electric amp (Crate GFX15?) but it doesn't have a preamp out. It has the reverb, distortion, etc. I have a nice GB Shen Jr. Acoustic too. What I'm wondering is this: is there any way to use the effects on the electric and patch it into the acoustic for better sound and still have access to the electric effects.
Otherwise I can just get an effects pedal. Any recommendation (Temp, Jason)? |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Does either amp have a headphone out? |
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Location: Keller, TX | Yep, both of them. Can I run a line from the small (read: crappy) electric amp's headphone plug to the input on the acoustic? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Then duck! (and cover!)
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Location: Keller, TX | Exactly! I don't want to blow my acoustic amp. |
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Location: Tychy, Poland | do you have effect pedals?
my friend has Marshall AS50R acoustic amp and he's playing on electric throught it. He's using Line6 POD2.0 and it sounds very good. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Try it at low volume first. |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | NOTE: some headphone outputs have DC voltage on them, check it first.
If the outer sleeve is plastic beware. |
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Location: Scotland | Ditch the cheap electric amp and look on Ebay for a used Johnson J-station, Digitech Genesis, Korg Ampworks or similar amp modeller. They can be had real cheap and you'll get more than acceptable electric guitar tones from your Genz Benz using one of those. I've been gigging lately with my lap-steel through a Korg Ampworks direct into a Bose L1. Just replaced the Korg with a Boss FDR-1 which specifically models a Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb. Very impressive pedal, costs around $150 and is really easy to use. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Paul,
Is that the pedal with the tremolo? I was wondering how it sounds. The regular boss trem pedal has "phit-phit" throb when the guitar is silent. Does the FDR-1 eliminate the phit-phit? |
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Location: Scotland | Yes it has tremolo, in fact It has exactly the same control layout as a Deluxe reverb. I haven't experienced the problem you describe with the FDR-1. Only criticism I have is the decay on the reverb is a little too short. That said, it fits in my lap steel gigbag and weighs next to nothing, so I'll live with it. |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitar/navigation?q=boss+fender
Have you tried the bassman pedal? |
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