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Once upon a time, good acoustic amps were hard to find. These days, they’re not only plentiful. They sound better and they’re more feature-rich. In many cases, they’re also smaller and more affordable. Case in point: Boss’ Acoustic Singer Live-a 60-watt, 2-channel unit that’s about as compact as a record crate, and moves for just five hundred bucks.
The Acoustic Singer Live is little sibling to the 120-watt Acoustic Singer Pro. The Live version weighs only 23 pounds and measures about 14 1/2" x 10" x 12". Speakers are a 6 1/2" woofer and a 1" dome tweeter. With a dark wood veneer cabinet and coffee-colored grill cloth, it’s a smart-looking amp. It feels super rugged as well.
The Acoustic Singer’s control layout is clean and orderly. On the front control panel, knobs for the two channels are arranged in rows. The first channel features a combination XLR/1/4" input, switchable 48V phantom power for condenser microphones, and independent volume and EQ controls (bass, middle, and treble), plus an anti-feedback control. This channel also has its own delay/echo and reverb effect, plus a really cool harmonizer feature for vocalists. (More on that in a bit.)
The second channel has just a 1/4" instrument input. It has a similar control set as the first channel, apart from a swap of delay for reverb and an effect called acoustic resonance that adds body to the sound of an under saddle pickup. The master volume control works for both channels. There’s also a looper that can be activated from the amp or, more conventionally and easily, via an optional footswitch. There’s also a tweeter attenuation button that reduces high frequencies, and a mute button, for silencing the amp during string changes or tune-ups.
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