Robben Ford Discussion

[Buffaloe]

Daved, does Robben have a favorite acoustic amp? The sound he got on "The Authorized Bootleg" at Yoshi's was just perfect. Or maybe he was direct into the board? I'm running a Taylor 810 CE with the new ES pickup system, and running through my Two Rock clean just doesn't work well.
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[Aeolian]

At the Yoshi's stand when the Authorized Bootleg was recorded he had a small Trace Elliot (Roscoe was endorsing them at the time too). It was one of those that had a curved front with four small speakers (6 1/2?). He had the same amp when he came back to the new Yoshi's a couple of years later with Anne and Roger Kelloway.
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[StratCat]

I've been using a Trace Elliot acoustic amp for the last few years and get really good results.

Mine's a 50W which I find can be a little underpowered in some situations (runs side by side with a 2x60 watt valve power amp and 2 half quad boxes), but otherwise a really nice amp. Better than some others I've looked at (Fender & Marshall acoustics) and has a nice sparkle to it. Also copes with piezos really well.

Would probably sound really good with a real acoustic guitar too - I use mine to amplify the piezo bridges on my electric guitars and also my Godin ACS Nylon.

PS - not sure specifically about the two rock, but acoustic guitars will never sound good through a *normal* electric guitar amp/speaker. Most 12" guitar speakers don't reproduce much above about 7-8khz so you don't get the top end and sparkle you need.



Chris
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