something different in this video something fantastic and acoustic
this is the nux stageman 2 charge it's a great acoustic amp that in my opinion competes with
much higher priced acoustic amps and has a killer specification so let's go through it
let's start with the aesthetics it's got a beautiful dark wood enclosure with a solid
leather handle for transportation such a nice design and the guys at nux have really pulled
this off beautifully and the weight at 10 pounds near or thereabouts makes it feel solid speakers
in the amp six and a half inch woofer and a one inch tweeter now i know what you're gonna
say yeah the fishman amps i've got an eight inch speaker so how can this compete well
let me tell you the six and a half inch speaker in this amp is enough the lows are so deep and it
sounds really full and rich so don't let speaker size fool you here and new x according to their
website tried hundreds of different speakers and eventually decided to customize their own
to get the exact sound that they wanted from this 80 watt acoustic amp i'm going
to be playing my ibanez ac340 with the lr bags element and then my Kremona m25e with the same
lr baggs preamp and i'll record the amp using my rode nt1 to give you the sound i'm hearing
in the room i might add some post eq as i want to really closely match what i hear
to give you the best representation of what this amp actually sounds like
it's got two channels second channel can also be used for a dynamic mic so if you're out busking as
a musician you can use it to sing through as well and each channel has its own dedicated eq section
channel one has also got a switch that selects between three different modes normal finger
style and strumming and this will change the eq as you switch between the modes normal is a flat eq
finger brightens things up and strumming adds mids to the eq on channel two you get a normal
one fades switch as well and both channels can use the effects on the amp which i'll go through later
the amp's also got a master volume and each channel has a gain or volume control
one of the most unique features on the stageman 2 charges the battery is a rechargeable amp
with a large capacity lithium battery that gives you up to four hours of playing time
it takes around six hours to charge so this should be plenty enough for some busking
when a power socket isn't available the amp's also got a foot switch
which allows you to engage the effects use the built-in looper yes it's got looper built
in as well and a drum machine which can also be controlled using the foot switch
it's also got flexible outputs for staging recording xlr di out and line output you can
use them for an analog audio out or recording or send them to an interface or di there's
also a send and return effects loop so you can also connect any of your pedals
the stageman 2 charge has another unique feature i did a video a little while ago
on the new x optima air and that's got eight different classic guitar irs built into it
so you can get the sound of a classic and legendary martin gibson or taylor guitar well the
stageman 2 charge has got this built in as well and you can select classic guitars that have been
modelled and use them as your sound through the amp you've got classics like the gibson
hummingbird and j15 piezo and magnetic pickups the martin d45 hd28 and the taylor 814 for example
this is all done through the app so let's talk about that
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i really don't like apps connected to amps so it was a bit apprehensive when using it
however having said that i would definitely use this one it's so simple and straightforward to
connect via bluetooth and i wish more apps were like this one and on the app you can easily
go through the different guitar irs change the effects like chorus flange reverb delay
and adjust the eq of the amp as well as change the drum beats and use the looper all the parameters
are adjustable for the ir's amp and effect in the app and can then be saved back to the amp
the feature set of the amp's incredible but none of these features take away from the
fact that this amp sounds fantastic so full and rich i'm extremely impressed with it as i said
at the beginning it can definitely hold its own when compared to more expensive acoustic amps
for example my brother-in-law's got the fishman performer and i love the sound of
that amp so of course i did have high hopes for the stageman to charge but it didn't disappoint
so let me know what you think in the comments and i'll see you down there as always cheers