Hartke AC75 Acoustic Guitar Amplifier (75 Watts, 2x5 in.)

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5-Band Graphic EQ. Phase Switch. Variable Notch Filter Feedback Control. 100 Digital Effects.

Hartke has taken its experience in building great sounding bass amplifiers and brought it to the field of acoustic guitar amplification with the introduction of the Hartke Acoustic Ribbon Series. Perfect to go from the coffee house to the night club, the AC75 is a 2-channel 75-watt acoustic guitar combo.

Designed in a precision tuned Kickback enclosure, with two custom-voiced 5-inch full range drivers which naturally recreate the sound of the acoustic instrument without adding any unwanted coloration or distortion, and a 2 in. by 4 in. ribbon tweeter which adds clarity and overtones to the high end. Channel 1 has active and piezo instrument inputs, with bass and treble controls, while channel two has XLR microphone and RCA line inputs. There is a 5-band graphic EQ and a built-in 100 preset 24-bit digital effects processor, which can be routed to either channel.

The AC75 features a 75-watt bi-amped design, with 50 watts powering the full range speakers and 25 watts powering the high frequency ribbon tweeter. To reduce feedback, there is a phase switch on channel 1 as well as a variable notch filter with depth control. On the rear panel of the amplifier there is an effects loop, and XLR direct outputs.

Simply put the Hartke Acoustic Ribbon amplifiers sound like your instrument, only louder.

Features:
75-watt acoustic guitar combo

Two 5 in. Woofers and a 2 in. x 4 in. Ribbon High Frequency Transducer

5-Band Graphic EQ

Phase Switch and Variable Notch Filter Feedback Control read more

100 24-Bit Built-In Digital Effects

Effects loop and direct output

Precision tuned Kickback Enclosure
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For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 516-870-7200
Web: http://www.samsontech.com/contact/

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. (22 ratings)
Submitted September 3, 2009 by a customer from aol.com

"Great looking and Sounding Amp Very warm with lots of brilliant effects No brainer"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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Sound
Just bought it after playing at sam Ash I have a taylor 214 ce. I love it Very clean and has good range also fantastic for practice amp on my Strat for just super clean practice amp I have a Marshall mg 3o fx and this amp is so far superior its a joke. I was going to buy a blues jr But I like having the effects with out buying a box and the fact it has a mic input. Most people do not realize that you should NOT plug a mic into a std input on an amp It can cause ( and has) cause damage to it. Paid 299 from zzz refub No differance then new None

Features
Very easy to use May look into the foot pedal It took my all of 5 minutes to dial it in to what i like Every effect has a range of numbers which is displayed on a easy to read LED Example reverb runs from 30 to 39 Ill have o play around with it some more to see how i can combine effects I bought my girlfriend a Fender B DEc and you need to go to school to learn how to use it She will have mastered the bass by the time I figure out how to program it. I dialed this in right out of the box and right when i was playing it on a cheap ibanez at Sam Ash I figured If this guitar can sound this good I t was a nice amp & I was right

Ease of Use
Very easy to understand Again the marshall i own sucks I still cant figure that one out and either can a lot of other people who have tried to use it I know its not an " acoustic amp" but it read more should not be that difficult to get the sound you want out of it ( still havnt ) Only wish thepower switch was on the front board instead of rear easy to interface with PA as well

Quality
It is a super cool looking amp and the kick back feature is fantastic

Value
For 300 I think this is a great value Perfect for the home or a small venue to be honest i didnt really shop around that much I had a an acoustic amp a long time ago I gave it to my son I think he still has it I forget what it was But it had no effects and this was my budget I saw today they had a refurbished one for 250 I would have bought that and saved the 50 bucks but that is me the second you open the box its used anyway Would have like to included the foot switch

Manufacturer Support
Brand new went to web site to register could not find the link sent them an email last night waiting to hear back from them will see

Musical Background:
Active

Musical Style:
Blues older rock Original
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