"Excellent multi purpose amp"
by Robert Manning -
3/26/2006 9:54:51 PM
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| Playing over 40 years |
Classic Rock, Blues, Jazz |
Mississippi Delta - Home of the Blues |
24 people
out of 38
found this review helpful
After reading up on this amp, I tried it out. I play many styles in several groups and solo, so I was looking for a multipurpose amp, clean sound, portability, and quality. I got this amp to replace a Behringer ACX1000 which was extremely flexible, but lacked quality, top-notched sound. It also weighed in at 60lbs which was borderline portable. Found it in this amp. I demo'ed it with a Taylor and immediately knew it was a sale.I use this amp for small solo gigs, mainly playing instrumental jazz with a Boss DR-880 drum/bass machine. I plug the 880 into the aux input and run my Variax Acoustic into channel 1 and my ES-135 into channel 2. If needed, I'll put a mike into Ch 2 for announcing and light singing. This amp is extremely versatile and loud enough unless you're just playing too darn loud. And it just weighs about 22lbs!! I have used it in med. sized room with about 75-100 folks and it's plenty. The speaker stand mount comes in handy. Use it. The sound from this amp is a clean reproduction of your acoustic instrument. Reverb/Delay adequate as is the chorus. I like the control layout and the rear panel offers many options such as stereo line out, subwoofer out, several aux-in options and footswitch controls of 4 functions. Wish the footswitches came with the box. The carrying case is a very nice extra. I can walk into the gig with a guitar on one shoulder, my amp on the other, and setup in no time.So far, I have not found anything I don't like, unless it's the top mounted controls being hard to get to when stand mounted. Minor inconvenience.Don't let the size fool you. Don't let the price scare you. This is a great amp.
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"You can pick it up with one hand but you listen with both ears."
by Pilgrum -
1/17/2005 9:16:09 PM
| Musical Experience: |
Style of Music: |
Hometown: |
| Student, teacher, player |
Blues, Gospel, Folk & (northern NM folk) |
Northern New Mexico |
36 people
out of 63
found this review helpful
It turned up on my short list. Went to town to try it out. Nice! Went back again a second time and I now own it. Weight, it's not a big deal until you have carried it several hundred times. At 22 lbs it does make a difference, it's light and I like that. It fills every room that I have put it into so far. Last gig was a medium size room, seats about 100 people and I was with a group of African drummers. My Zeta fiddle and my Roland amp made me sound like I knew what I was doing. There are better amps, but you pay a lot more money and add a bunch more weight. For the price, at this weight, its a great small amp. Find one and try it out, then my experience will become your knowledge. Always play music and the best of luck to the both of us.
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