Acoustic

The Acoustic 220 is a solid state bass guitar amplifier. I've used the amp in the studio, although it's good for any sort of application. It has 160 watts of power and has connections for a speaker in the back as well as for your instrument in the front - one at 0 db and one at -15 db. UTILIZATION It's not too hard to use the Acoustic 220, but there's still a good amount of control here, including a fantastic equalizer. The main controls are knobs for volume, treble, midrange, and bass, but it also has a five band graphic equalizer for extra control. I've never seen a manual for the 220 and don't think I ever will. SOUNDS I'm a big fan of the way the Acoustic 220 sounds. It has a nice and deep sound that is great for recording. We were using the amp with a 2 x 12 Fender bass speaker cabinet, which of course is a great speaker, although I'd be curious to hear the 220 with something made from Acoustic. The session bass player was using a few different bass guitars, including a vintage Fender Jazz Bass and a Hofner - both of which sounded greet. Of course it helps when the player is fantastic! OVERALL OPINION The Acoustic 220 is a great vintage bass guitar amp head. It's great for any and all use and for players of all types. I've only used it with a Fender speaker cabinet and would like to hear it through other speakers to get more of an idea of the amp's versatility, but with the Fender cab I could tell that it's really a nice sounding amp. I don't know much about the price, but if you can get one used at an average price for bass amp, it's probably a good deal for this workhorse of an amp.

The Acoustic 370 is a bass guitar amplifier head. It’s a simple head but sounds cool and still gives you a decent amount of control. I don’t know the wattage of this amplifier and I’ve only tried it out once in the studio. The amp has two ¼” inputs in the front of it and a speaker output in the back. UTILIZATION It’s not at all hard to use the Acoustic 370. You’ll have plenty of EQ control which is always nice too. The main controls are knobs for volume, treble, mid-range, and bass, but you also get a five band graphic EQ for further and more specific control in the 50 Hz to 400 Hz range which can be quite important for bass guitar. It’s easy to use and a manual shouldn’t be needed. SOUNDS While I haven’t recorded too many bass tracks with the 370, I’ve definitely liked the sound of it when I have used. I don’t remember the cabinet that we were using with this amp for recording but I don’t think it was an Acoustic. Any decent cabinet should do the trick. It’s not the best overall sounding bass amp I’ve used as I do prefer an Ampeg for sure. Still, it’s definitely quality and is it’s own sound that differs from an Ampeg and other bass amps. OVERALL OPINION I don’t think it would cost you too much to get your hands on an Acoustic 370 and could be a good choice for the bass player looking for a very nice amp head without springing from a top of the line new head. I don’t know how old these are but I guess they would be considered vintage at this point. You should be able to find some used to check out so I’d recommend doing so if you want a generally fairly priced bass amp head.

The B20 is a 20 watt bass practice combo put out by Acoustic. Acoustic is Guitar Center's latest house brand. It is sort of a 'throwback' to the Acoustic Control Corp. from the 1970s that bassists like Jaco Pastorius and John Paul Jones used. The amp is black covered in black tolex. The grille clothe is edged with white piping and the pilot light is a cool neon blue. I went to Guitar Center looking for a cheap practice amp that would sound great at a low volume while practicing late at night. Out of all the other amps this one did what I needed and I scored it for $90 on one of their Holiday Sales. <a href="http://guitarvideochannel.com/blogs/columns/billys-world">http://guitarvideochannel.com/blogs/columns/billys-world</a> It's simple to use. Basically a plug and play amp. The knobs on the amp are; Master Volume 4-band EQ Bass, Low-Mid, Hi-Mid, and Treble. Features and Active and Passive input. This amp features 1/8' jacks for an MP3 player out and a Headphone jack. Unlike most budget practice amps the Acoustic has 12' speaker. That gives it a little bigger sound than a practice amp with a smaller driver would. I can just barely not gig with this amp. The 12' speaker puts out a big sound, but the power is lacking. If this was a 50 watt amp, it'd be unstoppable. The amp feels very solid. It's feels like wood and not cheap plastic. The amp is fairly easily to carry. The handle is very secure. Bottom Line if you need a practice amp, go out today and pick one of these up. I've done my homework and you aren't getting features like this in a practice amp unless you want to shell out 2 or 3 times the price. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com