We take a look at the Ashdown AA-100, a highly spec'd acoustic amp, perfect for professional gigging guitarists and singers. Check it out here: https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/ashdown-aa-100-r-100w-acoustic-combo-amp-with-reverb
Watch our full "Best Acoustic Guitar Amps" video here: https://youtu.be/mEMlG3K6dno
With it’s 100 watt output the Ashdown AA100 is pretty loud and punchy, the 4 Celestion 5 inch speakers offer crisp and clear sound reproduction, and as the top 2 speakers are angled, they project the sound slightly upwards so you can still easily hear the amp when you’re standing on stage, even if it’s placed on the floor. It’s sturdy construction and metal speaker grill make the amp really tough for life on the road, but it still remains relatively compact and lightweight at 13 kilos, so it’s pretty easy to transport.
The front panel of the amp offers 2 channels, with inputs for passive or active guitars and an XLR jack combi input for a microphone, and the mic channel also offers phantom power for use with condenser mics. Each channel has a separate volume control, so you can balance the levels between your guitar and mic, there’s bass and treble controls on guitar channel, and then there’s a master 5-band graphic EQ and adjustable notch filter, allowing you to really tune your tone to suit the room you’re playing in and to help combat any feedback problems.
To add warmth and depth to your mix, there’s an onboard reverb, switchable for each channel, and there’s actually 16 different types of high quality reverbs and delays to choose from, giving you a lot more tonal options than you’d find on most acoustic amps.
These Ashdown acoustic amps are also bluetooth compatible, allowing you to stream music or backing tracks through the amp from your phone wirelessly, and that’s a really handy feature if, let’s say for example, you’re playing at an event where you might need to play background music in-between your sets. The volume of the blue tooth input is controlled via a knob on the back panel of the amp, and this sits alongside a standard 1/4 inch jack line input, an effects loop for connecting your pedals, and finally a pair of DI outputs, so when you’re connecting the amp into a PA system, you can give your sound engineer the choice of either a pre or post EQ signal, a nice pro feature.
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