For those that switch between electric and acoustic -- what's your setup?

[jimdandy]

I play half our tunes on the electric, half on the acoustic. I've been using my electric amp (2 inputs) for both.

My acoustic runs to a DI then to the PA, amp merely serves as my monitor. The electric I go back/forth between just using the amp and micing it to PA.

What your setup?

[Telesavalis]

I use two amps. One for the electric and one for the acoustic. I run the electric thru a Mesa or Z, depending on the gig, and the acoustic thru an SWR California Blonde, which sends a DI to the PA.

[tiktok]

I use separate amps for acoustic and electric.

[krisls]

I do nothing different. Run it through the clean channel on my Rivera with a pinch of reverb and through the Boss pedalboard, specifically a GE7 eq., sometimes a pinch of chorus.

Kristina

[jimdandy]

Originally Posted by Telesavalis

I use two amps. One for the electric and one for the acoustic. I run the electric thru a Mesa or Z, depending on the gig, and the acoustic thru an SWR California Blonde, which sends a DI to the PA.

This is exactly how I began -- I was using my SWR Cali Blonde as well. But, I got tired of lugging around two amps and decided to just use the electric amp for both.

Do you tire of lugging around those amps? The Cali Blond is a fairly heavy.

[Paul in Colorado]

The acoustic goes through the PA and I listen to it in my monitor. I have a four space rack with a preamp, line mixer with a multi-effects unit in the loop and a tuner. The line mixer has XLR outs to the PA.

The electric goes through a small pedalboard and to the amp which gets a mike in front of it.

[Dave_O]

Going to be playing more acoustic now (Yamaha APX7a), so this is the set-up---

Acoustic goes to the PA through a DI- now I monitor through my in-ears. The electrics to the amp. So simple even a guitarist can figure it out.

[xjazzy]

I run my electric guitar (strat and tele) through a Nova System and the right output goes to the amp (Vox AC15C1 or Tweed Deluxe).
I have a preset with reverb on the Nova for the acoustic (Godin Multiac ACS) and get it through the left output to a DI box and then to the mixing board.
The Nova System is perfect to use as a A/B/Y box since you can adjust the right and left output volumes for each preset.

[jimdandy]

Originally Posted by krisls

I do nothing different. Run it through the clean channel on my Rivera with a pinch of reverb and through the Boss pedalboard, specifically a GE7 eq., sometimes a pinch of chorus.

Kristina

The problem I have using my electric amp for both acoustic/electric is when micing the amp to the PA. I don't want the acoustic sound coming through the electric amp reaching the board (not a great sound) -- it's simply acts as my monitor. It requires our sound guy to continually turn down/up my amp mic signal depending on whether I'm on acoustic or electric and my sound guy has a tendency to fall asleep at the wheel.

To avoid this I'm faced with either bringing two amps (ugh) or not micing my electric amp altogether.

[jjfatz42]

Switching between the two got to be too tedious for me. Of late, the acoustic has been staying at the house. I've got to say, I haven't missed it much. I've been thinking about an acoustic modeler pedal, but haven't heard much good about them. So for now, it's all electric.

[brightlight]

I used to have a Taylor T5 and a Taylor A/B Both box that I used to split the signal between the PA and my Dr. Z Maz 38. The PA side (acoustic) ran through a Fishman Pro Platinum EQ to give me more EQing options and a line level signal. The electric side just went straight into the Z.

I ended up selling the T5 because I wasn't diggin the humbucker tone. Sold the T5 and bought a 314ce. Also found a great deal on a USA G&L ASAT Classic. Now I'm completely satisfied with my acoustic and electric equipment! of course, I've given up trying to play both at gigs once I sold the T5. I'll either play an acoustic gig or an electric full band gig. A sparkling, spanky clean Tele or Tele clone with a compressor pedal and in the neck + bridge pickup switch position has a great percussive feel and tone that gets the point across quite well if it's supposed to be an acoustic rythm part

[rarebreed]

I use two amps for my stage set-up. When the band gigs I play acoustic most of the night as three electric guitars can be a little bit much. I run my J200 Gibson through an old Peavey Reno 400 acoustic amp. It is big and heavy but I like the punch it gives with the 15" speaker and the piezo tweeter. This amp is lined out to the main mix and the monitors. Run my Telecaster through a Rivera designed Fender Concert II miked with a Shure SM57.

[Tim Bowen]

I guess I've never actually played electric guitars (as in strats and teles and such) and acoustic-electric guitars at the same show. I've done a bunch of gigs with electric guitars and mandolins though. For typical electric guitars, it's whatever amp I'm using at the time (AC30, AC15, Deluxe, Vibroverb, etc.) + pedalboard. For mandolin, I've used a teeny little board with Peterson Strobostomp as tuner/DI, a delay, and a MXR Micro Amp, to the PA. The MXR boost is mostly there as sort of a Linus' security blanket in case I get an anemic signal through the house system. At one point I was running both instruments through my guitar rig for convenience, but the mandolin tones sucked.

I do a lot of acoustic-electric work these days. I use a Radial J48 active DI, and if I'm supplying sound, a Mackie system. I use a small Phil Jones Cub acoustic amp as a monitor to push a little air behind me. This works pretty well for the acoustic-electric and electric instruments I carry - a guitar, a high string guitar, an electric banjo, an electric sitar, a mandolin, and a couple of lap steels. It's taken me a long time to get the bugs worked out, but I can use the same pedalboard for A/E work as I do for electric guitars.

There's always some sort of compromise though, so I just gauge by what the bulk of the work will be about. If it's electric guitar intensive, most of my efforts go toward choosing the right tube amp. If it's primarily an A/E thing, my priority is DI/PA.

[Telesavalis]

Originally Posted by jimdandy

This is exactly how I began -- I was using my SWR Cali Blonde as well. But, I got tired of lugging around two amps and decided to just use the electric amp for both.

Do you tire of lugging around those amps? The Cali Blond is a fairly heavy.

Yeah, but it sounds great. Sometimes I wish I had a Rivera...they used to make a model, probably still do, that is both an electric and and acoustic amp. It's a twin...the electric side pushes one speaker and the acoustic side pushes the other. But it's pricey. So I just work with what I have. I don't like the sound of my acoustic thru the electric guitar amp..would rather DI to the PA.

[muudcat]

The Rivera I think you're talking about is the Sedona. I had one for a while and it was actually a pretty nice amp with a JBL 12in. and horn but it was fairly heavy and pricey. It had a nice bit to it when you turned on the horn and ran the acoustic through, just a little break up when you pushed it hard. Electric guitars sounded decent also. Had a built in DI with control. Now that I think of it I don't know why I sold it.