Single Amp that works well for both acoustic& electric

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• ICBM Frets: 72230

  January 2019

  olafgarten said:
  
  

  I thought that an Acoustic Amp was just a standard PA speaker with a Preamp attached to it.

  They’re usually more specifically designed for the purpose than that. Most of the ones I’ve seen aren’t capable of handling sustained high power, because the don’t have to be normally - an acoustic guitar is a very dynamic source, so if it’s not going to clip at all
  on transients the average power will be far lower than the maximum power. An overdriven guitar is heavily compressed by comparison so the average power can then be much higher even if the power stage isn’t clipping.
  
  Something more like a PA speaker with a preamp is a keyboard amp - they have to handle sustained power across a wide frequency range - like an organ sound or a strings pad. They tend to be a lot bigger and heavier, and with much less useful controls for guitars, but they do usually sound quite good for both acoustic and electric guitar.

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