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Ibanez Troubadour T20

Acoustic-Electric Guitar Amplifier from Ibanez belonging to the Troubadour series

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«  Magic! »

Published on 07/04/12 at 02:58
20W transistor amp.
A jack classical guitar with EQ (bass, treble, mid-frequency adjustment with midrange-), Flight, Chorus (Phaser) (to trigger on the amp, no switch included).
A microphone XLR input with Tone and Volume.
Master Reverb and applying the two channels.
Button "shape".
RCA auxiliary input for CD/MP3.
headphone output on the back.

UTILIZATION

By setting all the middle to start testing the beast, I've been surprised by the sound, and digging the best option, there really are opportunities!
The manual is perhaps a bit simplistic, but at the same time not need many words: the interface is very intuitive.

SOUNDS

Incredible!
Such a sound in such a small thing!?
It is superb, the sound is warm, beautiful, perfect for jazz or folk. May be less effective for the country because too round, but I was really impressed by his smooth suave of this amp.
The sound is colorful but respects the particularities of each guitar (I have a Variax, and the amp perfectly follows each change).
The chorus is a chorus-phaser than a chorus, which may displease me I'm fine. The reverb is OK, but intended to give depth, if you push too to give a hovering effect, it is less pleasant.
Button shape is useful (but to enable on the amp), to have more rounded edges (but personal, I think they are enough without him, so I almost never use it).
His power is limited and can not play with a battery, only sound I tried to push the volume, we really pert as after a while, the sound becomes loud enough, we feel that the amp is running out ...
Nevertheless, if we stay at a reasonable power, the T.20 has a deep, warm and precise, which maintains a dynamic decent and the signal of each instrument.

OVERALL OPINION

I had the opportunity to test his big brother, S.80, to play in groups with the same sound and I was disappointed. The S.80 retains this heat (but I found it less attractive anyway) but the dynamics are "deaf" and the sound is unclear, arpeggios sound a bit messy, even playing with the settings there is nothing. Therefore impossible to use the S.80 group in my opinion, the frequencies of other instruments certainly will eventually drown the sound in a slurry unlistenable.
So, I kept my T.20 for possible acoustic gigs and home use (its power is perfect for this) and I dropped him to the S.80 preferred a less warm but marshall AS100D much more effective (not the same price either ... almost double).
For the price and type of use for which it is intended, hard to beat! As I said, it is perfect folk and jazz, for those who love the sounds that have typified the mouth and the softness of both.