What are some great, natural-sounding acoustic amps?

[sdelsolray]

Originally Posted by bho

Hi there,

I would like an amp for an acoustic that has a K&K mini installed. No pre-amp. For under $1,000, what are some great, natural-sounding amps?

Thanks.

Here's two different very natural sounding amps that I put together for about $1,000 - $1,200 each:

[bho]

Originally Posted by ljguitar

HI bho…

UltraSound AG-50 (DS-4). The naturalness is the deciding reason I chose them over Fishman, GenzBenz, Roland, Fender, Marshall and others.

AER are very natural too, but are nearly triple the price of the UltraSound.

Hi ljguitar,

I cannot find any new Ultrasound AG50's for sale. Maybe this model was discontinued, and if so, what Ultrasound model may be comparable?

Thanks.

[Andy Howell]

The AER may seem expensive but it is a very good investment. Should last year's.

[amyFB]

I have the Acoustic Solutions 150 by Godin. It was $1000.

It satisfies the needs of my duo, weighs about 30# and is attractive to look at.

My only complaint is the lack of documentation on the right different effects settings - it's trial and error to figure what is what . (I usually pick #3)

I also have a fishman loud box mini that is a great little amp for little amp suitable situations . (Home, small rooms, one player) $350

Looking back , if I had it to do over I would have skipped the fishman and just gotten the bigger one that gives me flexibility in use.




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[Mr Blues]

Acus One 6 Fourstring acoustic amp is a !ovely small amp . Though the reverb is very basic .I use the Boss VE 20 Voice Proccesser . You can dial in some beautiful hall reverb.
Plus for the size , it only has a 6 inch woofer .
Surprisingly it has some nice bottom end.

Worth considering.


Dave

[Mr Blues]

Yes your right Andy the AER does win hands down. I love the compression/ limiters on the AER .It gives everything a real tight sound .

[Andy Howell]

I played an open mic last night that was a bit odd. Vocals were channelled through a Bose but they plugged my guitar into an AER. The AER was set up astonishingly badly. I was kind of speechless. You have to work really hard to make this sound horrible. I think it was set with thr EQ expectionally bright, but ten eamp was also sitting on a floor behind all kinds of other obstacles.

I can honestly say they this is the first time I've heard bad sound from them!