Fender Acoustasonic with voicings for electric guitar – any experience?

[nosuch]

I read about the new acoustasonic amps with modeling for electric and I thought that would be perfect for really small gigs, I could plug my tele and mic in the same amp and be done. 22,5 lbs and 150 watts. a subway rider's heaven would that be ...
Anybody's seen and heard these in real life?

 

[Wally]

It would be a very good solution unless your ears were attuned to tube guitar amp sonics....then it would be a failure and another in a long line of marketing ploys to convince the public that SS in any form...digital or otherwise...was going to replicate good tube sonics---and there are 'bad' tube amps--- anytime soon at some reasonable price point.
That said, I understand the demand you have....small amp portability and versatility. IT might work for you. Your ears are the ones that can make that decision.

 

[nosuch]

Wally, do you have personal experience with it?

 

[DOGMA Dunn]

My first acoustic ampwas the acoustasonic jr back in 97. It was OK for small gigs but it lacked the bass and was more high frequency focused. Sold it and got a SWR CA blonde, which has way fuller sound, and would be louder before feedback. Perhaps fender has come a long way with their acoustic amps. I think it had to do with the small 8" speakers.

I found a great acoustic amp to be a fender frontman 25r. It can do moderate volumes well with the drive channel, but the clean channel just plain sucks as the bass farts out. If you turn up the gain, you can get some electric guitar sounds.

There is a guitar called the line 6 variax that is a modeling guitar. That may be able to get you some variable guitar sounds.

 

[Wally]

nosuch,I haevn't heard that amp, but like DogmaDunn, I have heard the Fender ACcustisonics plus the SWR's that Dogma mentions among other 'acoustic' gutiar amps. I know what electric guitars sound like through them, and I know what modeling does for a guitar signal.
AS I said, for certain applications one might not have any choice; and that amp might be the perfect tool for the job.

 

[mrboson]

Do you use pedals? Or are you looking for only using the modeling on an amp? My friend has a Roland Cube 60, which he uses for both electric and acoustic, and he sounds great either way..

 

[nosuch]

no pedals, too lazy to set them up ...
my gig is myself on electric guitar and voice with friends playing drums, bass and piano so I would be interested to use that amp for the telly and the microphone for small gigs - like in a pub.
I have lots of amps for electric guitar – tube mostly – so my question is specific about that product, I really don't need another amp just for the guitar ...
oh, and I am totally not interested in line 6 guitars or anything like that, if I can have a blackface or tweed voiced channel for the telly and a channel for the voice I'd be happy. For now I am using a tube amp like my vibrolux or blues jr. for the guitar and a powered speaker for the voice - my small pub setup. If I could have both in one box that would be great, could take the subway to local gigs and get drunk while playing. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.

so – anybody has personal experience with that specific product?