EBAY DILEMMA

[mangold]

praisedave,
what exact model amp do you have?...sometimes playing around with the features of the amp will help. I had a CA-120 a while back and it had on some onboard effects that were cool. The only tough part was that I couldn't assign an effect to a separate channel...i.e., guitar gets delay so vocals get delay, etc.

ca 60
it has basic reverb for each channel, thats it though

does your guitar have onboard EQ? a little "cheat" is to set the EQ's on your amp "flat" (the middle or "detente" position). turn up your amp to the volume you normally play at, and set your vocals FIRST. After you set your vocals, THEN plug in your guitar and EQ that (assuming you have onboard EQ). That way, you can "color" your guitar and not effect your vocals so much.

no eq persay, each channel has low mid high contour knobs

ok, so try and set the vocals first and then set your guitar. start with the volume up at "stage volume" and the EQ flat. these amps are best suited for those gay sounding "intimate acoustic sessions".

the actual speaker doesnt sound too bad, but everytime i add something to the effects loop or use the line out it becomes mud city.

OK...so what about a Yamaha powered mixer and a decent set of JBL monitors? Hell, keep the vocals and guitar separate.

Or, get an SWR Cali Blonde and your problems are solved that way too.

HA!

i would love a powered mixer, but i dont want to shell out for 8 channels just to get the wattage im looking for. WHY CAN SOME COMPANY MAKE A NICE 3 INPUT POWERED MIXER WITH LIKE 500 WATTS OUTPUT?

Have you checked out the Yamaha EMX series?

I know not brand names, but i have looked at every fucking powered mixer on musiciansfriend and similar sites and as soon as you get above like 100 watts output, you cant find anything with any less than 8 inputs. I DONT NEED OR WANT 8 INPUTS