It performs well at all volume levels and have never had a feedback problem. The Bud Six is also civil enough for practice sessions in my happy place. Plenty of power for a the Pork Chop tent about 4000 square feet. Sound reproduction is perfect, it is unchanged at the volume you need. The Bud gig bag is quality made, the amp is bullet proof, the built in reverb is just the right thing for me. My guitars are all acoustic electric including a couple of nice Martins, a Parker Fly Concert and Buscarino Starlight Nylon. Needed a small amp with plenty of power for the once a year gig at the Home Town Pork Chop Dinner, and occasional night at the local coffee shop. I’ll be passing them on but keeping the BUD. For reference I also own AER, VOX, Peavy, Acoustic amps as well as a Carvin PA. I’ll be using the BUD from now on plugging into the house system if need be. Portable, truly jazz friendly with a breadth of tonal options. That said it’s the tone that sets this little guy apart. The room seated 75 or so with standing room for a total capacity of 150 per the fire code and the amp could be heard over the background noise, bass, and keyboard mix. The set went off without a hitch switching from one guitar to another seamlessly. Plugged into the amp, set up the tone I wanted from my D’Angelico New Yorker on channel one, then set up channel two for my Taylor T5. I received my Bud Six two weeks ago and played my first gig with this little amp. I’ve been playing for 25 plus years with the same trio and hauling equipment from Portland Oregon to Southern California and beyond. In spite of some minor quibbles, there is really nothing else that gets close in regards to size/performance and I’m very glad I made the purchase. As far as boosting the presence, the noise floor of the amp is quiet enough so hiss is minimal and acceptable. Speaking of, the downward facing port really has to be on a good solid surface to really appreciate the low end the amp is capable of. I find that I have to boost the presence more than expected to get a good acoustic/vocal PA like sound, in particular when the amp is on the floor. The shelving frequencies, in particular the low and high mids, are fantastically musical. There is an obnoxious pop if you happen to flip the Wireless switch while the amp is turned up, no big deal. Pop some headphones on, crank the verb and you might be shocked at how unusable it would be for a live direct recording. If you leave it at low settings, which I do, it’s acceptable enough to keep me from bringing another unit. Such an incredible amp deserves a verb without such a wonky trail. A slip cover would keep the rain off, and it’s always a pain to bag/unbag an amp, imho. It fits in a Pelican Air 1615 suitcase along with my other gear and clothes, but do have to take it out of the travel bag. The Bud 6 is by far the best amp for me in my situation. I never know what the PA situation will be, and I wanted to have a small, fail-safe solution that would provide my monitor and a clean line to FOH. I’m an acoustic guitarist/vocalist, performing in a variety of situations, usually on river cruises. We give you two identical pre-amps, each with independent EQ and reverb and actual 48 volt phantom power, and an auxiliary input on each channel so that whatever you are using it for can be EQ’d separately from your instrument signal. We offer a 5-band EQ with carefully chosen center frequencies which were fine-tuned by ear to meet the demands of different playing environments using the widest possible array of musical instruments. Our pre-amp, from input to output, is designed using the highest grade audio components. Henriksen Amplifiers is all about tone first, the incredibly portable size and feature set of The Bud were developed around the sound, not the other way around and you can definitely hear the difference. The amp and cabinet are naturally feedback resistant which limits the need for artificial notch filtering and other suppression technologies that negatively effect your tone.īut it’s not all about size and volume, there are lots of tiny, loud amplifiers on the market. The Bud has every feature you need and more than enough volume to get your bandmates or club manager to ask you to turn down, and coupled with the extension cabinet you can keep up with the heaviest-handed drummer with no problem. That’s why if you play guitar, or any stringed instrument with a pickup for that matter, you need a Bud. Do you want to have an amplifier the size of a toaster that gives you the quality of tone for BOTH electric and acoustic instruments that you’d expect from a studio situation with enough volume to cover almost any gig? Of course you do.
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