Fishman SoloAmp / Bose L1® Comparison: Difference between revisions

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The first song is called Sunny Side Up! It's a new song that I wrote for our son Eric:

[http://www.mattwahl.com/music/Sunny%20Side%20Up,%20Bose%20L1.mp3]

[http://www.mattwahl.com/music/Sunny%20Side%20Up,%20Bose%20L1.mp3 Sunny Side Up! Bose L1.mp3]

[http://www.mattwahl.com/music/Sunny%20Side%20Up,%20SoloAmp.mp3]

[http://www.mattwahl.com/music/Sunny%20Side%20Up,%20SoloAmp.mp3 Sunny Side Up! Fishman SoloAmp.mp3]

This next one is a song from my Sunshine State of Mind CD called Find My Smile:

[http://www.mattwahl.com/music/Find%20My%20Smile,%20Bose%20L1.mp3]

[http://www.mattwahl.com/music/Find%20My%20Smile,%20Bose%20L1.mp3 Find My Smile Bose L1.mp3]

[http://www.mattwahl.com/music/Find%20My%20Smile,%20SoloAmp.mp3]

[http://www.mattwahl.com/music/Find%20My%20Smile,%20SoloAmp.mp3 Find My Smile Fishman SoloAmp.mp3]

Thanks for reading and or listening. I hope this helps a bit!

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Unless I come up with a quick solution, sadly, I will probably be sending the SoloAmp back.

Thanks ~~again~~ for reading/listening,

A quick update: I set the SoloAmp up in the living room again to see if I could figure out a way to make it work. I played with it for about a half hour, standing in front of it, to the side, even behind it and my ears couldn't take it. It is now boxed up, it will be picked up by FedEx tomorrow and sent back to Sweetwater. It's sad but now I know!

My take is that the SoloAmp is much more an acoustic guitar amp than it is a PA system. I owned a Fishman Loudbox 100 for a while and while I loved the tone, I had the same problem standing anywhere near it when it was raised up to ear level. The coverage and disbursement of the SoloAmp are great as is the tone. I think Fishman would have been better off marketing this as a wonderful acoustic amp and should have avoided all the, "It's an amp and PA" and, "You hear what the audience hears" stuff that made me think I should set this up and use it like the L1. To me, the SoloAmp should be compared with other higher end acoustic guitar amps.

Thanks for reading and listening!

Matt

A quick update: I set the SoloAmp up in the living room again to see if I could figure out a way to make it work. I played with it for about a half hour, standing in front of it, to the side, even behind it and my ears couldn't take it. It is now boxed up, it will be picked up by FedEx tomorrow and sent back to Sweetwater. It's sad but now I know!

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 The first song is called Sunny Side Up! It's a new song that I wrote for our son Eric:
-[http://www.mattwahl.com/music/Sunny%20Side%20Up,%20Bose%20L1.mp3]
+[http://www.mattwahl.com/music/Sunny%20Side%20Up,%20Bose%20L1.mp3 Sunny Side Up! Bose L1.mp3]
-[http://www.mattwahl.com/music/Sunny%20Side%20Up,%20SoloAmp.mp3]
+[http://www.mattwahl.com/music/Sunny%20Side%20Up,%20SoloAmp.mp3 Sunny Side Up! Fishman SoloAmp.mp3]
 This next one is a song from my Sunshine State of Mind CD called Find My Smile:
-[http://www.mattwahl.com/music/Find%20My%20Smile,%20Bose%20L1.mp3]
+[http://www.mattwahl.com/music/Find%20My%20Smile,%20Bose%20L1.mp3 Find My Smile Bose L1.mp3]
-[http://www.mattwahl.com/music/Find%20My%20Smile,%20SoloAmp.mp3]
+[http://www.mattwahl.com/music/Find%20My%20Smile,%20SoloAmp.mp3 Find My Smile Fishman SoloAmp.mp3]
 Thanks for reading and or listening. I hope this helps a bit!
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 Unless I come up with a quick solution, sadly, I will probably be sending the SoloAmp back.
-Thanks again for reading/listening,
+A quick update: I set the SoloAmp up in the living room again to see if I could figure out a way to make it work. I played with it for about a half hour, standing in front of it, to the side, even behind it and my ears couldn't take it. It is now boxed up, it will be picked up by FedEx tomorrow and sent back to Sweetwater. It's sad but now I know!
+My take is that the SoloAmp is much more an acoustic guitar amp than it is a PA system. I owned a Fishman Loudbox 100 for a while and while I loved the tone, I had the same problem standing anywhere near it when it was raised up to ear level. The coverage and disbursement of the SoloAmp are great as is the tone. I think Fishman would have been better off marketing this as a wonderful acoustic amp and should have avoided all the, "It's an amp and PA" and, "You hear what the audience hears" stuff that made me think I should set this up and use it like the L1. To me, the SoloAmp should be compared with other higher end acoustic guitar amps.
+Thanks for reading and listening!
 Matt
-A quick update: I set the SoloAmp up in the living room again to see if I could figure out a way to make it work. I played with it for about a half hour, standing in front of it, to the side, even behind it and my ears couldn't take it. It is now boxed up, it will be picked up by FedEx tomorrow and sent back to Sweetwater. It's sad but now I know!