GEAR REVIEW: Acoustic Guitar Amplification

Andrew Wasson of Creative Guitar Studio goes through his acoustic guitar rig in response to:

"I hope you can help me with my acoustic amplification. I have been playing amplified acoustic nylon string guitar at a few banquets and wedding ceremonies over this past summer. And, I have had poor results overall with amplifying my acoustic guitar. I play a Nylon String Yamaha CGX-171. It has a piezo pickup & a condensor mic with an built-in onboard pre-amp. I have tried playing it through a few rented Fender Acoustic amps; (the Fender Acoustasonic 30), which is a 30 watt amp with an 8 speaker. I also tried renting the Fender Acoustasonic Junior; which is a 40 watt amp with two 8 speakers and I even once rented the Fender Acoustasonic SFX II which is an 80 watt amp and has an 8 driver a tweeter and a 6 side-mount speaker.

While the Fender SFX-II sounded the best out of the bunch - overall the quality of my live sound (to me personally) still does not come across as very full and/or rich sounding. I was wondering if you could go over your acoustic guitar set-up and let me know what gear you use for doing your acoustic guitar gigs.

Thank you very much,
Donald Calgary, Alberta Canada

Andrew covers everything from passive transducers to his speakers, pre-amp and rack gear.

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[TheDriveMaster]

Normally I do hate this piezo sound. It just don´t sound like an acustic at all!! But Andrew really has a nice interesting alternative sound! Really cool! =)

[creativeguitarstudio]

@TheDriveMaster... Thanks, but this video's audio (here on YouTube) does not do the guitar justice unfortunately. And, I can understand why there are comments to the neg. of the guitar not sounding good. The chorus and reverb could certainly come down a notch. Everyone should keep in mind that the tone and effects on this set-up I have can be fully adjusted. I've played everywhere with this rig; churches, out doors, ball-rooms, art-gallery's, banquet halls - you name it, and this rig is killer!

[kumarramesh46]

Hi Andrew, you are a fantastic guitar teacher.. Thanks for your lessons.

Can you please explain about the music which you played at the end of the video ??? Its so cool to the ears. Please make a video lesson for that music which you played in this video , it will be great to learn from you. Thank you !! for all your lessons.. waiting for your video lesson on the music you played........................­....thanks.............

[northlander30]

Awesome demo Andrew!

[BUTCHESBOY]

You sure did answer alot of my questions. Thank you. And thanks to Donald for asking the question.

[23christopherp]

you're the coolest dude on youtube.



[HAYDS510]

nice rack.

[KibbleDog007]

Exceptional presentation! 

[porthill2]

Maybe the problem with Donald is the guitar, the acoustasonic sfx 11 is an amazing

amp for acoustic...I have played for 40yrs, I have a taylor 710, it sounds amazing

[TheIn2Nation]

@SemiTall thats his bass cab (2x10), his gear is explained on his website.

[PastMilleniumMan]

How is this music called? Can I pick up note sheets somewhere? Thanks!

[hady483]

i love this channel