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Well, it seems to me after the last year and some that many players are getting back to the business of making music. But I've noticed, at least around here there's a slight change. There are more acoustic ensembles and less larger bands with drummers and the clubs and venues featuring live music seem to confirm this. Consequently, I'm playing alot more acoustic guitar and am currently playing out with two such acoustic groups.
So now, I could really use an acoustic guitar dedicated amp. I could buy one but I think I'd rather try to build one for myself (I have more time than money these days and it's fun to boot). As it stands, I have a bunch of Champ and VibroChamps around (5 or 6) and except for a couple, they are doing very little except taking up space. I do have one I've built: a 2x 6L6 amp w/ a 10" speaker inside and I use that one alot (kinda like a Bandmaster, without tremolo). I have one that has a Vox preamp in it and it sounds great but very different from Fender and, of course, I built an amp from that Glass Audio article 'The Making of a Champ' and it's a good amp but not a great amp but it gets used. So, I thought I'd make something dedicated to making my acoustic guitar sound really good. I don't need alot of power and/ or size, just a really good preamp circuit that is not a distortion generating device, like most guitar amps. I'm good at designing a very clean power amp and I'll probably opt for 2x 6V6 and a solid state rectifier.
Has anyone come across any acoustic guitar-specific preamp circuits using tubes? Any and all ideas, help and suggestions are very appreciated.
Thanks,
Bob M.
So now, I could really use an acoustic guitar dedicated amp. I could buy one but I think I'd rather try to build one for myself (I have more time than money these days and it's fun to boot). As it stands, I have a bunch of Champ and VibroChamps around (5 or 6) and except for a couple, they are doing very little except taking up space. I do have one I've built: a 2x 6L6 amp w/ a 10" speaker inside and I use that one alot (kinda like a Bandmaster, without tremolo). I have one that has a Vox preamp in it and it sounds great but very different from Fender and, of course, I built an amp from that Glass Audio article 'The Making of a Champ' and it's a good amp but not a great amp but it gets used. So, I thought I'd make something dedicated to making my acoustic guitar sound really good. I don't need alot of power and/ or size, just a really good preamp circuit that is not a distortion generating device, like most guitar amps. I'm good at designing a very clean power amp and I'll probably opt for 2x 6V6 and a solid state rectifier.
Has anyone come across any acoustic guitar-specific preamp circuits using tubes? Any and all ideas, help and suggestions are very appreciated.
Thanks,
Bob M.
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