AER Alpha X ZT Lunchbox

[Pedrocouto]

Hello guys!
Today I’ve just found a nice deal for an AER alpha amplifier. I’ve played through a compact 60 and was not impressed, but it was without my gear (guitar, eq, delay, reverb etc).
I also have a zt lunchbox which I do not love, but it serves me really well for straight forward gigs and it’s not bad at all.
Also tempting in the alpha direction is the fact that I double on acoustic (mostly nylon string) guitar.
What I would like to know from the folks here is: how does the alpha performs on a gigging situation? It’s a good improvement over the zt lunchbox? Does it hold and cut through a quartet (with drums) in a small venue?
Thanks in advance,

Pedro Couto

[pingu]

Hi Pedro,
sorry i’ve never used an
AER alpha
(I have a Comp60 which i use
sometimes which is fine for an
archtop clean jazz sound , not
amazing)

I expect the alpha to sound very
similar ….

Out of interest , do you know
what speaker is in your ZT Lunchbox ?

(I’m expecting it to be an Eminance of some type)

[bluenote61]

I owned both, AER alpha and compact 60. The compact had more headroom and sounded better, as far as I remember. I sold both because the tone was to sterile for me (I played only electric archtops thru both). However I heard other people having a good jazz tone thru a compact 60. You know, the sound comes out of the fingers...