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Post subject: Acoustasonic 100W or 150W
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:53 am
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I would like to hear from anyone that has owned or played through a Fender Acoustasonic 100 or 150


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Post subject: Acoustasonic 100W or 150W REALLY BLOWS!
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:07 am
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My Acoustasonic just came via UPS and I must say-this amp blows. It is WAY under powered. I have an old 60 watt Peavey Ecoustic 112 and it smokes the Fender. I guess if you were by yourself in a coffee shop the volume would be fine. But if you work with a band-forget it! The feedback control is usless. After turning it on setting it the volume anf tone completely falls off the table. The vocal channel has more volume but the tone sucks for guitar. This thing is going back today. After waiting almost TWO MONTHS I could not be more disappointed. I will NEVER buy anything without hearing it first. I'm a dumb $@!.
Come on Fender. What gives?


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Post subject: Re: Acoustasonic 100W or 150W REALLY BLOWS!
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:27 am
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club44pady wrote:
My Acoustasonic just came via UPS and I must say-this amp blows. It is WAY under powered. I have an old 60 watt Peavey Ecoustic 112 and it smokes the Fender. I guess if you were by yourself in a coffee shop the volume would be fine. But if you work with a band-forget it! The feedback control is usless. After turning it on setting it the volume anf tone completely falls off the table. The vocal channel has more volume but the tone sucks for guitar. This thing is going back today. After waiting almost TWO MONTHS I could not be more disappointed. I will NEVER buy anything without hearing it first. I'm a dumb $@!.
Come on Fender. What gives?


I have to agree with this after trying one in a local shop. I thought that
the one that I had demo'd might just be one of the bad ones, but this confirms
what I've felt about it since playing through it.

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Post subject: Re: Acoustasonic 100W or 150W
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:51 am
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Maybe the "upgrade" was not so up? I have an older Acoustasonic Junior with 2 x 40W stereo power and that amp ROCKS! It gets very loud and thanks to the adjustable XLR out on the back, makes a great live performance amp.

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That's it behind me onstage at the Riverside Casino. I know the amp has gone through some changes, but it seems like Fender takes one step forward and two steps back every now and then when they "evolve" an amp.

The amp looks miked in the photo, but I think that's part of Rick's stand, not a mic.

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Post subject: Re: Acoustasonic 100W or 150W
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 2:17 pm
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I totally agree with the others in saying that both models are underpowered. I ordered the Acoustasonic 100 for my son 2 months ago and finally got it last week. After using it for about an hour or so he came back to me and complained about its lack of power compared to the 65 W Traynor AM Studio we rented for a month while waiting for the arrival of the one we ordered. He managed to convince me to upgrade it to the 150W model. So, after just a day of having the 100W, I returned it back to the shop and got the upgrade. Guess what? It too (the 150W model), is not much of an upgrade to the 100W model. So, this one too is going back to the shop on Monday.
While I am no expert in music, I could tell the difference between a 65W amp. versus a 150W. There is no way that the 100W and 150w models are performing according to their written specs.


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Post subject: Re: Acoustasonic 100W or 150W
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:34 am
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I have a 60 watt Fishman Loubox Mini and it's loud enough to gig with plus it has a XLR output to go into the PA system. I used it like that last week at a fairly large venue and used the amp as my monitor. It worked out great. I chose the Fishman over the Fender because I felt the Fender colored the sound of my Martin too much. I don't buy guitars or amps without trying them out. I also bring my own guitar to try out an amp. I also bring my amp to try out a guitar. it's a hassle I know. But I bought a HRDlx on a whim without trying it with any of my guitars and when I got it home, I could never get what I wanted out of it.

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Post subject: Re: Acoustasonic 100W or 150W
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 11:09 pm
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I tried both the 100 and 150 out today. They are very light weight and are easy to transport. The acoustic sound is ok. The black face and other model amps that are built into these amps are a bit lame in my opinion. I ended up buying a brand new left over Acoustasonic SFX II instead. It cost more than the Acoustasonic 150, but to me the SFX II sounded a whole lot better.
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Post subject: Re: Acoustasonic 100W or 150W
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2015 10:32 pm
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It's OK, but the Fishman performer is a better amp - I use both on a regular basis..
Actually right now my Acoustasonic 150 needs a main board. Anyone out there have one that they are selling for parts?
Or better yet, know how to get parts?
Incredibly, Fender will not sell me parts and two shops i've talked to tell me that Fender will not provide parts to ANYONE outside of warranty. How can THAT be true?

By the way agree with the comment made in this string that Fishman amps sound more natural. I put my Fender Acoustasonic and Fishman performer side by side with the tone controls all set neutral and the Fishman wins, hands down whether I have my Taylors, Martin, McPherson, Cole Clark, or Bamberg plugged in. All have K&K trinity systems. I get a sense of hearing the wood in the guitar with the Fishman amp. Not so much with the Fender.


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Post subject: Re: Acoustasonic 100W or 150W
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 9:59 pm
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jazzman100 wrote:
It's OK, but the Fishman performer is a better amp - I use both on a regular basis..
Actually right now my Acoustasonic 150 needs a main board. Anyone out there have one that they are selling for parts?
Or better yet, know how to get parts?
Incredibly, Fender will not sell me parts and two shops i've talked to tell me that Fender will not provide parts to ANYONE outside of warranty. How can THAT be true?

By the way agree with the comment made in this string that Fishman amps sound more natural. I put my Fender Acoustasonic and Fishman performer side by side with the tone controls all set neutral and the Fishman wins, hands down whether I have my Taylors, Martin, McPherson, Cole Clark, or Bamberg plugged in. All have K&K trinity systems. I get a sense of hearing the wood in the guitar with the Fishman amp. Not so much with the Fender.

Fender was never famous for it's acoustic guitars let alone their acoustic amps. I find amp modeling in an acoustic amp weird. I've been thinking about moving up to a Fishman Artist or Performer. Fishman has been making acoustic amplification devices for decades.

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