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http://www.nevadamusic.co.uk/Guitar-Amplifiers-and-Speakers/Acoustic-Guitar-Amps/sc1584/p8749.aspx The Roland AC-33 is the worlds first battery-powered combo amp and has been designed and manufactured specifically for acoustic guitar. Portable yet powerful, the AC-33 provides true stereo sound, Guitar and Mic/Line channels, personally-configured effects, anti-feedback, and a Phrase Looper.

However this amp was made to go to places that amplifiers are traditionally not able to – I’m talking of course about using this amplifier outdoors .Thanks to its battery-power capability, the AC-33 lets you take your act anywhere and therefore this little power-house of an amplifier will appeal to buskers or perhaps those who need ultimate portability to their guitar rig.

The AC-33 provides 15 watts per channel resulting in 30 watts of stereo sound and can run on the optional A/C adapter or 8 x AA batteries.It has on-board reverb, chorus and ambience (spatial) effects along with a 38 second phrase looper. There’s also a stereo aux input for an MP3 player or similar and an anti-feedback function for if you attach a microphone, whilst the cabinet can be configured to stand in “kick-back” mode similar to a floor foldback monitor.

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I’ve been learning guitar for a while now and I just cannot figure out why in the heck an acoustic can’t be easy as an electric to fret, I don’t get it, I’m sure it’s got nothing to do with amps.

I actually find acoustic easier because of how light it is, even though they usaully have thicker necks (which I hate), but if its harder to play try thinner strings, lower the action, and/ or try a different acoustic, it might just be that one.

Good luck

I have just a regular acoustic guitar, it does not have anything to connect to an amp. I know there are things you can put near the bottom of the strings so that you can hook up non-electric guitars to amps, but i don’t know what they’re called. Can any one help me out?

Buy this

http://accessories.musiciansfriend.com/product/Lace-Resonator-Guitar-Neck-Sensor-Pickup?sku=305425

i want to buy a reasonably priced electric guitar thats not to fancy but not a beginners guitar like jump start or anything

plz if u have any ideas on amps plz share

ibanez guitars are wonderful! i had an ibanez bass once it was great. one of the best ones i had. i would deff. recomend it.
i started learning how to play on electric guitars, and i started out buying a set by crate, it came with an amp and everything a starter needs, it was 200 for a new one at a pawn shop.
my advice is as long as u dont spend over 200 you will not get something too fancy and then you will not have to worry about the fancy features but the basic stuff is not to hard to learn, i thought myself. and had a ball. good luck and have fun playing with the amp too. just dont turn it up too loud. and some , most amps have a place where you can plug in headphones so that way you dont disturb others while you jam out. lots of luck.

winter namm 2009 Martin acoustic guitar marshall amps PRS

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I don’t really have a price limit, but I just want to know the range of prices for a pretty high quality bass + amps, or range of prices people usually pay for basses. Also, what kind of brands of bass would you recommend?
I’ve been playing acoustic guitar for 3 years and love it, and for the bass players out there, how does the bass compare to the guitar? harder? easier? just curious.
Any comments would be appreciated

What bass guitar you choose is really a very personal thing. You need to go and sit down at a dealer and try all the basses you are interested in. Fender and Ibanez make the best sounding bass guitars in my opinion. I bought the Ibanez because I play left-handed and they make an off the shelf left-handed version in the model I liked so I did not have to wait for it to be made. I love this bass (I have a 5-string) and it sounds great and has outstanding controls on the Bass itself so you can adjust the tone and volume on the fly. But, you need to go and play some basses to know which ones you like the best.

In the area of a high quality bass amplifier, I’m afraid that the industry has really let us down. First of all you need to understand that if you want a high quality tone from your low end, then the speaker’s frequency response is crucial. The E sting on the bass vibrates at approximately 41.2 Hz. So, you need to have a frequency response out of your speakers that is actually lower than that. That is called head room (or bottom room as the case may be). So, a frequency response of 38 Hz or below is probably adequate for a 4-string bass. The 5-string has a lower B string that vibrates at approximately 30.87 Hz. So in that case, you’ll need head room down to around 28 Hz to provide a high quality bass sound. DO NOT BE CONFUSED BY Frequency Range vs Frequency Response. A speaker can have the range of 28 Hz or 38 HZ but, the Frequency Response is what is important for adequate quality of sound. So, in my case (5-sting) there are NO bass speaker cabinets on the market that will take you to a 28 Hz response without spending huge amounts of money and many of those speaker cabinets weigh as much as 200 pounds (no, I’m not kidding). That’s a real problem to haul it around. So, after looking at all of the available options, I decided that the best and least expensive route was to first get a BOSS GT-10B Bass Multi-effects pedal which acts as a pre-amplifier and provides any possible sound I could want out of my bass, and then I run that through a QSC GX5 500 watts/channel stereo amplifier and that amp drives twin JBL JRX115 2-way Speaker cabinets http://www.guitarcenter.com/JBL-JRX115-15–2-Way-Speaker-Cabinets—Pair-773198-i1152805.gc (I need the 2-way because I sing and play guitar also so I need the high tones as well as the lows). But, the Frequency response on these speakers is only down to 50 Hz. That’s adequate for the A string on the bass but not the E or the B on my 5-string. So, I added twin JBL ES250PBK 400-Watt High-Powered 12-Inch Subwoofers that provide a frequency response down to 28 Hz (weigh less than 60 pounds each and cost only around $300 each) and now when I play a gig, I have other bass players coming up to me all the time asking what kind of amplifier I have that is turning out the awesome bass sounds. When I play, it’s that kind of bass sound that you feel even before you are aware of hearing it. So, when I practice at home, I just use the Boss GT-10B and a great set of head phones so, I don’t distrub the rest of the neighborhood. If you want that kind of sound, that’s what you need to do. The alternative for a 4-sting weighing in at 166-1/2 pounds is this little baby – http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/product/JBL-SRX728S-Dual-18-Subwoofer?sku=600444 – but, the catch is it will only handle bass notes up to around 220 Hz or the third octave A right below middle C. The bass has notes that go much higher than that. So, that means, you still need to buy another speaker cabinet (12"ers maybe & spend another $800 to $1,200 perhaps) to handle those notes (220 Hz up to around 530 Hz). So, go figure!

I’m about to buy an acoustic-electric guitar and I need to know if I need to buy an acoustic guitar amp or if an electric guitar amp would work. Also, what is the best bang for your buck in acoustic guitars/amps??? Thanks guys!
I’ve been playing for about 3 years.. I taught myself

yeh any amps fine, i jus got 1 4 christmas and i use my electric guitar amp. sounds cool how long you bin playin .

I have an electro-acoustic guitar, but I haven’t bought an amp yet. I am not aware of the technical terms of amps, so sorry if my question sounds stupid. I wanted to know if you can get the same kinds of distortion and amplification as the electric guitar on an electro-acoustic one. For example, to play heavy-metal.
Do you use the same type of amps?

To be honest, no you will not get the same type of distortion. The hollow body of an acoustic-electric guitar is much more prone to feedback and overtones. You can get a pretty decent distortion tone, but don’t plug in expecting to hear Kirk Hammett or Jim Root flowing from your amp. As for amps, you can plug into a "standard" electric amp such as a Marshall or Randall, the preference is yours. If this is your primary guitar I would recommend a Fender acoustic amp with an acoustic multi-effects pedal. I’ve played through a Zoom acoustic effects pedal in the past and had pretty good results.

More info: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/AC33
Have a listen to Roland’s AC-33, a 30-watt acoustic guitar amplifier. Roland clinician, C.J., puts the amp through its paces and shows you its effects and looper features.

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yeah I want to see if there are any interesting devices I can use for sound on my instuments whether it’s a cheap sound editing software (to give it a richer sound recorded than live) or device I haven’t heard of.
I haven’t paid much attention to this stuff but many people have advosed me to give them a try so the most I know about are mics for the EP,capos and acoustic amps other than that hardly anything as long as you can pick it up at a best buy, guitar center or local music shop cheap like under $100
(once it goes past that I’d rather get a new instrument)

a delay or sampler will do nicely. they can be as little as $50. GL