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Charlie Thompson

 

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South Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 13 Oct 2013 7:22 am    
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Anyone used this for Steel?
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/StealthAmp
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Alex Cattaneo


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Quebec, Canada
Post  Posted 14 Oct 2013 11:32 am    
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Not sure this is loud enough for steel application. Gotta love the weight, 1.2 pounds!!! Did you look at the reviews on other sites?
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
Post  Posted 14 Oct 2013 11:45 am    
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These new lightweight power amps are amazing. I've been using a Gallien-Krueger MB200 with my Line 6 POD XT in front and a single 12" EVM speaker. It sounds great for steel! The amp itself weighs less than 2 lbs.

The Stealth amp is in the same class. I like having some overall tone controls at the amp, to dial in for different speakers and different rooms. That's missing on the Stealth.
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Alex Cattaneo


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Post  Posted 14 Oct 2013 11:50 am    
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I think the Stealth would have to be used with a preamp, like the Sarno octal preamp, or the FYD, or the Telonics. I have a Lemay MK-1, so this could work. 80 watts at 4ohms is most likely not enough however, for mono applications.

I think of the GK MB200 and MB Fusion as stand-alone units, where all you need to add is some effects, while the ISP is just a power amp that needs to be coupled with a modeling device (Pod, Axe Fx, Kemper) or some sort of preamp.
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Post  Posted 14 Oct 2013 2:58 pm    
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It says that the Stealth is 180 watts into 8 ohms mono. I think that would be enough power for most steel guitar applications.
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Chris Lucker

 

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Los Angeles, California USA
Post  Posted 14 Oct 2013 6:50 pm    
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B0b

How do these amps compare to the Walter Woods little boxes? I do not understand electricity, but are all of these using resistors and capacitors and transistors rather than transformers to change voltages?

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Cloverdale, CA, USA
Post  Posted 14 Oct 2013 7:23 pm    
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I think they are digital switching amplifiers. Very efficient. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class-D_amplifier.
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Olli Haavisto


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Jarvenpaa,Finland
Post  Posted 14 Oct 2013 10:59 pm    
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I have a light weight Crate Powerbloc built into a Boogie 1 x 12 cab, driving a D120F.
I use it for a power amp only. Probably very similar to the Stealth.
I`ve been using different preamps with it and the 1x150w/8 ohm has been powerful enough for most situations.
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