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Topic: Evans RE 200 |
Dylan Perkons
From:
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 2 Mar 2015 11:14 am |
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Hey everyone! I'm new to the forum and steel guitar in general. I'm looking for an amp that I can play both steel and my 6 string hollow body through and get an awesome tone for both. There is an Re200 on craigslist here for 800 CAN which is just under 650 USD. I'm wondering if this might be a good choice. I know it might not have all the warmth of a vintage all tube amp but I'm attracted to the size of this guy considering i'm gonna be moving two instruments with it.
Style of music is folk rock, country, blues, indie.
Thanks and sorry if this has been covered intensively already. If you have any other suggestions I should look for or this should be moved to another area of the forum let me know. |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 2 Mar 2015 11:40 am
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If that one has a 12" (Sorry, Scot, I don't recall), it'll be dynamite for the E9th steel and should be good for the Tele, as long as you like it clean. It won't go dirty easily, but a Sparkle Drive or Earth Drive could give you the hair.
I'm not a huge fan of single 12s for C6th/Uni (I know Paul F. sounds good that way, but I'm not Paul), but the Evans will definitely sound great for steel, but might need some help with the low end grunt.
If it has the 15, it's gonna be dynamite. I'm currently giving the RE300 a try.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
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Mark Carlisle
From:
Springville CA
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Posted 2 Mar 2015 12:12 pm
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| My understanding is the RE200 is the older 200W version of the RE300, which is 300 watts vs. 200. The RE models have a 10" speaker as I recall. They are voiced for archtop jazz guitars, however the RE stands for Ron Eschete, a outstanding 7 string jazz guitarist. So it has plenty of low end for the low A string on a 7. That's a great buy, there has been one on the LA CL asking 1K. They are great amps. |
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Don Drummer
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 2 Mar 2015 4:45 pm
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| I own two of these amps. I use them together with a pre-amp. They are very strong on both necks. With out the pre-amp they sound too dry. I've used them constantly for the last nine years. Their quality is unsurpassed in my opinion. |
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Jack Aldrich
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 2 Mar 2015 5:12 pm
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You need a twin amp. I played professionally for many years on a Peavy Vegas 400, the twin version of the Session 400. Before that, I played out of a Fender Twin Reverb. The advantage of a twin is that you can set up each side to get the sound you want out of each instrument and the simply switch between them as desired.
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Carter & ShoBud D10's
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Dylan Perkons
From:
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 3 Mar 2015 10:16 am
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| Thanks for all the input guys. Definitely worth considering. I'm also looking into a peavey ranger 212 on the local cl. It's all tube, half the price and about twice the weight! Anybody have any experience using one of these? Some older threads suggest it might actually work pretty well for steel. There's also a 1980 all black twin reverb but that one has a much higher price tag. |
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