Loudbox Artist BT 120-watt 1x8" Acoustic Combo Amp with Tweeter & Bluetooth Review

Built like a tank

This amp is by far the best for it's price range..It can make any guitar sound just as good as the other expensive amps..I love this amp.. Only one thing they could have done is separate volume for each channel.The master volume controls the volume of both the channels.But other than that the amp sounds great.The tone is awesome.The response is so good .It does the job.Love that… read more leather layer on top and the way it looks..

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Blown Away!!!!!

I have been playing guitar for years, Bass guitar Electric six string, acoustic steel string and nylon as well. I`ve had different kinds of amps thru the years too but never could find an amp that copied the acoustic sound that sounded right to me. So I normally just went straight to my PA system. I`d heard of these amps but never tried one and I had in my mind that there was no… read more way an 8" speaker could get that kind of sound. Then one evening a friend who had just started playing rhythm for us came over just to kick some stuff around and I ask him to bring his fishman Loudbox Artist. I wanted to hear it. boy was I ever blown away!! I played a steel string flat top thru this thing and it was amazing!! then I went and got one of my classical guitars and was blown away again!! The sound, clarity and when I say clarity, I don`t mean tinty, I mean a clear acoustic sound, was unreal. These guitars are not high end guitars but they are good guitars. I have one low end Taylor but it was the best sounding Taylor in the store that day and they had them all. Pretty is as pretty does. sound is what I like, but needless to say these amps can make any decent guitar sound GREAT!! So the next day I called Dave Snyder at Sweetwater and bought one of these amps! That was about 8 months ago, and still loving it. I use it to gig with and play my acoustics and I also play a tele thru it and it sounds great. The Artist has built in effects and I play a clean sound with my tele so it works great for me , some reverb and a little delay. I do mic it and run it thru the sound system. it has plenty of power to do a fairly large gig with by itself but I use an amp for monitors and sound and run thru my sound system for mixing purposes. I called Dave today and ordered the Loudbox Mini BT just to kick around with at practice or wherever. If it is anything like it`s bigger brother I`ll be happy as can be. The way I use an amp, I feel sure I could use this LB Mini on the road at any gig I have. I have lugged around those refrigerator amps for years now, so if I can give my back a break and get the sound I need out of these little guys, hey I`m all for it. Also takes up less room under the bus too! Like I said before, Pretty is as Pretty does!

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More power than you think

This amplifier is incredible. I played a gig last week in a 1500 square foot bar. Neither gain or master went past 50% and it was loud. Not only does it have all this power but the sound is flawless. My acoustic guitar actually sounds like an acoustic guitar not like an acoustic guitar plugged into an amplifier. The effects are great but honestly I just use a little bit of Reverb… read more on each Channel and I'm all set. Just for reference on the vocal Channel I use an sm58 and the acoustic I'm currently playing is a Paul Reed Smith Angeles 60.

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This is the best one that I've used so far...

I would honestly have to say that Fishman makes the best quality acoustic guitar amp available. Is the only one that actually sounds like an acoustic guitar. Now don't get me wrong, there is some great products out there, accurate reproduction of the sound of an acoustic guitar Fishman is the best. As far as power you've nothing to worry about. Two weeks ago I played a bar room… read more that had about 1200 square feet and there were plenty of people there as well I could not take the master volume over halfway as far as the two individual games they were both positioned at about 10 o clock. The effects of really cool but honestly I don't use them except for a little bit of Reverb on my voice as well as the guitar. I honestly wasn't sure whether I had enough power using this to play gigs but you'd be surprised. My only complaint is that the Xperia is not as durable as I would like it to be. Henceforth I use a Fishman cover and never moved the amp without it that way I don't have to risk any visual damage to the amp. Otherwise this is the best amp you could possibly buy as an acoustic musician

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Still Learning

I really like this amp. Just got amp a few weeks ago and really enjoy using it. When I first started looking at amps, my first choice was the boss 60 watt acoustic singer live amp. After a lengthy conversation with Sweetwater I decided to go with the Fishman loud box artist by 120w amp. I'm between beginner and intermediate fingerstyle player. This amp has a lot of options I don't… read more even understand yet but will figure out. My wife says it's really clear sounding. It helps me hear what I'm playing better. I'm in my late 50's and need all the help I can get. I use it in a 320sqft room and I can adjust the sound (volume) without blowing you out of the room. I'm sure this amp would have enough power to handle playing in a church that seats about 200 people for example. I have a Martin road series guitar with Fishman controls and it works well with this amp. However, I have gone through batteries in my guitar quickly. This is not a high tech review but it might help other simple minded people like me decide to purchase this amp. It really sounds good!!

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