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Exclusive Interview: Singer/Songwriter Jonatha Brooke
Exclusive Interview: Jonatha Brooke Talks About "My Mother Has Four Noses" and so Much More
Video Finds: Sleepy Man Banjo Boys - Bluegrass Mastery Under the Age of 16
Video Finds: Sleepy Man Banjo Boys - Bluegrass Mastery Under the Age of 16
Stage Smarts: Please Don't Yell at the Soundman!
Stage Smarts: Please Don't Yell at the Soundman!
Exclusive Song Premiere: Big Little Lions "The Way Home"
Exclusive Song Premiere: Big Little Lions "The Way Home"

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Amplifying Your Acoustic: The Oxymoron and the Paradox

Posted 09/24/2013 at 12:15am | by Rick Turner
Amplifying Your Acoustic

The first thing you have to realize when amplifying an acoustic guitar is that in doing so you’ve gone interactive, which sounds very nice except that it happens to work against you in this situation. What do I mean by “interactive?” Just that your acoustic guitar interacts with its sonic environment, and when that environment gets loud, acoustic guitars get weird.

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