I have to admit i am not technical at all!! My friend gave me a small parctice amp with an electric guitar and i am using it with my A/E guitar. However it amplifies EVERYTHING!!! All i have to do is touch the strings, even just a little, and i can hear it through the amp.
When i play the electric, it comes out clean with very little fret noise. However when i use the A/E it booms and i can hear too much fret noise; bumps squeaks and all that. It is very small practice amp. Are there amps out there that are specifically for A/E guitars? Will they give a clean sound with very little noise?
In short, are all guitar amps the same?
Like i said, i am not technical so i will get lost if you post jargon and tech-speak. Thanks.
There are amps specifically for acoustics. You can play an acoustic through a regular amp, but usually what you experience is a tonal response that just doesn't suit the acoustic.
Do you have a preamp on the guitar? If so, the signal being thrown out of your acoustic is a lot hotter than that of your electric. Usually, with some tweaking of both the pre on the guitar and the amp, you should be able to get a sound that will get you by, but will by no means be flattering.
And, yes, in general, a piezo pickup in an acoustic will pick up all the little noises, tapping on the top guitar, pick click, etc.
If you don't have a pre on the acoustic, then I'm not sure why it would respond that way, as a passive piezo has much less output than your average electric pickup.
Give us a bit more info (what are the controls on your acoustic pre, etc), and we should be able to help you find a tone that's more pleasing. Or, just sit there and twist knobs until you find it
