This is a follow up to my comments on the acoustic amp 25W rating (actually there's also a 45W version). That was a Kinsman that seemed like it might be a good deal for acoustic instruments and also for electric guitar when using a speaker and/or amplifier emulator, of which I have a number, e.g. Award-Session JD-10, MB-10 (two of each - at one point I had three JD-10s).
But another option that might be slightly cheaper is to reuse my old Trace Elliot Command 60 - 60W into a single 12" speaker. In its stock configuration it's not going to win any prizes for hi-fi clarity, although it's fine for a coffee house gig and a more basic sound. I can't find much information on what the speaker in it is in terms of Thiele-Small parameters, which is not helpful, but I wonder if a dual-cone speaker with tweeter might allow a broad enough frequency range to use this for acoustic instruments including ABG? Does anyone have experience with turning a small tweeter-less combo into something more hi-fi?
I have suitable preamps to take piezos directly, as I hated the preamp in my ABG and wired the piezo straight to the end pin! One of my acoustic guitars has a piezo, but the others have acoustic guitar magnetic pickups as one I didn't want to modify as I don't really have the skills, and the EKO Rangers from the 60s and 70s have adjustable bridges and I can't see how I would install one anyway. I have a good quality contact microphone to supplement the magnetics when required. Any preamp would need to go into the TE's preamp too as there isn't an effects loop, which might not be ideal.
But another option that might be slightly cheaper is to reuse my old Trace Elliot Command 60 - 60W into a single 12" speaker. In its stock configuration it's not going to win any prizes for hi-fi clarity, although it's fine for a coffee house gig and a more basic sound. I can't find much information on what the speaker in it is in terms of Thiele-Small parameters, which is not helpful, but I wonder if a dual-cone speaker with tweeter might allow a broad enough frequency range to use this for acoustic instruments including ABG? Does anyone have experience with turning a small tweeter-less combo into something more hi-fi?
I have suitable preamps to take piezos directly, as I hated the preamp in my ABG and wired the piezo straight to the end pin! One of my acoustic guitars has a piezo, but the others have acoustic guitar magnetic pickups as one I didn't want to modify as I don't really have the skills, and the EKO Rangers from the 60s and 70s have adjustable bridges and I can't see how I would install one anyway. I have a good quality contact microphone to supplement the magnetics when required. Any preamp would need to go into the TE's preamp too as there isn't an effects loop, which might not be ideal.
