Product: Acoustic Control Corporation 112
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
10/25/2006
at
09:24am
by
Graham D
Features
:
8
I purchased mine in the early 80's.
Very extensive features for the period: multi-band graphic EQ,a channel for clean and driven. Reverb and five EQ dials. Ext out and line out on the back!
A transitor amp with 1x12, rated at 125 watts.
Sound Quality
:
1
Not matter what the setting, the amp sounded tinny and weak. Single-coil pu's didn't help either.
The distortion was a joke, a bit like stuffing the amp into a crisp packet.
The volume was good but the timbre had no body or colour.
Reliability
:
10
It never broke down
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Overall Rating
:
2
Been playing for almost thirty years. Have used Laney, Peavey, Vox since. Now use Cornford.
A mis-adventure purchased in my youth. It was small, portable and loud. But that's about it. Tinny, tinny, tinny... I'd avoid it. If only someone had stolen it!
Product: Acoustic Control Corporation 112
Price Paid: US $100 used
Submitted
08/24/2000
at
07:33pm
by
Phil
Email: pjackson<at>tampabay dot rr dot com
Features
:
10
Made in 1982 according to stamp on reverb unit. I bought this amp at a flea market for $100 in 1985 and have had it since then. I use it for all my playing sytles; Gospel, rock, um.. that's about it.
It has two channels, normal and overdrive. It is rated at 60 watts..
yeah right.. more like 15 or 20 RMS. It has a 12" speaker with a square magnet (??) I added 2 piezo tweeters and made a new cabinet out
of solid 3/4" oak and added a volume control for the tweeters on back.
Controls are: volume, drive, bass, mid, treble, reverb and master vol.
There are jacks on back for preamp out, ext speaker, reverb footswitch
and overdrive footswitch. This amp has enuf power for a small room.
Sound Quality
:
8
The speaker with the large square magnet sounds like crap compared to
my Fender Hot Rod's 12" Eminence speaker. It needs to be replaced.
It distorts easily and breaks up past 7 or 8. The overdrive sounds OK,
but not really. The amp is solid state so it sounds bright to me. It sounds great with my Martin DXME, and good with my strat, but tinny.
The overdrive is ok at best. The reverb is excellent at any volume.
It will produce a wide variety of sounds except blues, not enuf bass for that. Sounds best clean at low volume.
Reliability
:
10
I've had it for 15 years and have been playing it almost every day,
so yeah, I would say it's realiable. Acoustic was origianlly owned
by Moog, who made synthesizers in the 70's and 80's before going under.
Customer Support
:
10
I sent away for schematics back in 1985 and they sent them to me.
Overall Rating
:
10
I have been playing 25 years. Also own Martin acoustic/electric, Fender Am std fat strat, Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. I will never get rid of this amp because it is so verstile, and I spent $60 for the wood and 2 piezo tweeters. It sounds as good as a Fender Acoustasonic Jr,
but not as loud. It weighs a ton (35 lbs) for such a small amp. I have a friend that owns the same amp (T60-112) with tubes!! His sounds even better than mine, especially when overdriven. If it were stolen I hope it would fall on the guys foot who stole it. It would
crush his foot for sure! This is the best $100 I have ever spent.
