How do you amplify your acoustic?

jhumber

K&K Pure Mini -> AER Alpha

Been using that in various acoustics for ~15 years now. I'm sure I read once or twice I'd be better off using the K&K Preamp in the middle to fix an impedance mismatch, but it's always sounded great. Occasionally I get GAS to put together a more feature-rich acoustic rig (dedicated pre-amp pedal, pedal tuner, boost etc), but I've done many gigs with this setup and never had any complaints.

The ToneDexter does look cool though...

TheBigDipper

jhumber said:

K&K Pure Mini -> AER Alpha

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I'm sure I read once or twice I'd be better off using the K&K Preamp in the middle to fix an impedance mismatch, but it's always sounded great. 

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It's fine into a decent acoustic guitar amp. They're usually 1MOhm. It's straight into the PA that can sound poor and benefit from the preamp. 

Smellyfingers

I've got a Fishman loudbox mini charge - which has an inbuilt battery which lasts about 3-4 hours between charges. The acoustic amplification/reproduction is quite faithful and it's Ok for electric's too.

The downsides are: 1. Volume is Ok for small spaces but it certainly is not a stadium filler.

2. It has a highly tasteful brown leatherette casing and lots of classic looking knobs and lights. Therefore for impromptu public performances/busking this makes it somewhat vulnerable , but it's quite heavy so I am confident that I could catch anyone who tried to run away with it... but what happens then, I don't like to think about...

Mr_Claw

Well, it has a big hole in the front!

I don't have an electro-acoustic and I don't play acoustic out, so it does just fine au naturale.