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Post subject: Practice Amp for Electric Ukulele
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2018 10:54 pm
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Hi Could someone tell me if the Fender Frontman 10G Amp is suitable for an electric Ukulele? Thanks


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Post subject: Re: Practice Amp for Electric Ukulele
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 5:12 pm
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Welcome to the Forum Boots11. Is a Fender Frontman 10G Amp suitable for an electric Ukulele? for practice yes.

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Post subject: Re: Practice Amp for Electric Ukulele
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2018 2:26 pm
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The Frontman 10G will work but I would consider the Fender Acoustasonic 15 for uke use.


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Post subject: Re: Practice Amp for Electric Ukulele
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2018 3:41 pm
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64Galaxie wrote:
The Frontman 10G will work but I would consider the Fender Acoustasonic 15 for uke use.
Hi thanks could I ask why?


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Post subject: Re: Practice Amp for Electric Ukulele
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2018 5:26 am
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The Frontman is designed primarily for electric guitars while the Acoustasonic is designed more for acoustic guitars.


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Post subject: Re: Practice Amp for Electric Ukulele
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 7:13 am
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There are acoustic ukes with pickups that are intended to just sound like louder acoustics when amplified. You'd be better off with an acoustic amp for those.

But there are also solidbody ukes. (I don't think Fender makes any of those.) Some of those have piezo pickups and are probably meant to sound like acoustics, without the feedback problems when played loud on stage. Better off with an acoustic amp for those too.

But some have pickups similar to electric guitars. I'm not all all sure why those exist or what they sound like.

But Robert Randolph shows us that you can rock out on a distorted pedal steel guitar. If you don't want traditional uke sounds, if you want to be a trailblazing uke player exploring distortion and feedback, an amp intended for electric guitar would be what you need.


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Post subject: Re: Practice Amp for Electric Ukulele
Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2018 5:53 pm
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Just think, you could be the Jimi Hendrix of Ukulele. Smash it at the end of your set and light it on fire.

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Post subject: Re: Practice Amp for Electric Ukulele
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 1:45 am
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Thanks guys for the info! So, for me to just mess around with in my apartment do you think this one would do the trick? https://www.drummersdream.com.au/laney- ... combo.html


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Post subject: Re: Practice Amp for Electric Ukulele
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 3:33 pm
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that looks absolutely perfect for a home practice amp. Ukulele doesn't have low notes like a guitar does. So where this amp might not have the most pleasing bass response for guitar, I bet it will sound great with a Uke'. I'd be surprised if you weren't happy with that amp.

Just keep in mind, it does not have reverb. You could always add a stomp box if that's the way you want to go. The Acoustasonic doesn't have reverb either, but it does have Chorus effect.

Here is one by Behringer. They make "budget" priced stuff and it can be hit and miss. But the reviews look good for this one: LINK


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