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Get a Jackery Power bank and then use any amp you like, with no compromise on power, playing time, speaker size, etc.

I have a medium size one and put it and my ZT Lunchbox in a small backpack for ...

Tim Marcus recommends Jupiter Ceramic speakers for his Fender-style custom amps...I have one in a 40-watt Pedal Steel Mini, and it is quite nice.
I have the 12LC 50-watt version, there are a couple o ...

Steve- I A/B'd my current model Mini against my The Amp 50, both through the Hybrid D-120.

Both sounded good, but the Mini sounded better. Warm, full, complex. the The Amp was close but had that ...

Steve- an idea for you...convert your mini to a head+cab, get a cab with the K-120, save the Juiter in the combo cab for when you want a lighter load....and that way you will have a 22.5 lb head plus ...

Glenn-
It sounds better than it looks! I played metal body Nationals for a while, but the wood body just has much more going on...more sustain, richer sound. It is built to the exact dimensions as ...

Sorry, clicked the wrong section...

If anyone in the Portland area would like to take my amp for a spin to get a feel for the Jerry version, let me know...

Tim says, re my Mini+D-120 vs. his new ...

Amp made to include the stuff Jerry had done to his amps, and has a power amp with the sound of a McIntosh, into a new Milkman K-120...here's the whole story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZURJD3mkU ...

My myrtle square neck tricone from Ben Bonham (bonhamdesign.com) is a hollow neck. I believe that like in a Weissenborn, the hollow neck contributes to the swirl of the sound.

the early Nationals ...

Ben Bonham built me a pair of parlor twins, one acoustic, one archtop electric, redwood+maple+ebony. I couldn't be happier with them...not cheap, but quite lovely in every way,..
Ben is happy to ch ...

half& Half 28 lbs.
Milkman Pedal Steel Mini 32 lbs

....and the Mini is the best amp I've ever had...all tube, way more powerful than the spec implies, with the new Soursound transformer it so ...

I swapped the Williams road case for a Kevin Hatton light case - huge difference in weight, fits perfectly, has wheels, perfect for around town gigs.

Hatton 17 lbs, with Williams keyless total is 4 ...

I have lots of construction pictures, also....

Built by Ben Bonham...the arch top aspect is more obvious in person....check out the eye (and ear) candy on https://www.bonhamdesign.com

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/10922_CooderNato ...

Pls see my original question re WHY JBLs are good for steel/guitar:
Is (full range, big magnet) that simply a function of using a high fidelity stereo speaker for PSG? Is that why the JBL is so loved ...

A new all-ion-one toy for you ToneX folks:
https://www.guitarworld.com/reviews/ik-multimedia-tonex-one

Here you go, folks, a new all-in-one toy:
https://www.guitarworld.com/reviews/ik-multimedia-tonex-one

I use my ZT for lap steel, where it works quite well...the mid-heavy tone is just right. As folks say, it has no bottom end.

The power rating is "200 watts Peak Power", which is closer t ...

Nice!! I actually think that my Bonham Redwood/Maple/Ebony Parlor Twins come close...one deep Reso with Weissenborn neck and Fishman bridge pickup, and one electric thin line stereo archtop with stri ...

Ah…ok, let’s add to my question that I play in bands, not solo, and they all have a bass player…

Had a PM asking about the Hybrid, here was my answer, all IMHO of course...

The hybrid - a D120 kit on a Black widow frame. about 19 lbs...on an actual D120 frame it is even heavier...I was comple ...

Some great advice I was given (for me) was:

1. "Pick it like you mean it" (Dave Grafe). Don't be tentative, volume changes are mostly from the volume pedal...you will sound better inst ...

My Missing Link Audio JBL D-120 that Tim Marcus told me I needed in my Pedal Steel Mini, surely does have a very crisp low end and lovely highs. As he put it, "you may not be able to get used to ...

For you folks who play Extended E9,

-what - and how much - do you really use strings 12 and 11 for?

- what notes do you tune them to - the obvious E and G# below string 10, or something differ ...

I put a strip of painter tape across the top of the scale and make sweetener marks, labeled for the note it sweetens...I use a pretty simple scheme, touch-up, F, C#, D#,G#, and just tune the Es with p ...

Ah...your explanation makes a lot of sense...BUT although imaging works better for piezos, adding imaging to a magnetic pickup works better than the magnetic pickup alone, which is a different case, n ...

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Topic: Battery/rechargeable portable amp suggestions?
Steve Lipsey Replies: 7 Views: 777	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 31 Jan 2025 3:57 pm Subject: Battery/rechargeable portable amp suggestions?
Steve Lipsey Replies: 7 Views: 777	Get a Jackery Power bank and then use any amp you like, with no compromise on power, playing time, speaker size, etc. I have a medium size one and put it and my ZT Lunchbox in a small backpack for ...
Topic: Speaker for 72 Princeton Non-Reverb
Steve Lipsey Replies: 3 Views: 390	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 27 Jan 2025 3:27 pm Subject: Speaker for 72 Princeton Non-Reverb
Steve Lipsey Replies: 3 Views: 390	Tim Marcus recommends Jupiter Ceramic speakers for his Fender-style custom amps...I have one in a 40-watt Pedal Steel Mini, and it is quite nice. I have the 12LC 50-watt version, there are a couple o ...
Topic: New Milkman Jerry Amp with New Milkman K-120 speaker
Steve Lipsey Replies: 8 Views: 1287	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 20 Jan 2025 10:17 pm Subject: New Milkman Jerry Amp with New Milkman K-120 speaker
Steve Lipsey Replies: 8 Views: 1287	Steve- I A/B'd my current model Mini against my The Amp 50, both through the Hybrid D-120. Both sounded good, but the Mini sounded better. Warm, full, complex. the The Amp was close but had that ...
Topic: New Milkman Jerry Amp with New Milkman K-120 speaker
Steve Lipsey Replies: 8 Views: 1287	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 20 Jan 2025 8:05 pm Subject: New Milkman Jerry Amp with New Milkman K-120 speaker
Steve Lipsey Replies: 8 Views: 1287	Steve- an idea for you...convert your mini to a head+cab, get a cab with the K-120, save the Juiter in the combo cab for when you want a lighter load....and that way you will have a 22.5 lb head plus ...
Topic: Round Neck vs Square Neck Tricones
Steve Lipsey Replies: 11 Views: 1478	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 20 Jan 2025 5:26 pm Subject: Round Neck vs Square Neck Tricones
Steve Lipsey Replies: 11 Views: 1478	Glenn- It sounds better than it looks! I played metal body Nationals for a while, but the wood body just has much more going on...more sustain, richer sound. It is built to the exact dimensions as ...
Topic: New Milkman Jerry Amp with New Milkman K-120 speaker
Steve Lipsey Replies: 8 Views: 1287	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 17 Jan 2025 2:13 pm Subject: New Milkman Jerry Amp with New Milkman K-120 speaker
Steve Lipsey Replies: 8 Views: 1287	Sorry, clicked the wrong section... If anyone in the Portland area would like to take my amp for a spin to get a feel for the Jerry version, let me know... Tim says, re my Mini+D-120 vs. his new ...
Topic: New Milkman Jerry Amp with New Milkman K-120 speaker
Steve Lipsey Replies: 8 Views: 1287	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 17 Jan 2025 11:19 am Subject: New Milkman Jerry Amp with New Milkman K-120 speaker
Steve Lipsey Replies: 8 Views: 1287	Amp made to include the stuff Jerry had done to his amps, and has a power amp with the sound of a McIntosh, into a new Milkman K-120...here's the whole story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZURJD3mkU ...
Topic: Round Neck vs Square Neck Tricones
Steve Lipsey Replies: 11 Views: 1478	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Jan 2025 1:35 pm Subject: Round Neck vs Square Neck Tricones
Steve Lipsey Replies: 11 Views: 1478	My myrtle square neck tricone from Ben Bonham (bonhamdesign.com) is a hollow neck. I believe that like in a Weissenborn, the hollow neck contributes to the swirl of the sound. the early Nationals ...
Topic: Why, No New Squareneck Parlor Builds?
Steve Lipsey Replies: 6 Views: 1045	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 12 Jan 2025 12:10 pm Subject: Why, No New Squareneck Parlor Builds?
Steve Lipsey Replies: 6 Views: 1045	Ben Bonham built me a pair of parlor twins, one acoustic, one archtop electric, redwood+maple+ebony. I couldn't be happier with them...not cheap, but quite lovely in every way,.. Ben is happy to ch ...
Topic: Seeking a light weight amp that still sounds great
Steve Lipsey Replies: 17 Views: 2958	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 10 Jan 2025 1:20 pm Subject: Seeking a light weight amp that still sounds great
Steve Lipsey Replies: 17 Views: 2958	half& Half 28 lbs. Milkman Pedal Steel Mini 32 lbs ....and the Mini is the best amp I've ever had...all tube, way more powerful than the spec implies, with the new Soursound transformer it so ...
Topic: My 50 pound E9 rig
Steve Lipsey Replies: 10 Views: 1486	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 10 Jan 2025 1:05 pm Subject: My 50 pound E9 rig
Steve Lipsey Replies: 10 Views: 1486	I swapped the Williams road case for a Kevin Hatton light case - huge difference in weight, fits perfectly, has wheels, perfect for around town gigs. Hatton 17 lbs, with Williams keyless total is 4 ...
Topic: Archtop steel guitars
Steve Lipsey Replies: 17 Views: 1857	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Jan 2025 6:01 pm Subject: Archtop steel guitars
Steve Lipsey Replies: 17 Views: 1857	I have lots of construction pictures, also....
Topic: Archtop steel guitars
Steve Lipsey Replies: 17 Views: 1857	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Jan 2025 4:05 pm Subject: Archtop steel guitars
Steve Lipsey Replies: 17 Views: 1857	Built by Ben Bonham...the arch top aspect is more obvious in person....check out the eye (and ear) candy on https://www.bonhamdesign.com https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/10922_CooderNato ...
Topic: Speaker design/effect full range (JBL) vs. Guitar
Steve Lipsey Replies: 10 Views: 1245	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 6 Jan 2025 9:35 am Subject: Speaker design/effect full range (JBL) vs. Guitar
Steve Lipsey Replies: 10 Views: 1245	Pls see my original question re WHY JBLs are good for steel/guitar: Is (full range, big magnet) that simply a function of using a high fidelity stereo speaker for PSG? Is that why the JBL is so loved ...
Topic: How many are using the ToneX?
Steve Lipsey Replies: 28 Views: 6489	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 3 Jan 2025 12:24 pm Subject: How many are using the ToneX?
Steve Lipsey Replies: 28 Views: 6489	A new all-ion-one toy for you ToneX folks: https://www.guitarworld.com/reviews/ik-multimedia-tonex-one
Topic: Modeling Rigs
Steve Lipsey Replies: 36 Views: 8470	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 3 Jan 2025 12:22 pm Subject: Modeling Rigs
Steve Lipsey Replies: 36 Views: 8470	Here you go, folks, a new all-in-one toy: https://www.guitarworld.com/reviews/ik-multimedia-tonex-one
Topic: Curious…ZT Lunchbox Reverb Amplifier 125 Watts
Steve Lipsey Replies: 8 Views: 1128	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 2 Jan 2025 9:09 pm Subject: Curious…ZT Lunchbox Reverb Amplifier 125 Watts
Steve Lipsey Replies: 8 Views: 1128	I use my ZT for lap steel, where it works quite well...the mid-heavy tone is just right. As folks say, it has no bottom end. The power rating is "200 watts Peak Power", which is closer t ...
Topic: Most beautiful lap steel ever?
Steve Lipsey Replies: 8 Views: 996	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 31 Dec 2024 11:19 am Subject: Most beautiful lap steel ever?
Steve Lipsey Replies: 8 Views: 996	Nice!! I actually think that my Bonham Redwood/Maple/Ebony Parlor Twins come close...one deep Reso with Weissenborn neck and Fishman bridge pickup, and one electric thin line stereo archtop with stri ...
Topic: Use for Strings 11 & 12 on Extended E9?
Steve Lipsey Replies: 9 Views: 1417	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 30 Dec 2024 10:45 pm Subject: Use for Strings 11 & 12 on Extended E9?
Steve Lipsey Replies: 9 Views: 1417	Ah…ok, let’s add to my question that I play in bands, not solo, and they all have a bass player…
Topic: Speaker design/effect full range (JBL) vs. Guitar
Steve Lipsey Replies: 10 Views: 1245	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 30 Dec 2024 10:01 pm Subject: Speaker design/effect full range (JBL) vs. Guitar
Steve Lipsey Replies: 10 Views: 1245	Had a PM asking about the Hybrid, here was my answer, all IMHO of course... The hybrid - a D120 kit on a Black widow frame. about 19 lbs...on an actual D120 frame it is even heavier...I was comple ...
Topic: Guidance
Steve Lipsey Replies: 16 Views: 1806	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 30 Dec 2024 4:12 pm Subject: Guidance
Steve Lipsey Replies: 16 Views: 1806	Some great advice I was given (for me) was: 1. "Pick it like you mean it" (Dave Grafe). Don't be tentative, volume changes are mostly from the volume pedal...you will sound better inst ...
Topic: Speaker design/effect full range (JBL) vs. Guitar
Steve Lipsey Replies: 10 Views: 1245	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 30 Dec 2024 2:33 pm Subject: Speaker design/effect full range (JBL) vs. Guitar
Steve Lipsey Replies: 10 Views: 1245	My Missing Link Audio JBL D-120 that Tim Marcus told me I needed in my Pedal Steel Mini, surely does have a very crisp low end and lovely highs. As he put it, "you may not be able to get used to ...
Topic: Use for Strings 11 & 12 on Extended E9?
Steve Lipsey Replies: 9 Views: 1417	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 30 Dec 2024 2:20 pm Subject: Use for Strings 11 & 12 on Extended E9?
Steve Lipsey Replies: 9 Views: 1417	For you folks who play Extended E9, -what - and how much - do you really use strings 12 and 11 for? - what notes do you tune them to - the obvious E and G# below string 10, or something differ ...
Topic: Boss TU3
Steve Lipsey Replies: 3 Views: 650	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 19 Dec 2024 9:07 pm Subject: Boss TU3
Steve Lipsey Replies: 3 Views: 650	I put a strip of painter tape across the top of the scale and make sweetener marks, labeled for the note it sweetens...I use a pretty simple scheme, touch-up, F, C#, D#,G#, and just tune the Es with p ...
Topic: JD Aura pedal with Krivo Dobro pickup
Steve Lipsey Replies: 10 Views: 1492	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 18 Dec 2024 9:43 am Subject: JD Aura pedal with Krivo Dobro pickup
Steve Lipsey Replies: 10 Views: 1492	Ah...your explanation makes a lot of sense...BUT although imaging works better for piezos, adding imaging to a magnetic pickup works better than the magnetic pickup alone, which is a different case, n ...