has anybody tried the roland ac33?

[soberdave09]

looking for the best sounding acoustic amp for my house.any suggestions

[fongie]

My brother bought a Roland, not bad at all, I sold my 'AER' German made and regretted it big time plus the fact I sold it for peanuts. Thats one amp I'd recommend but they don't come cheap. At this point, I'm looking for a cheapy and it's a 'fender acoustasonic DSP', check it out
cheers
fongie

[Mr_LV19E]

The Genz Benz Shenandoah Jr is a nice two channel amp, 35 watts Genz Benz Shenandoah Jr

I really like mine, the only thing I wish it had is separate EQ for each channel but I have not seen that feature in another amp this size. There is a Genz Benz 100 watt in the for sale forum here.

[fongie]

LV19e, your totally right, Genz Benz 60watts sounds awesome. I have been doing a few search on info. regarding these amps. They seem to be in a very good price range for anyone looking for a good amp, one thing I have not found though, are they made in USA? I like the 60watts stereo, which one do you have LV19e? As I mentioned, I sold my AER a few months ago and regretted big time, but I feel these Genz Benz are right up there too. It's a shame Genz Benz Acoustic Amps especially secondhand are not so common here in Australia, I would love to have one myself
cheers
fongie

[Mr_LV19E]

fongie,
I have the Shen Jr, 35 watts. It says made in Korea on the back of the power amp, I know they build amps in Scottsdale AZ, I don't know if they assemble them there but also have parts or smaller amps imported. I do know they make an outstanding product.
I just made a deal to buy the 100 watt Shenandoah in the for sale forum here, not for the extra power but to have EQ on each individual channel.

[fongie]

SoberDave sorry to hyjack your tread mate.
LV19E, I reckon you've got yourself a pretty good 100watter, sure sounds like a nice amp. If the 60watter I heard was a blast, I could imagine what this 100w will do. So they are made in Korea, huh? I wonder if they are all made there?
cheers
fongie

[carruth]

My AER is not for sale. Expensive but wonderful sound.

[fongie]

My AER is not for sale. Expensive but wonderful sound.

Good choice. Kicking myself now, sold mine for $700AUD not so long ago what a regret. How did you go with the strap pins?

[bluesman67]

Roland and Genz Benz sound real natural and nice.

I have a Roland AC-60, 30 watts/ch.  The AC33 looks like the same amp but battery operated and 15w/ch.  I love mine.  The sound is so natural, sometimes I use it to gig with, I like it better than our PA.  I'm sure the AC33 will sound great.  One note though, it might be a little underpowered if you intend to play with other instruments.  If you want to gig in a small venue with others playing too, I believe it would be underpowered; however, it it's just you playing and singing in a small place, I think it would be fine.