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Post subject: One Man Band Amp Recommendations
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:53 am
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I perform as a one man band, using a Boss Jamstation for backing tracks. I do a wide variety of older stuff - classic rock, country, blues and standards. I don't play at very large gigs - no more than 50 - 100 people. Currently I haul around a PA system with 2 - 15" speakers and a guitar amp. I run my guitar through the amp, and my Jamstation, microphone, and a keyboard through the PA. I'm looking for a solution that requires hauling around less equipment and less setup time.

I'm looking at the Fender reissue amps, with two separate channels and 2 inputs per channel. I can see running the Jamstation and vocals through one channel, and the guitar and keyboard through the second channel. If this works, I would only have one box to haul instead of 4 (2 speakers, PA head, and guitar amp).

Would this work? Would running all this stuff through one amp sound okay? One amp I'm considering is the Twin Custom 15 - it's a lot heavier than I prefer, and it has much more power than I would ever need, but the 15" speaker is appealing. I'm also wondering if the DRRI would work with it's single 12" speaker.

Anyway, any and all opinions are welcome!

John


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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:58 am
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Run the Jamstation and vocals through the PA. Your guitar separate through its own amp. Never mix an electric guitar with other stuff. The Jamstation and vocals want a relatively flat amp system (a PA or keyboard amp), your guitar wants a violently skewed guitar EQ. Never the twains shall meet.

Not to mention that guitars produce huge transients which get your speaker cone extended and wanting to go where it wants to go, and if you blend in bass other powerful counter-phasing cone-crushers at the same time, you got voice coil and other problems. Which at the least will create bad sound.

If you were going to simplify for smaller venues, then go one cheap solid-state 2-way (15" woofer/horn combo) keyboard amp for vocals and Jamstation, and one guitar amp.


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