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Mark Dershaw
From:
Arizona and Ohio
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Posted 1 Mar 2012 5:52 am |
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| So I went to practice with a band last night and they had offered to supply an amp for me to use. Historically I've not taken folks up on these offers but the only amp I had at the house was my Session 500. UGH. The amp they had for me was a 69 Fender Twin with factory JBL's. I was quite shocked at the tone of my Carter through this amp! It did lack the lower end that I get from a BW15... but man, the clarity and ringing tone on the high end was amazing. Not that I'll ever lug around a Fender Twin, but I was wondering how many steelers use a twin. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 1 Mar 2012 9:02 am
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My first amp was a '71 Twin w/JBL's. Great amp.
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Dave Hopping
From:
Aurora, Colorado
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Posted 1 Mar 2012 9:57 am
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| Twins have been a go-to amp for a very long time,offered in a whole lot of configurations and under names like Twin Reverb,Twin Reverb Custom 15,VibrOsonic,VibrAsonic,Super Six,Quad Reverb,and all the Showman variants. |
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Dave Grafe
From:
Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 1 Mar 2012 10:17 am
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| ...I was wondering how many steelers use a twin |
Quite a few, it is considered by many to be one of the all-time great tube amps for pedal steel guitar, particularly when loaded with a pair of JBL speakers. |
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Storm Rosson
From:
Silver City, NM. USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2012 11:03 am
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 Best psg amp I ever had was a black faced twin with a 15" JBL in it, wish I still had it  |
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Lana Carroll
From:
Brooklyn, NY
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Posted 1 Mar 2012 11:19 am
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I love my Twin - its in a head form which helps a lot with the weight. Nothing compares to the tone. I still use an Evan AH200 for most gigs, though, because its hard to resist a 5 lb amp.
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Jack Aldrich
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2012 12:21 pm
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| I started on a Twin Reverb and regret sellling it. I asked Rlph Mooney how he got the "Bakersfield Sound". He said, "Get a Twin Reverb, turn all the knobs to 10 and control your output with your volume pedal". I tried it, and it worked, but it was really difficult to keep it under control. So I played for years, starting in 1983, with a Peavy Vegas 400 (one side for steel, the other for keyboards). Currently, the 400 sits in my music room, and I gig with a Peavy Classic 30, which sounds ok enough (lows are not as clear).- JACK |
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Jack Aldrich
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2012 12:23 pm
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| I started on a Twin Reverb and regret sellling it. I asked Rlph Mooney how he got the "Bakersfield Sound". He said, "Get a Twin Reverb, turn all the knobs to 10 and control your output with your volume pedal". I tried it, and it worked, but it was really difficult to keep it under control. So I played for years, starting in 1983, with a Peavy Vegas 400 (one side for steel, the other for keyboards). Currently, the 400 sits in my music room, and I gig with a Peavy Classic 30, which sounds ok enough (lows are not as clear).- JACK |
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2012 12:53 pm
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Oh hell yeah>
Been playing steel thru Fender Twin for over 15 years now and will NEVER go back...
Ricky
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Storm Rosson
From:
Silver City, NM. USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2012 1:03 pm
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 I remember talking to Rusty Young after a Poco concert in Albq, he told me that's his "Sho-bud" sound was best when he was usin twin(s) |
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Tom Wolverton
From:
Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 1 Mar 2012 1:24 pm
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Anyone run a twin with two 15's?
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 1 Mar 2012 1:46 pm
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Used a 70 Twin for 20 years , Most of the time it had a 15" JBL in it rather than the 2x12's.
For the past year I am back to a 71 Twin with 2x12's...
Sure many will say it's too heavy, and it is heavy no doubt..but..it's a Twin reverb ! Weight is in the same category as a Nashville 400 , now I know many of us use those and don't say they are too heavy...
and yeh, you could push 2x15" with a Twin, , thats called a Dual Showman ! Two smaller 15" cabs would be perfect, daisy chain them for 4 ohms...
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Storm Rosson
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Silver City, NM. USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2012 2:17 pm
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Hey B0b, it appears that Ricky has his twin in a "head" cab like a showman and has 2 smaller cabs with a 15" JBL in each....am I close Ricky?.....Stormy  |
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Tim Greene
From:
Athens Tennessee USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2012 2:29 pm
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| I have a 71 Twin with two 12 Weber Cal's and a 75 Vibrosonic with a 15 inch Jbl. They both sound good. |
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Bill A. Moore
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2012 3:05 pm
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Mine is a clone, I played for a while with a single 12L. Recently built a baffle for an SRO 15, great sound!
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2012 5:50 pm
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Hey Storm; you are exactly close...ha.
Rick Johnson built me and Lloyd Green the Green tolex cabinets that are made out of Pine. The Chassis cab. is like a showman cab but taller; so you can put the reverb tank in it. And the speaker cabs are just big enough for 15" Speakers...>which I run two 8"ohm JBL K-130's(15" speaker) and Lloyd runs one JBL D-130(15" speaker).
Ricky
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Brett Lanier
From:
Madison, TN
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Posted 1 Mar 2012 7:20 pm
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Here's my Twin. It says fender in there somewhere... I like the first channel best for steel. It's clearer, and the midrange is nicer. The reverb is hooked up to it too.
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James Morehead
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Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 1 Mar 2012 8:19 pm
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| Anyone run a twin with two 15's? |
Your kiddin' right, Tom?  Ricky got me to try this setup--I have not looked back. Shobud + Fender Twin + K130 JBL's = tone heaven. 
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Tim Marcus
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 1 Mar 2012 9:56 pm
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My take on the twin hot rodded for pedal steel
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Tom Wolverton
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Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 1 Mar 2012 10:40 pm
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| Tom Wolverton wrote: |
| Anyone run a twin with two 15's? |
Your kiddin' right, Tom? Ricky got me to try this setup--I have not looked back. Shobud + Fender Twin + K130 JBL's = tone heaven.
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Well, I'm close to tone heaven then. I just need a 2nd K130 and I'll have the same rig as you (more or less). Yes indeed, it sounds good. I was just wondering how the double speaker set-up works for you. A single speaker is one sound. The double speaker set-up has a different diffusion pattern, so I figure it sounds a bit different. But, I'm also thinking you have more headroom because you are simply moving more air. So my guess is two is better than one, even with 15" JBL's.
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Kyle Everson
From:
Nashville, Tennessee
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Posted 2 Mar 2012 12:56 am
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Ricky, that's a great looking rig!
Here's a pic of my three Twin Reverbs all in Rick Johnson head cabinets. Can't go wrong with a Twin! Top to bottom is a '71, January '66, and '74.
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 2 Mar 2012 2:46 am
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Please don't overlook, a Twin with 2x15's is a Dual Showman..of course one big cab...and with Reverb...
Now we have a Dual Showman reverb !
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Ken Metcalf
From:
San Antonio Texas USA
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Posted 2 Mar 2012 4:16 am
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I like the Non Master Twins the best.
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Cartwright Thompson
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Posted 2 Mar 2012 6:25 am
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Victoria 80212 (80 watt tweed twin) and '66 TR. Both with D-120's.
Maybe not the best, but I've never heard anything better.
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