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Does you'd friend want a broken Crate Taxi 15? It broke when the battery died. I can't get it to reawake with a fresh battery. If your friend wants to try his hand at fixing it, I'll give it to him scot free.
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I posted a link to $120 K2 energy lithium iron battery. Its included in the final prices I posted too. Third option, first link.
You put the battery in a case, put the inverter and the charger in separate compartments of that case, or another case. If you're only planning on playing for 2.5 hours, leave the charger at home. The charger I posted runs at a 10 amp charge rate. Will charge the K2 energy (a professional lithium iron with a solid BMS system in it and it's brand new) battery in 1.2 hours. Play for 2 hours, charge for 1, play again for 2. Charge at the Starbucks. Never short it though, not even for a millisecond. Looks a little like this. My battery is 4x the size of the K2 battery I posted for you. My inverter is about 3x bigger than the one I posted for you as well: Last edited by dannyg1; 05-17-2017 at 11:11 PM. |
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This is an absolute game changer from Elite Acoustics. I have the both smaller A1BR8 with effects and the M3BR8 from the Sunburst Gear division without effects. Ultra portable with studio monitor quality sound.
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Indeed a game changer. I'll try that in about a week. Can't wait
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I am getting absolutely wonderful battery powered sound at mid to low volumes using a Roland Street Cube EX with replacement Jensen speakers and a Boss VE-8 processing my guitar and vocals. My maximum volume is limited, but up to that point the sound is stellar.
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Dogdog49, what's the price on the Elite Acoustics amps? There are three of them I think, 5.25"-10", right?
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Thank you very much for the offer. I will ask him, but I get the feeling that neither one of us would be able to get it going. Thank you though.
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That looks really nice. Perhaps something for him to upgrade to in a few years. |
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Some issues have been brought up that, in order to know whether a small AA battery powered amp can work, need to be answered.
Do you sing and play or just play? If you sing, are you a loud singer? Are you a whisper to a scream kind of singer (like Chris Cornell was)? Where's your intended location? Large space, open street, subway, bar? City, small town, in a park? Other buskers near? is the dual use of an AC powered amp that can work both with a battery when needed and cover a bar gig when it needs to important for you? What time of day/night are you planning for? How long do you need battery power to cover? I'm sure there are more concerns to cover but these questions will help greatly. Many people here play gigs like farmers markets and enjoy a kind of quiet that's very much different than city, or subway playing and their needs are covered with far less power. If I were trying to gauge whether a tiny amp could work, I'd be sure to think about how limiting its max output would be, in terms of where I could successfully play. A more powerful amp can play almost anywhere. |
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As with all of these things... it depends....
I have and still use a Cube street, the original one. Light, louder than you'd expect and decent sounding. Running a guitar. (Tak) and mic no problem as long as the ambient noise (traffic, whatever) is not too bad. But.. if I'm doing something like a fair, bigger open spaces, stalls, people roaming about I run a deep cycle battery/inverter with a Roland AC 60, Tak, mic and an old Boss pedalboard. I may, if I'm feeling flush at some point upgrade the AC60 to a powered speaker. But that's a maybe down the road. I can also (and have) added a small mixer to run two guitars/mics. A Yammy MG10, but the Zed 10 would be a little better, and bigger. This is also where a powered speaker (8 or 10") would be better. So it depends... Kris
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I find the prices vary a bit, but Amazon has both the M3BR8 (Sunburst Gear) and the A1BR8 (Elite Acoustics) for $349.00. If you don't want the on-board effects the M1BR3 is pretty much the same amp as the A1BR8 for $249.00. I was worried the 4" woofer on those two wouldn't handle the low C tuning I often use but it handles it beautifully, and some of the on-board reverbs are as good as any I've heard. The big A4BR8 with the 8" woofer plus effects (that's the largest amp they make) I've seen priced anywhere from $550.00 to $650.00. I think if you don't want the on-board effects the M3BR8 with the 5.5" woofer hits the sweet-spot for price and portability. Plus these are as good as fine studio monitors for playing music, the bluetooth connectivity is great, it's super simple to daisy chain them for stereo and the guitar reproduction is at least as good (maybe better) as my Compact 60 and my Fender SFX. It looks like I'll be selling those two.
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