Hey everybody, I'm Johnny DeMarco for Roland US and I want to tell you about the new AC-33
amp.
We're hanging out here at Kraft Music in Milwaukee and I want to tell you about going to www.Kraftmusic.com
where you can find cool bundles on products -- where if you get the amp, they offer a
lot of accessories where you can save some dough.
So, go check that out: www.kraftmusic.com.
Alright, let's talk about this amp a little bit.
We've got two six-inch speakers at 15 watts a piece for a total of 30 watts.
This amp is all about having a flat response, when you're looking for an acoustic amp.
This is the little brother to the AC60 and AC90 -- there's a whole line.
This is a little bit of a departure because this is a battery-powered amp.
But, the idea is the same: it's about a flat response.
We don't want to color the amp too much -- we want to reproduce what's in the acoustic guitar.
A lot of times, amps don't have the foundation like they used to and they throw effects on
there and people load them up.
Pretty soon, it starts to sound like an electric guitar and we don't want that.
We want to reproduce what's in the guitar.
Alright, and that's what it's about.
Take a listen again to that.
[music playing demonstration]
Now that you've heard it without any effects, let's go ahead and put some effects on.
There's three input stages to this amplifier.
I'm going into my Guitar Channel.
There's also a Mic Line Channel with an XLR input jack.
Now, in that same Mic Line Channel, there's a 1/4 inch channel so we can put a guitar
in there too.
In the back of the amp, there's an auxiliary input which means I can send my mp3 player
or CD player in with an 1/8th inch jack.
There's also an RCA connection back there for that same thing.
Let's put a little bit of chorus on this first channel, my guitar channel.
And there's two choices -- there's Spacious and there's Wide.
I'm going to give you the Wide version.
Take a listen to that.
[music playing demonstration]
I'm going to shut that chorus off and I'm going to give you a little reverb because
we have reverb for all the channels.
[music playing demonstration]
You get an idea there.
I'm going to back down my reverb a little bit.
Now, there's a couple of other features on this amp that are really important.
There's an anti-feedback feature.
I'm going to go ahead and make sure that's on -- he's on.
This helps because we can use this amp as not only our stage amp but we don't really
need monitors, you know, with this kind of system.
We don't have to worry about feedback happening as much.
So, it does help out.
It suppresses some of those high frequencies.
As I go to the back of the amplifier, we talked a little bit about that third input stage
which is my Aux-In.
I've got the 1/8th inch jack.
I've got the RCA.
We've got a left and right output and we're coming out stereo.
Then, we also have two foot switches that we can hook up to this.
I'm using an FS-6 and you'll see that in a second.
The FS-6 allows me to turn on my chorus and shut if off, it allows me to turn on my reverb
and shut that off.
That give us a lot of control over this amp for live amplification.
Now, my favorite feature is the Loop Machine that's built inside this amp -- it's a 40
second looper.
This is perfect for singer songwriters.
I mean, I could walk into a gig with this and there you have it, I'm a one-man show.
I can layer different instruments; I can sing and it will layer those.
And, we're going to do that for you right now.
Let's do that.
I'm going to bring in a microphone here that I have hooked into the other channel, the
Mic Line input.
Two...
Yeah, there we go.
Alright, let's make a little loop.
[music playing demonstration]
Alight, thanks a lot you guys.
I'm Johnny Johnny DeMarco and I'm here for Roland US showing you the new AC-33.
I want to thank everybody here at Kraft Music -- thanks for having us.
Now, check out their new stuff and I tell you what -- you can get some good deals.
They have some bundles on amps, so you can pick up some accessories and save some dough.
See ya.