Strat with an Acoustasonic Amp?

I've played a 12 string for years with church groups and have been playing and Ovation 12 w/ a Fender Acousticsonic 30 for a while. Wanting to do more, especially with all the great stuff out there in Christian Rock, I'm getting a Fat Strat in a few days and was wondering if I'm going to run into any issues plugging it into the Acoustisonic for now. Obvioulsy, I'll just be playing at home for a while anyway.

Thanks,
Dave

Hmmmm... no ideas out there, huh? I guess this place is thin in the area of acoustic/electrics. No matter. I'll have the Strat next week and will find out for myself. My guess is that it will play fine but be limited in effects. This is ok for now and will give me time to get experienced with it. I'll then decide if I need a different amp for it, given where I use it, or not.

If I think about it, I'll report back, just for information's sake.

Thanks anyway,
Dave

Hi, First of all, good choice on using the Acoustisonic 30. It is an excellent Acoustic amplifier. I use the Acoustisonic Jr. and have really never heard anything to match it at that price level.
Regarding using yours for the Strat, you are not going to get the best possible tone using your instrument input (left side) as it is electronically designed for the high impedence signal for Acoustic pickups. But, you can get an adaptor (low-Z mic to 1/4 in. guitar jack) and run it through the microphone side of the amp. That side really is nothing more than a low powered PA system and you can use keyboards, electronic drum kits, or standard electric guitars with passive pickups such as your Strat. It won't be as loud as you might wish but you can put a pedal in front of it and use it to boost your signal. Either a treble boost or just about any overdrive will boost your output. You will get a clean signal and can even use some of the effects built in on the amp. But if you are looking for that fat sound, the amp will not drive it alone, so you will need some kind of pedal anyway to get the tone you are looking for. I even use that side of mine to play bass. Not at club levels but small gigs. Keep in mind that is not what it is intended for and if you decide to invest in a inexpensive amp, you will notice a fairly sustantial difference in quality but with a little imagination and the right setup, you can get what you are after with the A-30. Or you could think about trading it in for a decent tube amp that is designed for electric but will also handle acoustic very well. I have several amps including a messa and a few fenders, but I recently bought one of the Epiphone Jr. 5 watt half stacks and it is just as loud as your A-30, produces sweet blues and classic rock but also when I plug my Martin into it, it works quite well. And for $250, it's pretty hard to beat. So, there are a couple of ideas. Hope it helps and keep on pluckin.
Bruce

Thanks! Excellent response!

So, it sounds like I'll survive with A-30 and an adapter for now as you suggest. I have the purchase of a second amp (no trade in/up) in the very near future once I am confident that getting the strat was the right thing to do. I mean, after all, the darned thing only has 6 strings for Pete's sake!!!! :eek: :D

I won't need any sort of monster so I'm tossing around either a FM25R with a Boss DR3 or (probably) a G-DEC 30. Time will tell.

Thanks again!
Dave