Overdriving an acoustic amp - Insane?

marinoFret · #1 December 29th, 2006

Yesterday I bought an acoustic amp. I want to know is it possible to overdrive or just drive an acoustic amp without destroying speakers? I want to ask for your opinion before I try to do something crazy.

Better safe then sorry!

allthumbs · #2 December 29th, 2006

The whole idea of an acoustic amp is to give you as much headroom as possible without distortion. Kinda defeats the concept by trying to over drive it. You would be safer getting an O.D. pedal instead so you can play at lower volumes though I suspect you will be unhappy with the tone that comes out of an over driven acoustic amp. Your going to have every animal in your neighbourhood howling if that feeds back, which is very likely. I can't say whether it would destroy the speaker cone. A risk I wouldn't take. Get a cheapo 10 watt practice amp from Ebay for 20 bucks or so and go nuts on that instead.

marinoFret · #3 December 30th, 2006

Is it possible to destroy the speaker cone by just playing hard at maximum volume (10/10)? Why are acoustic amps so big?

I tried my friend's electric guitar amp (Laney, 10W), and I think it's pretty louder then my Laney acoustic amp (30W). How it's possible? ...it doesn't make any sense to me....

Are electric guitar amps naturally louder then acoustic amps?

Help me. I have a lot of questions.... I'm mixed up....