OK, I am pretty sure my second guitar will be an acoustic electric. (Currently have Washburn Steel String acoustic).
However, I am curious about two things :?
1) Are there special effects gizmos that work with electro-acoustics or are they only for the electrics. (Im not after any mega effects but it would be nice to play around a little bit with the sound.)
2) No one seems to mention options apart from all-in-one amp/speakers. Yet the other day I saw a neat amp/equaliser that a musician brought to play to a small gathering. Because the venue had speakers available, he just brought the amp/equaliser and plugged the speakers into it. Carelessly I forgot the name but it was something-in-a-box. it folded up into a neat case. Now since I only play at home & I have some decent speakers, why don't I just get an amp-without-speaker and connect myself to my speakers. Come to think of it - can i plug an acoustic electric into my Hi Fi setup? (separates - amp, preamp etc).
i would greatly appreciate advice here.
Cheers
Ola
(PS I hope I posted in the right place. Im not asking for kit recommendations, just need the info on what I can do- technically)
“Poetry and Hums aren't things which you get, they're things which get you. And all you can do is go where they can find you.” - Winnie the Pooh
Yes, you could connect your Electric/Acoustic guitar (with piezo saddle pickup and internal pre-amp/eq) into a line-in/tape-in/aux-in input port of your HIFi setup. You just need cable(or adapter) with 1/4" connector (guitar side) and a Phono/RCA connector in the other side.
/Kalle
Tanglewood TW28STE (Shadow P7 EQ) acoustic
Yamaha RGX 320FZ electric guitar/Egnater Tweaker 15 amp.
Yamaha RBX 270 bass/Laney DB 150 amp.
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Carelessly I forgot the name but it was something-in-a-box.
Perhaps it was a DI box, aka Direct Injection box?
That's all I use when I play acoustic at church; run direct through the box to the PA system. Though for Christmas Eve service I'll be using a delay pedal, then running to the DI box.
"Everybody got to elevate from the norm."
yeah using a DI box is a great solutiom...
after you connect a guitar to a DI box, you can go from there to pretty much any kind of sound system -
it can be your living room hi fi system, or it can be a PA system in a club/concert hall.
there are lots of DI boxes out there, there's no need to get anything expensive - the cheap ones will
do the work.
Johnny from guitars101
Well, you'd definitely need a DI to connect to your home stereo. No if, ands or buts. Without it you'll have a difficult time getting decent clean gain. Regarding the eq/amp, it was likely one of the PA in a box type deals like the ones from Fender.
As to the part about acoustic-electric guitar effects, there are several decent-quality units out there. Here are a few:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/navigation?q=acoustic+processor
Cheers!
Strat
