Review: Roland AC-33 Portable Acoustic Power, Pint sized combo packs it in? (Video)

Review: Roland AC-33 Portable Acoustic Power

Pint sized combo packs it in? 26-Apr-10

No flash plug

5:52 mins

There's been a surge in acoustic amplification of late - and its actually a tricky job to get right. Fortunately, Roland have been making guitar amplifiers for quite some time, their original JC-120 - the legendary- and somewhat weighty - Jazz Chorus combo is surely a classic, and the Cube range has brought them a deserved repuation for making compact, portable amplification.

The new and smallest of the acoustic range - the AC-33 (AC-90 and AC-60 being the bigger brothers) gives the acoustic guitarist some portable love, with 30 watts of mains or battery powered amplification with two channels, the second with mic or line input, reverb, chorus and a looper effect to boot.

Chappers - our resident stringman gets all unplugged and er, plugs in to the little feller.

Features

30 watts (15W+15W) of natural, stereo acoustic sound through twin speakers
Runs on AC power or eight AA batteries (accepts rechargeable NiMH types)
Dual-channel configuration: Guitar and Mic/Line channel
Reverb, chorus, and ambience effects (Ambience adds spatial, 3D-type depth to the sound)
Phrase Looper with 40 seconds of record time
Stereo AUX input (connect MP3/CD players, etc), headphone output
Anti-feedback function
Built-in tilt-back stand
Removable battery cartridge for easy battery replacement