I plugged my Eleuke soprano and Stagg tenor into a $6 buck pair of computer speakers, using the headphone jack. With a headphone adaptor from a dollar store this will also work from a 1/4" jack, but will only play through one of the speakers. The result was surprizingly good sound for the money! Of course it's not a premium quality acoustic instrument amplifier, but it will allow many to experiment with amplification on the cheap. For singers like me who have naturally loud vocals, these speakers boost the level of the ukulele to match the vocal level. Ric
but will only play to one of the speakers. These "headphone adaptors can be readilly found for a buck in a dollar store. A mono 1/4" plug to a stereo 1/8" jack"
would play through both speakers, but I have not yet run across one in a dollar store. Keeping in mind that this is in no way a substition for a quality D.I./preamp and acoustic instrument amplifier/P.A.. These cheap speaker/amp combos do raise the level of these ukes to my vocals and could be used in simplistic performances. Ric
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Cheap $6 buck ukulele amplifier...
Posted - 10/16/2010 : 5:36:19 PM
