Blackstar mini amp

Derick,


Yes I have the Blackstar mini amp.


I'll keep that in mind. Thanks!

Not familiar with blackstar but 3 watts seems a little light. I have a little fishman mini loudbox which has plenty of volume. Also have a 20 watt crate tube amp, which is better yet. But the most natural, pleasing, mellow sound comes from a focusrite interface going to 80 watt monitors. All were purchased used at a reasonable price.

TonyKgull ,

No worries. I record to my iPhone, for one thing, and with the mic being to the side it doesn't pick up my guitar very well.
The other thing is, the Ibanez I bought is an electric acoustic and it doesn't project well.
I'm not sure if that is body depth (4 1/8 in vs 4 1/2 in dreadnaught)and it's made of Sapele wood so that may have an effect as well. So, I thought, get an amp and see-

I was considering getting an Alvarez electric acoustic if I could get hold of an amp that I believed to be suited for my particular preferences, of which there are a couple. Purity of sound mainly.

No, I don't finger pick. I do the "cowboy chord" thing and call myself singing along. My family thinks it's good an old man, like myself, has seemingly from nowhere and emerged in their life- although my sons knew I played (from years ago) neither was very impressed- LOL- now though, they are. My niece had no idea and thinks I'm doing great, while her daughter (20 y/o + -) thinks I sound "adorable" (her words, not mine)- LOL

But, today, I bought an Alvarez AD60 so the amp will get put on a back burner anyway-
I love the sound of the Alvarez but am a bit disappointed that the action is at 5/32 so I have a lot of sanding to do- yes, the neck is straight. I straight edged it and it is.

Back to the amp thing. Where I got the Alvarez from recommended I look at Dean. So, I will "look" and see what I can see.

Thanks for the input.

FloridaGull ,

Yes second that, Roland acoustic amps have great reviews.

I don't recommend the Fly for acoustic guitars. I have a SuperFly bought off a SDOTD, with more wattage and double the speakers, and it's acoustic sound is disappointingly thin and artificial. That's compared to a 60 w Boss Acoustic Singer, of course. Compared to no amp at all, a Fly is better...

Have a peavey 120 watt with 15" black widow speaker and a real reverb. It sat around the house for months and never plugged it in for fear of the "death capacitor". Two wire amp with the potential to make me glow in the dark.
Let my friend use it and he said it was fine so went over twice last week and played his gretsch through it. It sounded clean and powerful on volume 3.5.
Made an appointment and taking it to an amp repair tech today so he can fix all the safety issues, ie,3 wire plug, etc..