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Topic: Pedal Steel Amp recommendations |
Nathan Rigney
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 29 Aug 2010 7:35 pm |
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| I am relatively new player and have been playing through a borrowed amp. I was wondering what are some of the good amps that people play through? I have heard peavey amps are what alot of people play through. I also saw a fender steel king in a guitar store but haven't heard anyone play through one. Any tips would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance! |
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John Bechtel
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 29 Aug 2010 9:49 pm
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For PSG, I use (2)-Peavey N-112's and an Alesis QuadraVerb~Plus. A sound to rival anything! However, one N-112 is also popular with many!
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Dan Beller-McKenna
From:
Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 30 Aug 2010 1:28 am
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| Fender Twin Reverb. The red knob version is not so good for steel, but all other versions (blackface, silverface, re-issue, etc.) work well. |
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Jim Palenscar
From:
Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 30 Aug 2010 6:42 am
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| Many of the top players also use Gerry Walker's Stereo Steel rack mounted gear. |
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Tommy R. Butler
From:
Nashville, Tennessee
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Posted 30 Aug 2010 8:42 am
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OFTEN IMITATED but NEVER DUPLICATED !!
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Richard Tipple
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 30 Aug 2010 10:07 am
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Nathan,,check out the TC Furlong 12CB. 
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Bud Angelotti
From:
Larryville, NJ, USA
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Posted 30 Aug 2010 10:23 am
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| A wise man who was a drummer once told me, "all the sounds are in there, you gotta learn to draw them out". If you are just starting out, get an amp. Any amp. Get the tone to come out of your hands and the guitar. NOT out of gadgets. NV 112's are avaiable, reliable, and lightweight. I repeat, learn to draw the sound out of your hands, head, and heart. |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 30 Aug 2010 11:49 am
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nathan..some of the most practical and affordable amps are the following peaveys if you can find one used. these are many players' favorites.
in order of used cost, low to high:
nashville 400 approx. $300+ 15 inch speaker
session 400 3-400 15in
ltd 400 3-400 15in
nashville 112 400+ 12in |
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Nathan Rigney
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 30 Aug 2010 12:52 pm
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| Thanks to everyone for the advice! |
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Walter Glockler
From:
Northern New Mexico
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Posted 30 Aug 2010 2:30 pm
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| I have a Fender '65 Twin Amp 15 reissue. I made a new baffle for it and installed 2 Eminence Patriot Canabis Rex speakers - what a sweet sounding amp - at least for my ears. |
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Rich Gilbert
From:
Freeport, Maine
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Posted 30 Aug 2010 4:06 pm
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| I love my Sho Bud Single Channel amp with the JBL D130F 15" speaker. Made sometime in the early 70's |
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Tommy Shown
From:
Denham Springs, La.
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Posted 1 Sep 2010 12:52 pm
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| I have a GD Walker STEREO STEEL rack and I LOVE IT. |
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Barry Hyman
From:
upstate New York, USA
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Posted 2 Sep 2010 6:19 pm
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I played pedal steel through a Music Man guitar amp for 36 years then finally bought a Peavey Nashville 112 this summer. The tone of my Williams (700 Series with a George L E-66 pickup through a Hilton volume pedal) with the Peavey is truly the most exquisite pleasure I've ever experienced. 
I am a slow and simplistic player, all melody and no pyrotechnics, and I have many a bad day (last night's gig was a disaster for the first three hours, for example) but when I get it sounding the way I like it, I could seduce The Goddess at a thousand yards with one note! Anybody who doesn't like the tone of the 112 must be harder to please than I am, and I'm a very fussy old guy...
The Music Man is still my favorite guitar amp ever (and I owned a Marshall stack and several classic Fenders back in the 60's and 70's) but for pedal steel, my 112, now that's it's been broken in by 30 or 40 long gigs, sounds like liquid gold. You might be able to spend three or four times as much and get something better, but when you already have 100% of the tone you want, what could be better?
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Paul Redmond
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 6 Sep 2010 8:47 pm
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I have been using a couple (not both at the same time)of Peavey Artist VT amps with the 15" Black Widow speakers. They were a 4-tube amp. They weren't made for a very long time, but I'm sure there are a few out there that someone wouldn't mind parting with. IMO their sound far transcends even the holy grail Fender Twin-Reverb amps.
Dennis Wireman, a fellow Forumite, runs a shop in Indiana. He is the one who sold me the two that I now own.
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Glenn Suchan
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 7 Sep 2010 1:27 pm
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Paul, I agree with your assessment of the Peavey Artist amp. I, too, had an Artist with the transistor circuitry (as opposed to the IC circuitry) in the preamp. It had the 12" Black Widow speaker. I played an Emmons S10 p/p through it and didn't fully appreciate it's awesome tone until I sold it. I'd love to have another just like it.
Here's a link to the Peavey "Artist" owner's manual PDF with a photo of the amp. Just scroll down to "Artist" and or "Artist VT Series":
http://www.peavey.com/support/searchmanuals/archived.cfm?page=A
Keep on pickin'!
Glenn
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