Just wanted to add some feedback about my amp experience. I use Phil Jones AAD AG-100 amp for practice (paid $200 for it used), it's really light and small, and it sounds sooo great - great bass and absolutely transparent mids and highs. The only drawback is that it has only one input so you'd have to use a little mixer or stereo>mono cord.

Acoustic guitar amps seem to be a really nice option, especially if they have two input channels with independent eq. Make sure they can handle the low bass notes without breaking up.

Keyboard amps are perfect, if you have an ACTV-2. With passive pickups, the input impedance doesn't match up very well with the output of the module, and the highs can sound choked off.

Still, they are better than an open-backed guitar amp, which won't do a very good job on the lows.

More great input ... Thanks guys ...

I've hear poisitive things about some of the Fishman amplifiers here. The Loudbox 100 looks nice, but is a bit much right now.

Does anyone have experience with the Fishman Loudbox Mini?

Thanks,

-m.

FYI, after much debate and window shopping I decided to go the simple and brainless route. I got myself a Fender Rumble 15. It' a wee little amp, but it gives me what I need for now. I've been using it for a few days, and given what little I know about music and amps I am very pleased with it.

How are you bridging the Stick-up? (Rumble only has one input correct?)

The Rumble Serie is very inexpensive and pretty efficient. I'm playing a Rumble 100 with the drummer I'm working with, and it does a very good stuff. I wonder how it could mix with a good old Fender tube amp for the melody strings

For personal practise I bought a Vox AMPLUG 'Acoustic' headphone amp, which is about 3" X 1" and maybe $30-$40, runs on 2 x AAAs and fits in the Stick case. I connect to the headphone amp with a stereo to 2 x mono jacks cord from the Stick, a stereo to mono Y adaptor on the end then a double female mono jack adaptor. Headphones conect via stereo mini jack socket. This works fine for 'straight from the pickup' sounds.

Max

How are you bridging the Stick-up? (Rumble only has one input correct?)[/quote]

A cable adapter from Monster Cable- dual female 1/4" mono input with single Male 1/4" mono output


-m.