For those interested, I also have a short video of me playing some slack key on a nylon stringed Taylor through the Loudbox: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oHqAlJqge6zVd8o.html

Hey man. That couldn't have been better. Pro. I bought one yesterday after a ten minute speed dating session. Thanks for the Zep! Beautiful job.

@joesmithrealname

7 жыл бұрын

PS: I use a T5 and it's HEAVENLY thru the artist.

@BlueSkyGuitar2

7 жыл бұрын

Not surprised that it would pair well with a T5.

@BlueSkyGuitar2

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Joseph 🙏

I've had this amp for about two years now. I am very happy with it. I traded a Fender Acoustisonic Jr. in and gave a few more bucks to get it. Nothing wrong with the Fender. It was like new, but I had had some surgery and I needed something a little lighter and easier to carry around. The available power and features of this amp are hard to beat. Most of all, the sound is very impressive. I rarely use the effects, other than reverb and occasionally some chorus, but I agree they can all be useful. The differences between the reverbs and the choruses are very minimum to my ears. The Flanger could be better. I like the slow phasing in and out, kind of like a jet plane or ocean sound and I'm just not able to achieve that very well with this Flanger. So, anyway, they can be useful, but If I had to name a weakness of the amp, I would have to say the effects maybe could be better. I really don't need them for my acoustic playing, but their nice to know they're there if I do need them.

Taylors sound fantastic through fishman amps

Great song!

@BlueSkyGuitar2

3 жыл бұрын

Love it!

Hi, I have this amp just right now at my home and played it this evening. I also have the same micro you are using. So what is your conclusion? I think it is good however....

@BlueSkyGuitar2

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by Uwe. I like this microphone for miking amps and used it for the demo so you could get an impression of the amp / built in effects. I don't think a close mic of this amp is the best sound possible, but picking up more room ambience could make it a little tougher to evaluate the reverb on the demo. I would use the handy direct out feature for stage use in a bigger venue rather than mic it.

I'm looking at buying, can you give me an idea of the volume out of this amp? I want to plug an acoustic with passive K&K pick ups into it..... also set a mic up for a banjo. It may go into another PA using the DI out, but, what is the vol like without that? Plenty loud for a busy pub?

@BlueSkyGuitar2

9 ай бұрын

For something practical to carry around, this is about as large of an amp as you want. If you need more volume, I would plug into a PA rather than buy a larger amp. I think that's the best way to answer the question. This could work for a smaller & quieter pub, but for a larger & louder pub I'm thinking you'll need to use the DI out to a PA. Another thought - I played an outdoor restaurant and used this + the DI to a powered speaker on a stand (no mixer board). So you may not need a full PA.

Every try it with a nylon string? I am looking to amplify electric, acoustic and a classical?

@BlueSkyGuitar2

7 жыл бұрын

Yes I have, link in the description. I think it sounds good with nylon. I have also plugged my Strat in; this is not my first choice for an electric amp but it would be ok for jazz and certain clean sounds. It works great on acoustic and is light and easy to carry. Hard to beat for that.

I use to play with a band that had a Yamaha 600 pa. I’m now playing with another guy that uses a mackie mix12fx and when I tried hooking up the DI mix or single 1 & 2 channel one for mimic and one for my taylor 814ce I’m getting a hum. Would it be better to mic the amp into the mixer instead of trying to run the channel one & two into the separate channels? I never had an issue when running my fishman loudbox artist directly into the Yamaha 600 pa. The new guy I,m playing with uses a mackie mix12fx and two powered mackie speakers. I ended up running my fishman into one of the powered speakers but then only was heard of course on one of the powered speakers. Not sure why I was getting the hum running the taylor 814ce and one mic into the mixer and the other guy ran his mic and guitar on two other Chanel’s and no hum. So my question is the only way to do this is to mic the amp into one channel. I thought since the fishman has DI on both channels or DI on on the mix channel shouldn’t be any hum. I’m not sure and have a week to figure this out before a gig next Sunday! Thanks in advance, great video!

@BlueSkyGuitar2

2 ай бұрын

There are several things that could be causing your feedback. The short answer is that you have to experiment. Is the feedback coming from your microphone or the guitar? It'll be one of the two (or both). If you have a vocal mic try running it through the mixer and just using the amp for the guitar. For the amp itself, you could try the line out on the amp and make sure the mixer is set for a line input (rather than mic the amp). I would generally mic the amp in a larger venue with a sound engineer - that type of situation - not with a PA. The amp offers you options for a line out both with and without the EQ - so I would try to EQ it from the amp (leave the board flat) or from the board (line out with no EQ) but not both. The big picture is that you effectively have two mixers - one on the amp and one on the board - and you may not need both. With microphones, where you place them in relation to the speakers matters as well as their levels - lower levels and having the mic below / behind the speakers could help. It's not likely that you need your amp for volume, might be useful as a monitor, but generally you might keep the volume lower on the amp or just run directly into the board. You might use use outboard effects (like a chorus pedal) for your guitar and skip the amp - run straight into the mixer. If the mixer has reverb, a lot of people would just run their vocals / guitar into the mixer if they were having issues (or if the amp was not needed for volume / to serve as a two channel mixer itself). With guitar, feedback is typically from the lows / low mids so you could EQ some of that out, starting with the 'low' EQ knob on he Taylor. The onboard EQ on the Taylor should be helpful. Those are a bunch of random thoughts / suggestions. The short answer is to experiment. Good luck!

excuse my ignorance that makes and model is the microphone you use?

@BlueSkyGuitar2

6 жыл бұрын

Sennheiser e906 - thank you

@jomar2191

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Just curious, why did you use a microphone to record? Can't you just go from the DI out straight to the interface instead of using a mic?

@BlueSkyGuitar2

7 жыл бұрын

+Hayden - I wanted to get the sound through the speaker, as you would hear the amp in a room. You can also use the DI though.

@haydenstephens2237

7 жыл бұрын

if you were playing live would you get a better sound micing it or going from the DI to a soundboard?

@BlueSkyGuitar2

7 жыл бұрын

In a larger venue where the amp would not be loud enough, it would probably be better to use the DI.

Do you have video EQ for Martin D35?

@BlueSkyGuitar2

2 ай бұрын

Don't have a D35. I'm guessing you'd want to tame the bass and low mids though. Good luck!

can you do both Reverb & Delay at the same time?

@BlueSkyGuitar2

4 жыл бұрын

No - only reverb and slap echo. You could add an external pedal / effect though.

@Tom-ff8cv

4 жыл бұрын

@@BlueSkyGuitar2 Oh darn :( Nonetheless, sounds amazing. Thanks!

BUT, I am also a singer, how is it for vocals? Thanks

@BlueSkyGuitar2

7 жыл бұрын

Sorry, don't do much singing myself. Perhaps someone else here can answer?

Bron Y Aur.....