Members bmast160 Posted April 29, 2008 Members Share Posted April 29, 2008 whats the difference? cant you just use an electric tube amp to send your acoustic signal thru? im using a passive baggs m1 pickup into a baggs preamp so its a similar signal as that coming from an electric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Exocaster Posted April 29, 2008 Members Share Posted April 29, 2008 You can do it, but the speakers in an acoustic amp are generally full-range speakers with a horn or tweeter. The speakers in an electric guitar amp are voiced very heavily in the mids and won't really reproduce the acoustic tone properly. And you'll want an amp (or at least a channel) that's very clean, unless the sound of an electric-acoustic with distortion is what you're going for. Some people do it, but it's hardly a common thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bmast160 Posted April 29, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 29, 2008 You can do it, but the speakers in an acoustic amp are generally full-range speakers with a horn or tweeter. The speakers in an electric guitar amp are voiced very heavily in the mids and won't really reproduce the acoustic tone properly. And you'll want an amp (or at least a channel) that's very clean, unless the sound of an electric-acoustic with distortion is what you're going for. Some people do it, but it's hardly a common thing. gotcha...most of the time acoustics are just run to the pa and no amp is used..right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danhauk Posted April 29, 2008 Members Share Posted April 29, 2008 gotcha...most of the time acoustics are just run to the pa and no amp is used..right? That's how I've always done it. But I suppose if someone bought a really nice sounding acoustic amp there's no use in leaving it home (they bought it for a reason, right?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Exocaster Posted April 29, 2008 Members Share Posted April 29, 2008 gotcha...most of the time acoustics are just run to the pa and no amp is used..right? Usually. Sometimes people like the amp for monitoring onstage, and you see acoustic amps a lot in small venues where the only things running through the PA are vocal mics. Coffee shop gigs and the like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members darkwaters Posted April 29, 2008 Members Share Posted April 29, 2008 I run my Takamine into my Blues Junior for medium sized acoustic gigs. Sounds great to me and I'm always getting compliments on my sound. On the other hand I tried plugging my Tak into my Supro once and it sounded awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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