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phraseland
Published on 12/05/08 at 06:00
I have known this amp for about four years now (the upgraded version 2 came out about two years ago). Schertler is a small Swiss company specializing in pickups for acoustic instruments. Making good amps for such an application was the logical next step and it really makes sense to look at pickup systems for acoustic instruments as one unit consisting of amplifier and pickup.
The Unico really sounds great and the EQ settings give you a lot of tweaking potential. Often these euqalizers are laid out so they can cut frequencies quite well but are not very good at enhancing the sound. I have compared it to AER and the Roland AC-60 and it beats both of them. If you are looking into amplifying your nylon string gutiar then AER or the David (by Schertler) are very nice options as well. But for steel string guitar you need more punch in the low mids and more dynamic headroom.
These combos are not very cheap - but they are well worth the money. There are a few functions that Schertler has incorporated which are more specific to their pickup systems (10V Power supply, resonance filter) and can be confusing if you don't know the unit.
The weight might be a bit of a problem for some people - I still think it is quite portable. If you like the sound but would like to have a more 'generic' outline then check out SR Technologies (I think they are from Italy). They sound very good and are a little cheaper (I actually believe they build part of the amps for Schertler...).
The Unico really sounds great and the EQ settings give you a lot of tweaking potential. Often these euqalizers are laid out so they can cut frequencies quite well but are not very good at enhancing the sound. I have compared it to AER and the Roland AC-60 and it beats both of them. If you are looking into amplifying your nylon string gutiar then AER or the David (by Schertler) are very nice options as well. But for steel string guitar you need more punch in the low mids and more dynamic headroom.
These combos are not very cheap - but they are well worth the money. There are a few functions that Schertler has incorporated which are more specific to their pickup systems (10V Power supply, resonance filter) and can be confusing if you don't know the unit.
The weight might be a bit of a problem for some people - I still think it is quite portable. If you like the sound but would like to have a more 'generic' outline then check out SR Technologies (I think they are from Italy). They sound very good and are a little cheaper (I actually believe they build part of the amps for Schertler...).