I’ve had a Crate accoustic amp too and it put a lot more of

it’s own character in the sound. What you hear with the

Ultrasound is your guitar pickup. It’s very faithful to

the signal… and admittedly dry.

This amp has no reverb or other feature to make your guitar

sound richer. It does have an effects loop though so you can

add whatever you need into your signal chain.

I’ve played some small accoustic amps I liked better. But for

clean reprodution of your guitar’s sound the Ultrasound is

a great value.

I mostly use a handbuilt nylon-strung guitar with a

Pick-uptheworld soundboard pickup. It picks up body

taps and string-squeak with a lot of detail. It doesn’t

have the “quack” sound of a saddle piezo pickup. I sometimes

like the snappy sound of a quacking piezo, but it’s not

how a guitar really sounds, acoustically.

This is a great value in a basic, accurate accoustic amp.

I haven’t had any problems with mine and I’ve had it for

many years. It lacks a switch to change the polarity

for the power so in some rooms it will make some hiss.

This isn’t because the amp has a hissing problem, it’s

because it lacks the feature to stop this from happening.

It’s really a minor issue – and I’m not sure I’m using the

right terminology to describe it, but if you need your amp

to be perfectly quiet when you aren’t playing, all the time,

this may not be a good choice for you. If you can accept

a little unpredictable hiss, it’s a great little amp.

Rating: 4 / 5