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Topic: What is your current rig set up? |
Richard Wilhelm
From:
Ventura County, California
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Posted 15 Mar 2015 2:41 pm |
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Mine.....(I`m just a home player but tone is very important to me)
Fender 400 longscale (reduced to 24.15") Eb9 (no string breakage and better tone IMO)
Peavy Valverb (great buffer)
Goodrich 120 (one line out to a Korg Pitchblack Portable tuner)
Hardwire Valve Distortion (for fuzz)
Boss DD—6
EHX Holy Grail
Fender FM212 (same as the Frontman) with stock speakers. I never thought I would use a SS amp, but the clean is better than the 4 tube amps I`ve had. All cables are GeorgeL with the exception of a high quality more full range cable from the guitar to the Valverb.
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"Be Kind to Animals, don't eat Them"
"If you know music, you°ll know most everything you°ll need to know" Edgar Cayce
"You're only young forever" Harpo Marx
Fender 400, Fender FM212, G&L ASAT.
Was part of a hippie-Christian store in Cotati, California (circa 1976) called THE EYE OF THE RAINBOW. May God love you. |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 15 Mar 2015 4:41 pm
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When I gig, I keep it spare.
Guitar, amp, volume pedal, Izzy Plus and few effects.
I have a Mahoney Buzz Tone and a Sparkle Drive for OD. I impose a 4 songs a night limit on its use.
I have and love a Mutron Phasor.
I use a Dunlop/MXR/Bradshaw resonator pedal.
If I'm playing through my Peavey, I use my Black Box always (and sometimes when I play tubes, so I can have the tone knob).
Goodrich 120 volume pedal, with an Izzy Plus on the output.
Amps (in descending order of fondness, but it's close):
Super Twin Reverb (head. Into a Sica, in a closed-back Huff cab)
Ultralinear Twin (2/12), sometimes with the HuffSica as extension.
65 Reissue Twin (with a Jensen Mod 15)
Session 400
Session 500
For steels, I have a Zum D-10, an extended E9th MSA S-12 and a Bud SD-12 under construction.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Michael Todd
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2015 4:53 pm
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A friend told me once there are two kinds of amps. One where the guitar player can irritate a bad drummer, & vice versa. In the late 70s & early 80s, Yamaha & Roland made some nice SS amps, as did Gibson with Lab series. I like the Tech21 amps & their preamps which emulate classic amps with analog SS mosfet.
A lot of 6 string players who are effects crazy are really using their amp as a power amp. I have to say, I don't like SS amps at all in overdrive channel & not that crazy about drive channel in nice amps like my Mesa. I can never get the same kinds of sounds as the video demos. |
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Tom Cooper
From:
Orlando, Fl
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Posted 15 Mar 2015 5:00 pm Rig setup
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MSA U12 or Emmons Legrande 2 into Session 400 or LTD 400. Only effect is Sarno Earth drive for lap steel sound when needed. Carry a DD2 with me but find myself not bothering with it. For me the Session and LTD get it straight away. Dont feel like I need anything else. Maybe I am missing out but I really like my tone just straight into old Session. Volume pedal is just a cheap Fender volutone. Don't care much about tubes. Tone is so good and Sarno pedal is so good I get pretty good lap steel sound. I just don't want to fool with tube amp anymore. I play every week out and just need good clean power that doesn't give me any trouble. Twin would be tops but pricey and would have to mod to lighten load. My Session has EPS 15 and is pretty easy to manage. Gets me in the ballpark I need to be in. Really happy with it.
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Dale Rottacker
From:
Walla Walla Washington, USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2015 5:18 pm
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If I’m playing in church I set up like this...once even with a third amp, a Session 400 Limited
Steel--(PRP Mullen D-10 w/Quad 705 originals)
Telonics Multi-Taper VP--
Profex ll--
Session 400 &
Session 500
I was using 2 Li’l Izzy’s before I got this steel, but find with the 705’s they are really hot and I haven’t done enough tweeting with the knobs to tame the high’s a little...Mickey Adams had this steel before me and did use the Izzy’s and I’m pretty sure I will again, just need to get readjusted to them with this steel.
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Dale Rottacker, Steelinatune™
https://www.youtube.com/@steelinatune
*2021 MSA Legend, "Jolly Rancher" D10 10x9
*2021 Rittenberry, "The Concord" D10 9x9
*1977 Blue Sho-Bud Pro 3 Custom 8x6
https://msapedalsteels.com
http://rittenberrysteelguitars.com
https://www.telonics.com/index.php
https://www.p2pamps.com
https://www.quilterlabs.com |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 15 Mar 2015 6:09 pm
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Usually: Guitar to EQ set up for dobro sim, Hilton volume pedal to amp. I do have a Digitech RP155 in the effects loop of my Nashville 400 because my reverb hums too bad. The band I play with now has a keyboard/guitar player. If there is no keyboard player, I put a Tech 21 Rotochior before the EQ. And sometimes I use a Digitech Distortion Factory or my Damage Control Liquid Blues before the volume pedal. I try to stay away from using distortion. Most of the time, the Distortion Factory stays in my seat and the Damage Control stays at home.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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Les Cargill
From:
Oklahoma City, Ok, USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2015 7:23 pm
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MSA U12 4 & 7
Fender Blues Deluxe ( for now ). It's inadequate for steel, really.
Behringer Vamp direct to the PA and to the amp.
Strangely enough, this extends the usability of the Blues Deluxe somehow. But the BD's days are numbered.
DOD A/B switch to select between 6 string guitar and steel. |
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Ray DeVoe
From:
Hudson, FL
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Posted 16 Mar 2015 1:53 am playing rig
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I usually take the following setup out when I play.
Emmons PP >
Sarno Octal Revelation preamp rack with M One effects unit >
TC Furlong 15" powered speaker cabinet with JBL K 130 speaker.
For larger gig's, I sometimes take an extra 12" or 15" Furlong split out.
It's all great sounding equipment.
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Zum SD 10 Hybrid, Zum D 10 Hybrid, Emmons SD 10 P.P.
SMS: Revelation & Classic Preamps: Furlong 12" Splits.
Webb 15" Splits: Telonics 500 C: Quilter-T.T.12":
Last edited by Ray DeVoe on 28 Jan 2016 4:17 pm; edited 5 times in total |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 16 Mar 2015 5:18 am
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I like your approach, Mike. Half the time, I don't plug in my effects. I have lots of stuff, but usually use guitar, pedal, Izzy, amp.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Greg Cutshaw
From:
Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 16 Mar 2015 6:08 am
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I am back to using:
MSA Legend >
36" George L's >
Goodrich 120 with HotPotz
6" George L's >
HOF Reverb >
10' George L's >
Fender Steel King
Lastest song I am working on will use a Fender '68 Custom Deluxe Reverb 22W 1x12 Tube Guitar Combo Amp with Celestion G12V-70 Speaker just for review. |
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Dick Wood
From:
Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 16 Mar 2015 7:25 am
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Steel. Quilter steelaire. Delay
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Cops aren't paid much so I steel at night. |
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Jim Cooley
From:
The 'Ville, Texas, USA
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Posted 16 Mar 2015 7:33 am
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| Steel > Black Box > Volume pedal > Benado Steel Dream > Amp. |
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Morton Kellas
From:
Chazy, NY, USA 1
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Posted 16 Mar 2015 7:46 am
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| My set up is a LeGrande II, Quilter Steelaire, TC Flashback Delay and a Sarno Freeloader for a bit more control (if needed) without having to reach back to the amp. |
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Jerry Van Hoose
From:
Wears Valley, Tennessee
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Posted 16 Mar 2015 12:51 pm
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Studio....Show-Pro, Hilton, Evans SE500 or 67 Fender Twin Reverb, Asterope Cables.
Stage....Show-Pro, Hilton, Evans FET500, Asterope Cables.
I have a Strymon El Capistan d'Tape Echo that I sometimes insert for live stage use. |
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Tim Harr
From:
Dunlap, Illinois
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Posted 17 Mar 2015 3:48 pm Current rig
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Steel > Hilton Vol > NV 112
Effects loop of NV 112: Stroborack tuner > BBE Sonic Maximizer > Line6 Verbizilla
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Tim Harr
Mullen G2 D-10 (9p/5k)
Retired, US Army Band (Steel/Dobro/Guitar)
Kemper Profiler / LW 89 |
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Dom Franco
From:
Beaverton, OR, 97007
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Posted 18 Mar 2015 3:44 am
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I have several setups depending on the venue and if I am playing solo or with a band. Steel into effects then into Ernie Ball VP JR into an Amp
65 watt Crate amp for solo gigs
 Roland CUBE STREET for very small rooms
100 watt Fender SS combo with 15inch JBL for Church with the worship Band.
PEAVEY 212 Stereo Chorus (130 Watts X2) For Gigs with a loud band when I want to Dominate!
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Last edited by Dom Franco on 25 Mar 2015 3:21 am; edited 2 times in total |
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Rod Robichaud
From:
New Brunswick, Canada
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Posted 18 Mar 2015 4:03 am
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Emmons LG III ,Ernie Ball VP,Boss RV3, into a NV 112.
Lovin it!
Rod |
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Jeremy Steele
From:
Princeton, NJ USA
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Posted 18 Mar 2015 5:00 am
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| Emmons Student Model > pot pedal > Morley ABC switch (A is 6 string, B is steel, C is usually banjo) > Boss DD5 > Sundown 100 watt amp. For lower volume gigs I will replace the Sundown with a Roland XL 80. |
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Lyle Dent
From:
Little Rock ,Arkansas
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Posted 19 Mar 2015 3:14 am
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Mullen SD-12 > SGBB > FP-100 > V8 Octal > ProfexII > Mossvalve 500 > Telonics 12-15 Cabs. Oh My.
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Rittenberry Prestige SD-12,Mullen G2 SD-12 ,Mullen PRP S-12 BMI S-12 V8 octal, BJS Bars, LiveSteelStrings,Steelers Choice Seat. |
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Tommy Boswell
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 19 Mar 2015 3:42 am
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| Zum Encore > Sarno Black Box > Sparkle Drive > Stage One VP > Lil Izzy > Wet Reverb > Frenzel Mini-Bassman > Eminence 12-inch cab ...tube juice! |
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Posted 19 Mar 2015 6:15 am
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| PP or LG > Izzy Plus > Hilton or Telonics VP > Quilter Steelaire > Wampler Faux Delay in FX loop > BW Neo 15" speaker |
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Bob Tuttle
From:
Republic, MO 65738
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Posted 19 Mar 2015 6:25 am
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| Steel, Goodrich L120, Nashville 112. |
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David Spires
From:
Millersport, OH
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Posted 19 Mar 2015 10:50 am
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My road setup with Josh is:
Carter D-10 > Sarno Black Box > Hilton VP > Walker Stereo Steel Pre (parallel line to Peterson Stroborack) > Lexicon MX-200 > 2 - Nashville 112 (power amp in) > Shure SM7 microphones
My at home rig:
Sierra S-10 (E-66 pickup) > Peterson StroboStomp > MicroPog > BBE Green Screamer > Boss GE-7 > Dan Electro Auto Wah > Hilton VP > Line 6 DL-4 > TC Electronics Arena > Fender Twin Reverb Re-issue/Blackface
I've also been using a reissue Fender Deluxe Reverb head, with a Hot Rod Deluxe 1x12 cabinet instead of the twin.
For a session this week, I used my MSA Classic (E-66), the pedal board above, and a Fender Blues Jr, and I loved the results!!!
Experiment... and if you have enough different gear, learn to use it all in a fun way.
David Spires
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2021 MSA Legend XL 10&7; Asher Electro-Hawaiian Junior Lap Steel; '79 OMI Dobro 66 w/ Scheerhorn cone and setup; '64 Hand-wired Re-issue Fender Princeton Reverb |
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George Kimery
From:
Limestone, TN, USA
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Posted 19 Mar 2015 1:39 pm what is your current rig setup?
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Zum D-10 > Black Box (sometimes, Lil Izzy on the output)
120 Volume Pedal > Peavey 112 Valve King amp with Telonic's 8 ohm speaker > Wet Reverb reverb pedal in the amp effects loop. I have two of the VK amps, so in larger venues, I usually use them both. |
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