amp for chet

[trippin6strings]

hey just wondering if anyone knew if a gibson chet atkins needs a certain type of amp or anything. sorry if this is a broad question im just not very good with amps n such and a chet doesnt sound too good through my fender acoustic amp

[Phan226]

"there is no such thing as a bad question"....i think any amp, when the eq is set properly should make that guitar sound good esp an acoustic amp....what seems to be the "not too good" sound?

[trippin6strings]

for some reason my chets always sounded like its got a lil distortion thrown on there so even when i mute strings it gets all fuzzy. songs like tripping billies and grey street sound horrible cuz u can here the muted strings buzzing like crazy. it sounds cool for some songs like say goodbye but i dont really like adding dirt to any of dave's songs

[jrm]

Hmm.... I've played my chet through a whole bunch of amps, and I've yet to find one that makes the chet sound crappy. Sometimes I'll play through a fender (electric, not acoustic amp) and just add a little bit of gain, so when I really dig the pick into the strings I can get a little dirt. The rest of the time it's smooth as silk though. Another amp I really liked using was a Hughes and Kettner bass amp. It had great response and since the chet is such a bassy guitar it made the thing sound friggin' huge!

If you've got any specific questions on amps, let me know, and I'll see if I can help you.

[GrateDMB21]

I currently own a Roland AC-60 and the Chet sounds good n all but does anyone have any recommendations for amp settings to make it sound unbelievable.