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05-27-2017, 01:43 PM
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If I were to get this....
http://www.epiphone.com/Products/Arc...eraton-II.aspx
Would it give me a good sound through my Fender Acoustasonic 30 amp? If not what amp would you recommend for nice bluesy sound and a good clean sound when I feel the urge? Also, I'd like to do a little busking when I get older (when I'm 70ish). What's a good portable amp with a 2-3 hour battery life that doesn't cost an arm and a leg?
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05-27-2017, 03:53 PM
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An acoustic guitar amp is fairly flat and is designed not to distort.
The electric guitar sound that people hear is really a combination of the guitar and the amp, where the amp/speaker combination is doing most of the work. Electric guitar amps use a single large speaker that doesn't produce much sound above 5kHz, so when the amp distorts, a lot of the really nasty high frequencies are filtered out. That gives the bluesy/crunchy distortion a pleasant amp 'break up' sound. There are pedals on the market that simulate the electric guitar amp/speaker combination so the output can be sent to a PA or full range amp with tweeters (like an acoustic guitar amp). Some of those are analog (like the Tech21 character series), and others are digital (like the Line 6 Pod). IMO, if you have an electric guitar it's always good to have some experience with electric guitar amps. And if you're starting out in that area, these days there are lots of a good digital 'modelling' amp options that can be set to sound like pretty much any kind of amp from clean sparkle to heavy distorted rock and roll. Some examples of this are Boss Katana and the Fender Mustang. The Katana has been getting a lot of love lately as it's the newest one on the market, but there are many others from the usual suspects like Vox, Marshall, etc. A tube/valve based amp (into an appropriate 12" guitar speaker) is the ultimate expression of electric guitar tone, but the digital modelling amps released in the last few years get ridiculously close to the point where you can barely tell the difference (and most of the audience definitely can't).
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