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Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:49 am
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I'm looking for a small Fender practice amp for playing in a living room with friends, but it needs to have 2 inputs; one for guitar and one for a microphone. Any suggestions? If the amp is advertised as having 2 inputs, how do I know when both work, or only one input works at a time? Thanks for your help.

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As far as the smaller amps go, there are quite a few acoustic amps that are made for both an instrument input and mic input, but I believe you would have to use a different amp with an electric guitar. Even the same type, perhaps with reverb on the one for vocals. :)


Thanks, J-7. I play a Strat through a Blues Jr., but I have to lug along another amp for the mic. I'm trying to figure a way to carry only one amp. So an amp with 2 inputs, or maybe plugging the mic and the guitar into something in front of the amp (a looper, or something like that), with one connection into the Blues Jr.? Anyone have any ideas?

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VG_Strat wrote:
J-7 wrote:
As far as the smaller amps go, there are quite a few acoustic amps that are made for both an instrument input and mic input, but I believe you would have to use a different amp with an electric guitar. Even the same type, perhaps with reverb on the one for vocals. :)


Thanks, J-7. I play a Strat through a Blues Jr., but I have to lug along another amp for the mic. I'm trying to figure a way to carry only one amp. So an amp with 2 inputs, or maybe plugging the mic and the guitar into something in front of the amp (a looper, or something like that), with one connection into the Blues Jr.? Anyone have any ideas?
Thats a tough one.most amps designed for electric guitar werent really designed for vocals.The acoustic amps were designed as a mini pa system, but i have never tried one for electric.I used to have a small 15watt ibanez troubadour amp that was set up that way. maybe a small tube amp and a small acoustic amp would work for your set up.


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budglo wrote:
VG_Strat wrote:
J-7 wrote:
As far as the smaller amps go, there are quite a few acoustic amps that are made for both an instrument input and mic input, but I believe you would have to use a different amp with an electric guitar. Even the same type, perhaps with reverb on the one for vocals. :)


Thanks, J-7. I play a Strat through a Blues Jr., but I have to lug along another amp for the mic. I'm trying to figure a way to carry only one amp. So an amp with 2 inputs, or maybe plugging the mic and the guitar into something in front of the amp (a looper, or something like that), with one connection into the Blues Jr.? Anyone have any ideas?
Thats a tough one.most amps designed for electric guitar werent really designed for vocals.The acoustic amps were designed as a mini pa system, but i have never tried one for electric.I used to have a small 15watt ibanez troubadour amp that was set up that way. maybe a small tube amp and a small acoustic amp would work for your set up.



Thanks, Budglo. I'll have to look into that option.

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Many electric guitar amplifiers (and here you'll want to exclude tube amps) are not made for vocals, but can serve in a pinch. It won't sound great, but it will do. I've run a mic (actually two of them) through my Bandit 65, and it worked -- but I wouldn't play a show with that setup.


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Vulkan wrote:
Many electric guitar amplifiers (and here you'll want to exclude tube amps) are not made for vocals, but can serve in a pinch. It won't sound great, but it will do. I've run a mic (actually two of them) through my Bandit 65, and it worked -- but I wouldn't play a show with that setup.


Thanks, Vulkan. How do you set it up? Does the Bandit 65 have more than one input, or do you use some kind of splitter in front of the amp? I'm not using it for a show, and I'd like to try it to see whether its worth doing. Thanks, again, for your help.

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VG_Strat wrote:
Vulkan wrote:
Many electric guitar amplifiers (and here you'll want to exclude tube amps) are not made for vocals, but can serve in a pinch. It won't sound great, but it will do. I've run a mic (actually two of them) through my Bandit 65, and it worked -- but I wouldn't play a show with that setup.


Thanks, Vulkan. How do you set it up? Does the Bandit 65 have more than one input, or do you use some kind of splitter in front of the amp? I'm not using it for a show, and I'd like to try it to see whether its worth doing. Thanks, again, for your help.


It has two inputs, one for high and one for low "gain." The second input is designed for use with a humbucker-equipped guitar, to minimize their prodigious output.

All I did was buy an XLR to 1/4" adapter, and plug the mic directly into the second input. It works fine at low volume, although feedback becomes a very real issue if you turn it up at all.


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