Ok guys i need some help deciding on an amp...

mangold · Unread post by **mangold** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:02 pm

ok i need an acoustic amp... i would say a new one but ive been playing my acoustic through a 15 watt marshall practice amp, and yes i use that amp to "gig" and by gig i mean play with a full band and chorus at my church. because that little 15 watt jobber has been so good (and loud) to me ive decided to stay with marshall so now i have to decide between their 50 and 100 watt acoustic models. trouble is i dont kow much about amps, so i dunno what alot of the specs mean. i do know that 50 watts is plenty of power for me so thats not an issue (ive been working with 15 for so long 50 sounds like heaven)

ok so here is all i understand about the differences bewteen the amps:
i know the 100 watt has 4 channels as opposed to 2 but because each channel has 2 inputs (mic and 1/4 inch) couldnt i attatch up to four things to the 50? the most i would have is 3, my guitar, my mic, and our vocalists mic.
i dont know what a phase switch is, but they both have it so w/e
now what is phantom power? i have no clue what the hell that is
i also understand that the 100 is stereo, but because both the left and the right are right next to eachother (output wise) does that really affect anything?
i dont know what a channel assignable chorus is
what use would the digital stereo fx serve me? because i cant see how i would ever use them because i have pedals for that.

50 watt specs
http://www.marshallamps.com/product.asp ... Type=SPECS

100 watt specs
http://www.marshallamps.com/product.asp ... Type=SPECS

anyone that can shed any light onto why i would spend 250 more dollars on the 100 watt please tell me! thanks!

jsgksu · Unread post by **jsgksu** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:05 pm

I dont know much, and it seems that youve got your mind made up on brands, but from what everyone on the boards says, these are the best acoustic amps out there: http://www.shorelinemusic.com/amplifica ... ound.shtml

mangold · Unread post by **mangold** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:07 pm

jsgksu wrote:I dont know much, and it seems that youve got your mind made up on brands, but from what everyone on the boards says, these are the best acoustic amps out there: http://www.shorelinemusic.com/amplifica ... ound.shtml

yeh yeh yeh ive raped that site in every link. those amps arent too appealing to me and i highly doubt that anyone on the boards has actually played one, im pretty sure theyve just heard how awesome they are.

that being said i enter their "win my rig contest" everyday and have done so since it began. im pretty set on marshall, my little 15er has been too good to me to go elsewhere

hcole · Unread post by **hcole** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 10:07 pm

praisedave wrote:
jsgksu wrote:I dont know much, and it seems that youve got your mind made up on brands, but from what everyone on the boards says, these are the best acoustic amps out there: http://www.shorelinemusic.com/amplifica ... ound.shtml
yeh yeh yeh ive raped that site in every link. those amps arent too appealing to me and i highly doubt that anyone on the boards has actually played one, im pretty sure theyve just heard how awesome they are.

that being said i enter their "win my rig contest" everyday and have done so since it began. im pretty set on marshall, my little 15er has been too good to me to go elsewhere

My instructor actually had one of the ultrasound amps and it sounded great. He said the only amps he's had that were better are the AER amps he uses now.

thejoe · Unread post by **thejoe** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:40 pm

phantom power is for when you use condensor mics

taylordb · Unread post by **taylordb** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:16 am

Andy....I have the Ultrasound AG50-DS2 and play it alot. I am in the praise band at my church and have played every Sunday (for the most part) for the last 2 years.
I did a lot of research before I bought mine and I can truely say that, IMHO, they are the best acoustic amps out there within a resonable price range. You can go with a Matchless, but who wants to spend several grand (I would rather buy another guitar)?
The AG50 is small (and light) enough to cart around and can still fill a small/medium size room up with sound.
I would do yourself a favor and give them a second consideration before you buy something else.

mangold · Unread post by **mangold** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 9:09 am

taylordb wrote:Andy....I have the Ultrasound AG50-DS2 and play it alot. I am in the praise band at my church and have played every Sunday (for the most part) for the last 2 years.
I did a lot of research before I bought mine and I can truely say that, IMHO, they are the best acoustic amps out there within a resonable price range. You can go with a Matchless, but who wants to spend several grand (I would rather buy another guitar)?
The AG50 is small (and light) enough to cart around and can still fill a small/medium size room up with sound.
I would do yourself a favor and give them a second consideration before you buy something else.

alright where can i play one of these? because im def not buying something without playing it

and yeh i use my 15 watt in my churches praise group in our church which has 600 seats and it works just fine. that little thing has always blown me away. the fact that it can be heard over a full chorus, piano, drums, bass, and horn section in a room that size just really draws me to marshall.

regarding the comment above: what does "phantom power" do for condenser mics? if im gonna use a condenser do i need phantom power?

thejoe · Unread post by **thejoe** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:41 pm

praisedave wrote:regarding the comment above: what does "phantom power" do for condenser mics? if im gonna use a condenser do i need phantom power?

it just powers them, and if you are going to use a condenser you NEED phantom power, whether its form the amp of an inline source

if you want to know exactly how it makes them work, google it, because i dont know

mangold · Unread post by **mangold** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:44 pm

crash_in_to_me wrote:
praisedave wrote:regarding the comment above: what does "phantom power" do for condenser mics? if im gonna use a condenser do i need phantom power?
it just powers them, and if you are going to use a condenser you NEED phantom power, whether its form the amp of an inline source

if you want to know exactly how it makes them work, google it, because i dont know

ok so condenser mics require a power source so instead of having them outside its just built into the port like usb... gotcha...

now as i was debating over this amp question i picked up my issue of Acoustic Guitar that came today and that had an article on this little puppy... anyone have any thoughts on it?

http://www.imuso.co.uk/ProductDetail.as ... de=AG00239

more infro here: (products, acoustic amps, a1)
http://www.laney.co.uk/site.htm

ive also always thought specs wise the fishman loudbox was a great choice, i had just never heard anyone talk about it so i assumed it was sort of a flop, can anyone speak on it?

6_strings_for_life · Unread post by **6_strings_for_life** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:52 am

Im in the market for a reasonable priced acoustic amp too. I just wanted to say thanks for the info so far and keep the thread rolling...

edit: Also is there a better site that sells those ultrasound amps? They all look nice, but it would be cool if I could find a place that had better pictures and specs...

6_strings_for_life · Unread post by **6_strings_for_life** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:10 pm

praisedave wrote:
crash_in_to_me wrote:
praisedave wrote:regarding the comment above: what does "phantom power" do for condenser mics? if im gonna use a condenser do i need phantom power?
it just powers them, and if you are going to use a condenser you NEED phantom power, whether its form the amp of an inline source

if you want to know exactly how it makes them work, google it, because i dont know
ok so condenser mics require a power source so instead of having them outside its just built into the port like usb... gotcha...

now as i was debating over this amp question i picked up my issue of Acoustic Guitar that came today and that had an article on this little puppy... anyone have any thoughts on it?

http://www.imuso.co.uk/ProductDetail.as ... de=AG00239

more infro here: (products, acoustic amps, a1)
http://www.laney.co.uk/site.htm

ive also always thought specs wise the fishman loudbox was a great choice, i had just never heard anyone talk about it so i assumed it was sort of a flop, can anyone speak on it?

wow that little laney looks like it has alot of punch. How much money is that in US dollars?

mangold · Unread post by **mangold** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:38 pm

6_strings_for_life wrote:
praisedave wrote:
crash_in_to_me wrote:
praisedave wrote:regarding the comment above: what does "phantom power" do for condenser mics? if im gonna use a condenser do i need phantom power?
it just powers them, and if you are going to use a condenser you NEED phantom power, whether its form the amp of an inline source

if you want to know exactly how it makes them work, google it, because i dont know
ok so condenser mics require a power source so instead of having them outside its just built into the port like usb... gotcha...

now as i was debating over this amp question i picked up my issue of Acoustic Guitar that came today and that had an article on this little puppy... anyone have any thoughts on it?

http://www.imuso.co.uk/ProductDetail.as ... de=AG00239

more infro here: (products, acoustic amps, a1)
http://www.laney.co.uk/site.htm

ive also always thought specs wise the fishman loudbox was a great choice, i had just never heard anyone talk about it so i assumed it was sort of a flop, can anyone speak on it?
wow that little laney looks like it has alot of punch. How much money is that in US dollars?

i think my mag said the msrp was 500 something but the street price was 380. not bad at all.

6_strings_for_life · Unread post by **6_strings_for_life** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:17 pm

praisedave, I just made another thread about an acoustic amp that I found. You might be jealous..

taylordb · Unread post by **taylordb** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 9:22 am

Andy,
I went to the Ultrasound website and did a search for dealers in your state (I assumed PA) and here is what came up:

Coadale - Maury's Music 146 2nd Street Maury@MaurysMusic.com 570-645-3761 http://www.MaurysMusic.com

New Britain - Bucks County Folk Music Shop 40 Sand Road Questions@BucksMusic.com 215-345-0616 http://www.BucksMusic.com

Philadelphia - Roxy Guitar 7026 Ridge Avenue 215-483-1889 http://www.RoxyGuitar.com

Pittsburg - Acoustic Music Works LLC 2142 Murray Avenue Info@AcousticMusicWorks.com 412-422-0710 http://www.AcousticMusicWorks.com

State College - RainBow Music 440 West College Avenue RainbowMusic1@aol.com 814-234-5860

Williamsport - Schell Music 825 Canterbury Road MrMusicMan2@netzero.com 570-323-6994

Hope that helps.

mangold · Unread post by **mangold** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:00 am

taylordb wrote:Andy,
I went to the Ultrasound website and did a search for dealers in your state (I assumed PA) and here is what came up:

Coadale - Maury's Music 146 2nd Street Maury@MaurysMusic.com 570-645-3761 http://www.MaurysMusic.com

New Britain - Bucks County Folk Music Shop 40 Sand Road Questions@BucksMusic.com 215-345-0616 http://www.BucksMusic.com

Philadelphia - Roxy Guitar 7026 Ridge Avenue 215-483-1889 http://www.RoxyGuitar.com

Pittsburg - Acoustic Music Works LLC 2142 Murray Avenue Info@AcousticMusicWorks.com 412-422-0710 http://www.AcousticMusicWorks.com

State College - RainBow Music 440 West College Avenue RainbowMusic1@aol.com 814-234-5860

Williamsport - Schell Music 825 Canterbury Road MrMusicMan2@netzero.com 570-323-6994

Hope that helps.

thanks man, i appreciate that but ive already done that. i emailed roxy guitar in philly (closest to me) and they said they dont have any in store they can just order them if you want one... which i thought was really gay. ill find one somewhere, i feel like ive gotta play one before i buy anything, to be fair to myself.

thanks again

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