When I play it the louder (mostly sharp) notes make the amp does not play them, like it stops sounding for those notes. Is it broken or what? TY
346441
The unit was for my daughter. She only used it a handful of times. She did not think much of it or the sound. Sorry.
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Considering it was for my daughter I didnt really think it sounded that great and I noticed that as well I just dont think it is capable of handling all the notes.
346443
Sorry, I can't help you there. I have not experienced such a problem. Sounds to me like you have a bad unit. I use my "mini" to do small group gigs. I hook it on my waist and it adds that little boost to carry the sound. I have never tried to play it at a loud setting. Frankly, I'd send it back and get another one to replace it. I still like my Danelectro.
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If you are running it on 9 volt battery and the batteries are running down then yes. Otherwise, get a tone boosting pedal and use that to pick up the missing sounds. It's a great little amp,but it is little you can only get so much sound out of it.
1017198
can you be more specific? sounds silly but did you turn the volume up? My son has 1 & it plays very well. He said it might be defective. You can return it to amazon and they will send you another. Lora K. Masso
1583469
Take it out of the box, tune it and it sounds great without any adjustments. I have amplifiers but like my electric/acoustic guitars I usually prefer it unplugged.
503383
I have the same problem and unfortunately have not been able to play music from it either. Maybe we can get an answer from the makers on what we might be doing incorrect.
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To be honest I have always ran the gain pretty low because I use it as a direct amp and use other pedals for higher gain. The high or mid equalizer maybe? If the volume is really high alomg with the gain there could be more hiss.
1644239
I got quite a few usable sounds with mine. Just takes some time adjusting tone. Make sure your guitar is sending a good signal....string height above pickups...etc. You might try a preamp or a wah wah in front of the D-1.
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To be honest with mine I was having trouble where I will hear distant vocals but music will come fine, when asked owner about the issue he replied to have an amp as well otherwise the sound will not come thru completely
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I agree with Archie Leach. I would also like to point out, probably just bad luck, but I've had issues with the VIP 3 cutting out on me randomly where the volume suddenly drops, whatever effects are being used then drop, and then it cuts out completely.. I haven't had anyone look at it, but this has been the behavior since day 1 about 8 months ago when I bought the amp. I suspect it got bounced around during shipping, but figured I'd mention it. Maybe others have experienced the same issue. Eventually, I'll have an authorized shop take a look at it. I do like the presets, and for now, I'm using a Marshall MG102CFX but miss the presets that come with the VIP 3 I agree with Archie Leach. I would also like to point out, probably just bad luck, but I've had issues with the VIP 3 cutting out on me randomly where the volume suddenly drops, whatever effects are being used then drop, and then it cuts out completely.. I haven't had anyone look at it, but this has been the behavior since day 1 about 8 months ago when I bought the amp. I suspect it got bounced around during shipping, but figured I'd mention it. Maybe others have experienced the same issue. Eventually, I'll have an authorized shop take a look at it. I do like the presets, and for now, I'm... » Read More I agree with Archie Leach. I would also like to point out, probably just bad luck, but I've had issues with the VIP 3 cutting out on me randomly where the volume suddenly drops, whatever effects are being used then drop, and then it cuts out completely.. I haven't had anyone look at it, but this has been the behavior since day 1 about 8 months ago when I bought the amp. I suspect it got bounced around during shipping, but figured I'd mention it. Maybe others have experienced the same issue. Eventually, I'll have an authorized shop take a look at it. I do like the presets, and for now, I'm using a Marshall MG102CFX but miss the presets that come with the VIP 3 « Show Less
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Make sure you have the speaker's volume control at the medium level or lower, and keep the ON control to Auto. The other thing that may be wrong is the Polarity, make sure the plus side of the amp goes to the plus side of the speaker and likewise for the negative. .............. Hope this helps.
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Lee, I might offer that what you have is an electrical hum from an outside source like a computer or the current from your rig plugged into the wall. I experienced that before unplugging components and then listening. I still got to stick by this amp as it performs well for me not only busking a / stage work but studio work as well. Check for the proper wall adaptor or even call the people at Roland they actually answer the phone.well
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It's also quite possible that the Volume Pot is not the correct one or is defective and could be why you have to turn it up so high. Was the sound ever distorted? Or was it clean? If you did overdrive the output you might have gotten distortion. But if the sound was clean but low in volume, then it might be the Volume control , preamp setting or output amp.
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Sure, that's the way i have it. Sounds great. Just check your amp power before, but normally it would work just fine.
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I found my set to be very balanced in sound. In my old unit, the bass distorted at high volume. This unit appears to balance the bass with the other sounds. Could your unit be defective?
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You havent given me much to go on, such as what kind of speakers you are connecting, what connections and cables you are using, etc. I have this same amp and it has worked flawlessly for me for well over a year. Plenty of volume, and lots of headroom. I typically run the amp at about 60% gain and then simply control the volume via the input signal. Double check all of your connections and your input source. I highly doubt the issue is with the amp.
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I would check three things.. is there enough bass.. is the sensitivity adjustment correct and is the master / slave switch in its correct setting. Mine came with it in slave mode and I had to switch it to master.
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Perhaps the speakers that you used were too large of a draw for this unit. It is a 45W unit so if your speakers had a larger draw than that you may have damaged the amp finals. At any rate, I would request a return of exchange as it could possibly just be a defective unit. Ours works great driving four high efficiency speakers.
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Nothing was done wrong sir. It will still produce sound just not a full crisp, sound that an acoustic violin would make. It's along the same lines as an electric guitar still makings tones without an amp.