Best Acoustic Guitar Amplifier

Amplifiers that are made by considering several acoustic guitar factors are known as acoustic guitar amplifiers. Before manufacturing them, an elaborated study is conducted regarding the factors like the acoustic guitar's clean sound, harmonics, melody, etc. The study conducted is then incorporated into their technology. They would sound best only if acoustic guitars are used with them.

There is no best acoustic guitar amplifier as such. It all actually depends upon the company; how the amplifier is advertised; how many renowned guitarists normally prefer, promote, and use it; and the guitar-amplifier compatibility. People may use particular amplifiers for years and consider them to the best ones. However, there are some of them which truly sound great and give out the best desired effect.

Guitar Amplifier Manufacturing Companies

There are many companies that are into the business of manufacturing guitar amplifiers. The most reputed ones being Fender, Marshall, Laney, Peavey, Roland, Line 6, Trace Elliot, to name a few. All these companies largely make electric guitars as well as acoustic guitars, effects processors and pedals, tuners, and other musical instruments and accessories. These companies typically manufacture acoustic guitar amplifiers that would sound best with guitars of their respective make.

Acoustic Guitar Amplifier Reviews

Marshall AS50D and AS100D
Marshall introduced the AS50D in 2007, which is built upon the award-winning AS50R. This amplifier houses a new tweeter, phantom-powered microphone channel, a digital chorus and reverb function. It can provide an output of 50 watts. There is also another one in this series which is of 100 watts, known as the AS100D. This one is for guitarists who prefer an acoustic guitar but want a heavy tone and volume from the amplifier. It has the anti-filter notch filter, separate tone network for every channel, and a phantom power and phase switch.

Fender Acoustasonic Series
Fender is also one of the well-known acoustic guitar amplifier manufacturers. This is mostly because of the introduction of the Acoustasonic series. The series now consists of the Acoustasonic 30 DSP, Acoustasonic Junior DSP, and the Acoustasonic SFX II amplifiers. The Acoustasonic 30 DSP is a 30-watt amplifier, and has a high-frequency tweeter. It also has the facility of individually controlling equalizer controls for each input. The Acoustasonic Junior DSP is a well-built portable amplifier that provides a natural sound with an acoustic guitar. It has got DSP effects and XLR output, with a power of 40 watts. The Acoustasonic SFX II is also a great innovation which has 80 watts of power, and features a feedback notch, DSP select and level controls, and auxiliary RCA inputs.

Peavey Ecoustic Series
Amplifiers in this series are perfect for any occasion, be it in the church or in a band. The series consist of the 'Ecoustic 110 EFX' and the 'Ecoustic 112 EFX'. The 110 EFX houses a 10-inch 'Blue Marvel' coaxial speaker, 'Feedback Ferret' digital anti-feedback system, 4-band graphic equalizer settings, and many more effects such as the chorus, phaser, delay, and reverb. On the other hand, the 112 EFX has got a 12-inch coaxial speaker, two channels with separate effects facility, 5-band graphical equalizer settings, and tweeter level controls.

For determining which actually is the best acoustic guitar amplifier for your acoustic guitar, it's recommended that you take your guitar to the music store and play it on all possible models available. It would be a plus point if you prefer an amplifier which is of the same make as your acoustic guitar. Nowadays, there are several models available which have most of the guitar processors' effects built in. So one won't even need to get a separate acoustic guitar processor for getting various effects.