Fender Acoustasonic 30 DSP Acoustic Guitar Amplifier (30 Watts, 1x8 in.)
This amp gives acoustic players access to effects such as reverb, delay, and chorus. It features a tilt-back design for added projection on stage.
Overall User Ratings (based on 48 ratings)
Submitted November 5, 2017 by Gregg S in Bedford, TX
"Fender Acoustasonic 30"
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Bought used for $149 at Guitar Ranch in Ft Worth. Great little amp. Much better than my Acoustic AG60. Not a ton of power but clean sound. Thanks for the reviews as it gave me some tips about the amp. So far so good
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Submitted October 10, 2016 by a customer from yahoo.com in Little Rock, AR
"great amp for the money"
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I bought one of these used recently. Does everything I want, guitar and vocals sound good thru it. My only con is that you can not have just reverb on the guitar and not on the vocal channel. If reverb is on, it's on both channels , unless you have the reverb button out on the guitar channel. For me, I want a splash of reverb on the guitar, not on the vocals, because I'm using a vocal effects pedal for the singing so I can add harmony. I dont get why they would let you have chorus on the guitar alone, but not reverb. If that doesnt matter to you, this amp is great. It's loud enough, with a line out if you want to run it to a house pa , it does not mute the speaker, so you have a stage monitor.
Musical Background:
semi-pro
Musical Style:
Folk , country , blues, classic rock
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Submitted June 1, 2006 by a customer from yahoo.com
"IF DYLAN HAD THIS IN NEWPORT IN '65' THEY WOULD HAVE CHEERED"
Again, after a month, I'm happy as a pig in mud so far.
Sound
Using it with a Martin DC16RGTEAura. With the six Mic Mixes from the Aura,it sounds great. Haven't recorded with it yet, but have an old Teac 3340s Reel-to-Reel, and think I could do "John Barleycorn Must Die" all over again. Love the sound. Like to go clean but the chorus and reverb is irrisistible.
Features
Not sure how I feel about Delay on an Accoustic amp, but it's there if I feel inspired.
Ease of Use
Used to drink a bit when we played. Still could have worked this baby.
Quality
Only have had it a month. So far so good.
Value
Hate spending money, but can't complain
Manufacturer Support
Haven't needed any yet
The Wow Factor
Fake brown vinyl isn't the most attractive, but now I'm older, I have a few wrinkles too.
Musical Background:
Semi-actice musician
Musical Style:
Folk, 60's Rock, some country
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Submitted October 25, 2004 by a customer from yahoo.com
"this is an awesome amp for it's size, take the biggest accoustasonic amp, and downgrade the speaker and the wattage and there yo"
I will be keeping this one, and buying the accoustasonic sfxII for bigger needs, but I will have this one for as long as I am around, and it will be with me where ever I play, even if I get the sfxII.
Sound
my father in-law has the acoustasonic sfxII, and we compared the sound quality of mine with his, now is blew mine away as far as volume goes, but the effects, and features are identical. I have his amp in a smaller package, basically. I don't use any of the effects other than the delay every now and then, cause I run a danelectro cool cat corus box, witch is the best chorus ever. when I run through my amp in my recording studio it's awesome. the effects are better than my roland recording station has. if you want a better chorus buy a danelectro cool cat and run it on the accoustic setting, and put the amps effects on the delay setting, this is the best I have found for 90% of the songs I play.
Features
when I got mine it didn't come with anything. but the footswitch is awesome for it. the least useful feature I think is the phase, and the most useful feature would be the footswitch.
Quality
fender makes the best accoustic amps. thats all that can be said about it.
Value
fender amps gain in value as the age. for instance my dad bought a fender vibrolaux reverb tube amp back in the 60's for $200 cash brand new, and now he can sell it for 1500 +/- a little
Musical Background:
active musician, recording musician, band cordinator, board mixer (at church)
Musical Style:
christian-rock
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Submitted May 7, 2004 by a customer from comcast.net
"Great Amp- acoustic"
Sound
The sound is warm and full. The amp is great in small rooms as it is 32 watts but there is always the line-out for additional power or to a mixing board. Nice effects. We just bought it and have only rehearsed with it once. I also have a mandolin but have not plugged it in to the amp yet. I also play sax so I am curious how it will sound with that. Probably OK.
Features
The amp has a nice built in effects knob with Effects Level control. Some of the effects are a little sappy as they don't 'fit' with the accoustic but that is a matter of style. Like the vibratone. There is no 'rate' control, but thats ok. One of the nicer features is that it is very lightweight.
Quality
The wedge shape makes it nice for my wife to access the controls while she is in a seated position. When we tried it out in our house the volume was adequate. When we practiced at the Dallas International Street Church, an 800 square foot approx. the amp really exhibited the lack of power. We turned it up all the way to 10 and it became a monitor for my wife, at best. I then took a guitar cord line out to line in on the power board. I do wish it had more power though. Like maybe 60 to 100 watts, but then we are well into another price range.
Musical Style:
blues, Jazz P / W
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Submitted January 1, 2008
"a great amp to use with your Styrat or Acoustic....The Strat sounds GREAT !!!"
Sound
I bought it to use with my Ibanez EW20ASENT. Took it home and it sounded
ok with the Acoustic but lots of string squeaks, I'm going back to coated strings.
BUT I then tried my G&L Legacy (a Strat copy) WOW WOW WOW !
Stevie Rays clean sound and more! PLEASE TRY YOUR STRAT its amazing!
The amp is not loud but its great in my living room sounds good
Features
The effects work good and sound good. I get a great blues tone with delay and reverb and Strat.
Ease of Use
Plug and Play !
Quality
The box is a little heavy seems well built. I did notice the pot shafts are plastic !
Value
I paid $200 used at Guitar Center
Manufacturer Support
Dont know bought used
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Submitted October 26, 2004 by a customer from MSN.COM
"YOU WONT BELIEVE THE SOUND FOR THE PRICE! I WISH I WOULD HAVE MADE THIS AMP, IT WILL BE A CONTENDER FOR YEARS TO COME!!!"
AS LONG AS IT LASTS!
Sound
FOR THE PRICE OF THIS AMP, YOU CAN NOT GO WRONG. I PLAY A TAYLOR THROUGH THIS AMP, UNTIL "ROB TAYLOR" FINISHES HIS DESIGN ON HIS ACCOUSTIC AMP. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE ONE OF THE CLEANEST AMPS IN ITS CLASS!
Quality
GREAT LITTLE AMP
Value
BEATS THE REST OF THE "HIGH" PRICED AMPS OUT THERE!
The Wow Factor
I LIKE THE VINTAGE LOOK OF THIS AMP.
Musical Background:
ACTIVE MUSICIAN
Musical Style:
BLUE GRASS, COUNTRY, ROCK
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