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I have an electric guitar.  I played it through an electric amp that was ruined.  I replaced it with an acoustic amp.  I actually like the sound better.  I think the main difference is that acoustic amps don't all have effects loops while electrics do.  There are probably also some voicing differences in the loudspeakers.  It's all what you've got.  I'll play an electric through my bass amp if it comes down to it.  Use what you've got and save your pennies to get what you want.

John, if I remember right you have an amp that most of us would dream of having.You should stick with that and see how it sounds first. I just played my yamaha apx-4a through my gibson falcon and I thought it sounded pretty good.Give it a try.The worst that could happen is nothing

hi joeyjoeyjoey many thanks a friend of mine has this acoustic guitar and i just wondered if it was possible to do it.

many thanks.

john

Wayne is right.They are not the same.My point is to try it on yours first.It wont do any damage to either piece. Or try some at a music store first.The worst that can happen is nothing.

In a nutshell an acoustic amp

Think of acoustic amps as small PA systems. They are designed to amplify a clean signal, and not change the tone of the instrument. Acoustic amps are solid state circuitry, to help minimize distortion.

Sure alot of acoustic amps have effects but , they are in fact a small PA.

I used many guitar amps from a Fender Super Reverb, Super Twin Reverb up to a Super Six. These are good for bands of any size. You mic 'em in a concert situation.
Now that I work mostly alone, I prefer a P.A. system. I have a Peavey 6000 350 watt, six channel input driver and two columns with 10 inch speakers and horns. I saved two 300 watt J.B.L. EONs from my big system to add to that if I need to really honk outside. I can use the basic system for monitors and turn the EONs up to painful.
With a P.A. you can mic anything but bass guitar. I can run three microphones, two guitars and a djembe drum and everything comes through sounding great.
When I work alone I use a Korg guitar effects pedal, my Gibson 330 in one channel and a SM58 Mic through a T.C.Helicon vocal processor in another channel.
I use one Eon with the 15 inch speaker up 50% and the horn turned off to mic my tuba with a SM57 on a tripod boom stand.
Big sound.
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