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 Topic: Milkman PS Mini extension speaker |
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| Tim Marcus Replies: 9 Views: 1350 |
 Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 4 Sep 2024 7:57 am Subject: Milkman PS Mini extension speaker |
| the two speaker outputs are bonded together using 18ga bus wire, so its highly unlikely that one would be disconnected from the other.
However: if you purchased the amplifier used, there is always ... |
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| Topic: Eminence BP-122 12 inch |
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| Tim Marcus Replies: 2 Views: 797 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 4 Aug 2024 7:38 am Subject: Eminence BP-122 12 inch |
| you know... I have a bunch of these speakers at my shop because I use them for bass amplifiers, but I had not considered putting one into an open back cabinet for pedal steel. I will try it! | |
| Topic: Princeton Reverb issues |
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| Tim Marcus Replies: 12 Views: 1718 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 30 Jul 2024 8:25 am Subject: Princeton Reverb issues |
| if its original - it would be very common for the cap in the bias circuit to need replacing. That cap would affect both the volume and tremolo | |
| Topic: Looking for Jupiter Speaker opinions |
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| Tim Marcus Replies: 9 Views: 1516 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 19 Jul 2024 8:00 am Subject: Looking for Jupiter Speaker opinions |
| the 50W Large Ceramic Jupiter is an incredible speaker for steel guitar. I can not imagine any scenario where you would need anything more than that - unless you want a JBL - but as you said, the weig ... | |
| Topic: The Milk Crate |
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| Tim Marcus Replies: 2 Views: 3238 |
Forum Section: New Product Announcements Posted: 4 Apr 2024 12:20 pm Subject: The Milk Crate |
| My friend Anthony Coscia designed this little combo cabinet for my The Amp pedals - called the Milk Crate
you can find them at his website: https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/5289_DSCF1 ... |
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| Topic: Auto Wah / Envelop Filter on Pedal Steel |
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| Tim Marcus Replies: 24 Views: 3392 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 30 Mar 2024 8:37 am Subject: Auto Wah / Envelop Filter on Pedal Steel |
| all the time! I have a 3 Leaf Audio Proton which sounds awesome. Slow swells sound like a synthesizer filter sweep and if you pick fast you can get some nice disco action going
for me I find that i ... |
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| Topic: Milkman "The Amp" |
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| Tim Marcus Replies: 106 Views: 52910 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 30 Jan 2024 9:19 am Subject: Milkman "The Amp" |
| Tucker is correct - I use my Amp 100 for pedal steel almost exclusively. My rig is pretty simple:
Emmons S12 Pop Top Boost into a Goodrich L120 passive VP Amp 100 JBL K120 my settings on the ... |
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| Topic: Missing Link Audio speaker recones |
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| Tim Marcus Replies: 6 Views: 1650 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 6 Jan 2024 9:24 am Subject: Missing Link Audio speaker recones |
| I have referred customers to MLA to purchase reconed speakers in the past - one of them was sent to me to install into a cabinet and it was really great. One of the better sounding recone jobs I have ... | |
| Topic: Please Close, Thanks. |
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| Tim Marcus Replies: 2 Views: 574 |
Forum Section: Wanted To Buy Posted: 12 Dec 2023 1:01 pm Subject: Please Close, Thanks. |
| Hey Jeff - I have a keyless Williams S12 Extended E9 I would like to sell. The steel has a Telonics Pickup and a wood neck - very fun instrument to play! | |
| Topic: Williams SD12 Extended E9 4+5 |
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| Tim Marcus Replies: 1 Views: 1783 |
Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 4 Dec 2023 9:14 am Subject: Williams SD12 Extended E9 4+5 |
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| Topic: Williams SD12 Extended E9 4+5 |
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| Tim Marcus Replies: 1 Views: 1783 |
Forum Section: For Sale: Steel Guitars Posted: 2 Dec 2023 1:09 pm Subject: Williams SD12 Extended E9 4+5 |
| I am selling one of my Williams steels because it's way too nice to be sitting around unused. This steel has a fairly typical Emmons copedant with a 0 pedal (dropping low E down to open C#) There is a ... | |
| Topic: Anyone using a Twin 135 watt ultra linear? |
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| Tim Marcus Replies: 12 Views: 6810 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 23 Oct 2023 8:16 am Subject: Anyone using a Twin 135 watt ultra linear? |
| I remember mine sounding awesome! And very heavy!
I re-wired the bias balance circuit to be a normal grid bias adjustment (it was really cold and sounded much better when the tubes were running at ... |
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| Topic: Amp Resto: '75 SF Twin Reverb w/ Altecs (Completed w/ Video) |
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| Tim Marcus Replies: 30 Views: 18699 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 27 Sep 2023 8:10 am Subject: Amp Resto: '75 SF Twin Reverb w/ Altecs (Completed w/ Video) |
| if it were me I would replace that entire plywood cabinet with the dado baffle and frame with a brand new one made from solid Pine.
that would be the single largest tone upgrade you can make to th ... |
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| Topic: Ross Phaser |
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| Tim Marcus Replies: 7 Views: 1936 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 20 Sep 2023 3:02 pm Subject: Ross Phaser |
| they definitely made it their own - theres a button on the side which turns it into a Univibe!
I never heard the original Ross phaser but I will have to keep an eye out for one if its anything lik ... |
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| Topic: Ross Phaser |
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| Tim Marcus Replies: 7 Views: 1936 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 5 Sep 2023 1:22 pm Subject: Ross Phaser |
| JHS pedals re-launched the Ross pedal line a few weeks ago.
The Ross Phaser pedal is probably the best phaser I have ever used with my pedal steel setup. Thought I would share that information. ... |
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| Topic: The Amp Stereo is here! |
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| Tim Marcus Replies: 2 Views: 4931 |
Forum Section: New Product Announcements Posted: 25 Jul 2023 8:11 am Subject: The Amp Stereo is here! |
| Hey folks - its been a while since I had something new to offer the steel guitar community but this is a big one. What I have is a 2 channel version of The Amp with the highest possible headroom. You ... | |
| Topic: Webb troubleshooting help |
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| Tim Marcus Replies: 7 Views: 1114 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 25 Jun 2023 6:05 pm Subject: Webb troubleshooting help |
| check the EQ switch on the far right of the front panel - does it crackle when you move it back and forth?
I was having trouble with the Webb I recently acquired and cleaning that switch by sprayin ... |
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| Topic: Fender tube amp question: |
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| Tim Marcus Replies: 24 Views: 3435 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 8 Jun 2023 1:30 pm Subject: Fender tube amp question: |
| voltage is headroom - let it soar!
the one thing I would check is your heater voltage - it should be 6.3vac and if that drifted high it can shorten tube life and also does make things sound less g ... |
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| Topic: Milkman amp for steel guitar settings |
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| Tim Marcus Replies: 4 Views: 817 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 7 Jun 2023 12:50 pm Subject: Milkman amp for steel guitar settings |
| Hey Steven - it depends on which model amplifier you have, but in general I find a good starting point to be "all knobs at noon" and from there you can make minor adjustments.
my amplifi ... |
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| Topic: "Revisit" Reverb tanks! |
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| Tim Marcus Replies: 22 Views: 7066 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 25 May 2023 8:21 am Subject: "Revisit" Reverb tanks! |
| Yeah they seem to be the same as MOD, maybe they spec them a bit differently or adjust the springs manually and slap their new sticker on.
I will say that in general, I really like the MOD tanks. ... |
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| Topic: Milkman Plugin Suite: Creamer, reverbs, etc |
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| Tim Marcus Replies: 6 Views: 5348 |
Forum Section: New Product Announcements Posted: 12 May 2023 11:30 am Subject: Milkman Plugin Suite: Creamer, reverbs, etc |
| Hey Folks! Been a while since I had anything new to bring to the steel guitar community but this is a good fit:
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/5289_milkman_creamer_collection_plug_2.jp ... |
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| Topic: Milkman the amp. 50 or 100? |
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| Tim Marcus Replies: 9 Views: 2118 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 24 Aug 2022 8:14 am Subject: Milkman the amp. 50 or 100? |
| I tend to think the 100 has the edge for pedal steel.
I run all of the preamp controls (vol treb bass) at noon and leave the boost on set to about 11 o'clock and just a touch of reverb and never ... |
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| Topic: Fender Tweed covering (Info wanted) |
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| Tim Marcus Replies: 19 Views: 7248 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 27 Jun 2022 11:51 am Subject: Fender Tweed covering (Info wanted) |
| FYI the "tweed" material made today is not similar to what Fender used in the 50s at all. Its mostly plastic now. You won't see it fray as it ages like you did those old Fenders.
But bec ... |
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| Topic: Amplifier Tubes |
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| Tim Marcus Replies: 31 Views: 7199 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 29 Apr 2022 11:47 am Subject: Amplifier Tubes |
| its because Sweetwater pulled their entire tube inventory and re-directed it to their suppliers of tube amplifiers so that they can continue to sell them. Makes sense. I was able to get some from them ... | |
| Topic: Mercury Magnetics Transformers? |
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| Tim Marcus Replies: 13 Views: 2278 |
Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 9 Feb 2022 3:55 pm Subject: Mercury Magnetics Transformers? |
| No idea if he still uses them but they were OEM in the Milkman amps.
yes I do! Standard OEM in every tube amplifier I build |
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