ZT Lunchbox 200W 1x6.5 Acoustic Combo Amp 

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This may be compact unit but it does not compromise when it comes to the full, rich and clean sound it produces. It is not prone to feedback, but it does have the ability to dial out the feedback if it occurs. I love the small footprint, making it convienient for travel. I also love the fact I can hook my Ipad to the assessory connection and play together with the musicl The phantom power works well, with separate controls to adjust the volume and parameters. Over all I am very satisfied with the purchase. The quality is well worth the dollars paid! I connected both an external mic using the phantom and an instrument cable to a fishman pickup. WOW! My acoustic guitar sounded so natural - a dream come true.

Comments about ZT Lunchbox 200W 1x6.5 Acoustic Combo Amp:

Hard to beat this amp or it's sibling the non-acoustic version for flexibility and convenience. I have both amps and keep them in my living room without a complaint from my better half. Takes up very little space. Great design; just the right options and capabilities. As mentioned by others, the reverb leaves something to be desired. The sound doesn't beat my PA, but its pretty darn good and I love just tucking this guy under my arm and heading to a gig or practice. Highly recommended.

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I've had mine for about two years and love how portable and versatile it is. The sound is truly amazing coming from such a little speaker cabinet. Works well as a practice amp, but also does great for venues where you've got an audience of 100 people in a medium-sized hall. You can plug anything into it and away you go! The feedback filter doesn't seem to do much, but that's neither here nor there. The only problem is that since it's so small, it's easy to drop and bang up, and the internal/external speaker switch sticks out of the cabinet with no protection. After almost two years of use the fatal accident occurred; that little switch broke and now I can't get any sound. Amazingly, the chief engineer of ZT Amps answered my email within 24 hours of me contacting their tech support. He said the repair will be under $50...

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What a complete disappointment. I ordered this amp believing that it was 200 watts with a DI output, a woofer specially designed to handle large excursions for high volume applications, and a natural acoustic sound. The amp I received had none of these. I measured the amp power at about 130 watts RMS. The output jack that is labeled DI is anything but that, not balanced not transformer isolated and not wired for a 3 conductor cable connector. The paper woofer has a pressed paper surround not even a butyl rubber surround for response linearity as the volume goes up. And the sound? It's a modeled pre-amp stage but with no user access to the modeling parameters. I hear a guitar sound that some talented software engineers created to their liking in Berkeley CA. I don't hear the sound of my guitar as it sounds unplugged or through good acoustic amps that sound transparent.

ZT is misrepresenting this product in their marketing and advertising -- not a 200 watt amp, no DI, no linear woofer response with increasing volume, and a contrived modeled sound. What surprises me most is that the professional magazine reviewers haven't picked up on any of this, except for a few who have pointed out that the amplifier is not as powerful as ZT says it is.

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If you're looking for an acoustic amp that offers the very best in portability, ease of operation, and the power to 'hold its own' in small to medium venues; then this bad boy is for you! You can get some pretty decent tones out of it with a minimum of tweaking. The ZT accepts pedals exceptionally well. Very powerful for its size! And . . . if you find that it's not hanging in there in really loud band situations, you can always 'line out' to the PA system as well. The portability 'factor' is huge though and would, most likely, entice most of us to use this amp more often vs. lugging around a 50 to 75 pound behemoth!
Now . . . for the negatives. You've got to realize the laws of simple physics and acoustics here. This amp has a 6.5 inch 'woofer' in a tiny enclosure, okay? There's NOT gonna be a whole lot of bass response. I knew that 'up front' before I purchased this amp so I thought that I'd remedy this shortcoming by adding an extension cab with a beefier 12" speaker. Then, I'd still have a fairly portable 'rig' with great mids and highs coming out of the ZT itself, complemented with added bass coming out of the extension cab. NOT!!! Here's the catch: If you hook an extension cab to this amp, you have to activate the 'ext. cab' switch found on the back of the ZT which TURNS OFF the internal speaker in the amp itself! Bummer! Kinda defeats what I was going for.
Very dissappointing. The ZT got returned.
Overall, this is an great little amp that does a lot of things very well. It's extremely easy to tote around and that's certainly a BIG plus! It appears to be built very solidly and should last forever. I suggest you try it out. Different acoustics with their different, built-in electronics just may elicit a perfectly good tone for your particular instrument. Who knows? It might be perfectly fine for what you're looking for! It just wasn't for me.
This amp is quite a 'novelty'. Amazing power from such a small package! The controls are simple and straightforward. You can dial up a pretty sweet tone fairly easily and it's very 'peddle friendly'.
Has all the connections to make it a versatile 'workhorse' in stage, home, and recording environments.
Very solid build! It appears as though this little monster would last forever!
I don't know, it's probably just me . . . but I think it's a little overpriced. However, this is 'cutting edge' technology when it comes to designing an amp that's so powerful in such an extremely portable package. That's the trend these days and ZT is certainly leading the way!

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I've had the original Lunchbox for about a year now, and have played gigs using a variety of electric guitars. I recently acquired a Lunchbox Acoustic to use in coffeehouse-type settings. I play an Ovation Custom Legend 12 string, and find the Acoustic to be more than enough amp for small venues. In fact, I have been asked to turn it down once or twice (because knuckleheads wanted to talk instead of enjoy my dulcet tones). With the Volume at about twelve o'clock, and Gain at the ten position, I get more than enough juice, and have not experienced any problems with distortion, or lack of volume. If I were playing in a theater I would assume that a line out to the board would do the trick, but have not had the opportunity to try it as yet. For the price, it has more than met my expectations.

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I play acoustic as well as electric and this amp has it all. Light weight and loud! ZT did a great job designing this 200 watt masterpiece. 2 separate channels ( one for your instrument, the other for a XLR vocal mic ). The cool thing about the XLR jack is you can plug in your green bullet mic and your harp screams.Excellent reverb and an excellent price makes this amp a true champion. Highly recommended!

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This delivers all anyone could expect from a little box. good tone, good features, mic and instrument inputs, outputs... It's perfect for someone who doesn't want to pack around a 50# amp. Obviously, if you need ear-splitting volumes, then you'll need to plug this into PA or other larger amps...

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Thing is about the Lunchbox Acoustic and in fact all the ZT amps is this...they are 'tools'. They are not (at least to me) the Holy Grail of all amps...I don't know the Holy Grail of ALL amps. I picked this little amp for a number of reasons...its size of course, it's controls and the second channel. I use it most of the time at one user suggested is 'coffee house' level. Honestly if I am playing acoustic with a full band, I would use the house system and the fills...not a Lunchbox. Come on, look at the drivers, guys...you think THAT is going to beat a pair of wedges? Of course not. Let's not confuse what this product is for realistically. I also use it for one of my archtops...and I find the sound reflects both the acoustic and the electric nature of a quality archtop without sounding like the cookie cutter Polytone...and I like that. I've used it with trio (acoustic bass and drums) and at 'norma' levels it is great. And it fits in a backpack for heavens sake...then you have channel 2 !! I run a mic into it and take the direct out to a house system and use it as a monitor...and I love this about it! For a house PA with no reverb (yes, they still exist) it has saved my night more than once. It is always considered as part of my rig. Fact is I have all three ZT models, plus the ext cabinet. THey ALL are great products if you look at it for what it is. They are flexible and fine sounding small footprint tools to get a job done well. They record VERY well and fit a lot of needs. I have many other amps, some for this, some for that...the ZT products fit nicely in my arsenal of working tools...I am anxious for them to keep improving and remodeling their products - these guys are on the right path.

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I had heard good and bad about this little amp and decided to try it for myself sight unseen and sound unheard. I ordered it from MF and it was delivered in two days. I just got it today and was very disappointed. I really wanted this thing to work out for me due to its small size and advertised versatility. I eagerly unpacked it, read over the manual and began trying it out in the living room. First I tried it with my acoustic guitar. The sound was boxy at first but with some tweeking of the amp and the onboard guitar eq I got a barely acceptable tone. The thing had no guts though. By the time I got it to a level that would work on stage it was distorted and harsh sounding. I then plugged my fiddle into it and tried that out. The fiddle sounded great on this amp but once again when I turned it up to a usable stage level it began to distort, especially on double stops. I tried a vocal mic on it and it worked fairly well at low levels. This amp might work for someone who is playing a single act at a coffee house for 10 to 20 people but will not hold up as an acoustic amp for band use. The eq section only consist of high and low, not enough to dial in a decent tone. I'm boxing it up for return and ordering a Roland ac60.