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Topic: No amps Aloud! |
kevin ryan
From:
San Marcos, California
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Posted 19 Jul 2016 9:15 am |
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| Hey what is everybody using these days when there is no amps aloud. You folks know what I'm talking about, casinos, certain stages and where ever.. I need to get something maybe an IPod? Whats the latest? Thanks in advance... Kevin |
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Paul Sutherland
From:
Placerville, California
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Posted 19 Jul 2016 10:19 am
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I've used a Wet Reverb pedal into a Sarno Octal V8 preamp with XLR output. It works pretty good, but I still prefer to play through a Twin that is mic'd.
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kevin ryan
From:
San Marcos, California
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Posted 19 Jul 2016 10:30 am
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| Paul... Thanks, I might like to try a Sarno Octal V8 preamp... |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 19 Jul 2016 10:37 am
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I use a Sarno V8 and I love it. I'm seeing Kemper modeling amps showing up on big stages also.
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kevin ryan
From:
San Marcos, California
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Posted 19 Jul 2016 10:45 am
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| Bob, I heard a Kemper modeling amp recently and it sounded really good... Probably overkill for me but I'm interested... |
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Tom Wolverton
From:
Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 19 Jul 2016 4:04 pm
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Kevin, I have a Sarno V8 preamp with the XLR option. I love it. I mostly use it with my DAW. Just add a reverb pedal you like and you are golden.
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Gerry Simon
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 19 Jul 2016 11:45 pm
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| I use Kemper...It's great for concert stage to coffee houses...it 'can' come with it's own 600 watt amp and it has tons of great f/x built in...all kinds of amp models included and you can make more...studios are using them to replace a storehouse of big amps...they are not cheap but considering what they replace and with lite weight and convenience.... |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 20 Jul 2016 2:14 am
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| Sometimes I use a SansAmp for recording direct |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 20 Jul 2016 4:47 am
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It's not glamorous but I have used my Baggs paracoustic di straight into the pa a few times. They are cheap, built like tanks and sound surprisingly good.
I keep one with me because they are like a Swiss Army knife for solving stage sound disasters.
Might be an inexpensive way to go.
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Jim Palenscar
From:
Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 20 Jul 2016 6:18 am
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| I have one of Brad's Octal Revelations at the shop- really a great sounding preamp! Come by and check it out~ |
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John Gould
From:
Houston, TX Now in Cleveland TX
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Posted 20 Jul 2016 5:41 pm Many options
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I've played in several situations without a amp. I have used a bunch of different pre amp and processors . The first time I used a Peavey Transtube Fex . The second one was Line 6 Pod pro . And the last time was a Digitech RP360XP I managed to get compliments each time on the sound. The trick is to make whatever your using sound like what you sound like with your amp . It takes some tweaking mind you but in the case of these three devices it worked out well. I would think that any pre amp device that has a clean tone setting with reverb and delay would be able to get you a good pedal steel sound. I know at one time several Nashville acts had their bands just using processors to keep stage volume down to nothing , one in particular I can remember was Dan Seals.
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Lefty
From:
Grayson, Ga.
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Posted 30 Jul 2016 2:26 pm
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I use to use a Johnson J-Station a lot. It is a lot like a POD, but has better clean settings IMO.
It has just about everything you could want including Leslie and stereo out.
Has a good tuner also. I use to practice through mine, but got spoiled on the sound versus a single amp setup. There are some good You tube videos (Kid Charlamange); mostly guitar things but good pedal steel sounds are to be had. Very intuitive and easy to program. They are cheap these days also.
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Johan Jansen
From:
Europe
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Quentin Hickey
From:
Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted 31 Jul 2016 1:57 pm
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| I have a pod 2.0 but havent tried it on steel yet, its the outdated model. Should be sufficient enough for quite playing and going direct |
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Christopher Woitach
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 31 Jul 2016 9:07 pm
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The Eleven Rack is a fantastic unit, and also a great direct input for recording. In Pro Tools it also hooks up via USB and you can tweak things on the screen.
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Henry Matthews
From:
Texarkana, Ark USA
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Posted 1 Aug 2016 8:52 am
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The one time that I played with no amp, I did use my LTD but disconnected the speaker and used the booster out jack direct to mixer. We had separate monitor mixes so worked out just fine, in fact, I think my tone was better. Maybe since monitor had horns I could hear better. Didn't like it on fiddle though.
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Henry Matthews
D-10 Magnum, 8 &5, dark rose color
D-10 1974 Emmons cut tail, fat back,rosewood, 8&5
Nashville 112 amp, Fishman Loudbox Performer amp, Hilton pedal, Goodrich pedal,BJS bar, Kyser picks, Live steel Strings. No effects, doodads or stomp boxes. |
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kevin ryan
From:
San Marcos, California
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Posted 1 Aug 2016 10:02 am
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Thanks everybody... Johan, that thing looks killer but the $1399 is a bit steep for me... Christopher, the 11 racks are suppose to be cool, our buddy Bruce Button likes em... they look pretty involved and I might need to get a degree to use one. Would love a Sarno V8 too! Our buddy and great player Tom Wolverton uses one and loves it,.... Lefty the Johnson J Station looks very interesting .. Not sure but I have to get something soon... Love the help you get here!
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Tom Gorr
From:
Three Hills, Alberta
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Posted 1 Aug 2016 1:00 pm
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Never used mine for steel. .. but I have some killer guitar preamps from the late 80s with recording outputs on them. .. the most notable is the Mesa Studio Preamp which I believe is used by PF... the clean channel is a Fender Deluxe circuit with the benefit of master volume, a post GEQ that you can pull 750Hz down amongst other freqs, has an on board short spring reverb and the rec and main line level outputs..
Paid 280 bucks for mine in road rash condition a decade ago... But it is a very great sounding clean channel on six string... and if you play six string. .. the gain channel is all Metallica. Lol. |
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Carl Mesrobian
From:
Salem, Massachusetts, USA
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Gary Reed
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Posted 2 Aug 2016 6:23 pm
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For those who own a Quilter Steelaire;
Just unscrew the head from the cab and take it to the gig?
Will it hurt to operate the head without a speaker attached, just using the XLR out? |
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Carl Mesrobian
From:
Salem, Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 2 Aug 2016 6:29 pm
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I take it that "no amps allowed" really means "no speakers allowed"?
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 4 Aug 2016 6:36 pm
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A Zoom G3 works for me, it has an XLR direct out for the PA, and sounds great.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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Stephen Williams
From:
from Wales now in Berkeley,Ca, USA
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Posted 4 Aug 2016 11:11 pm
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| Peavey Revalver 4 guitar simulation software has ACT which is kind of a kemper profiler in the computer. |
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Rich Upright
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 9 Aug 2016 7:12 pm
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I'd turn the gig down. If I can't work with "my sound", I ain't putting myself out there on stage.
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Steve Stallings
From:
Houston/Cypress, Texas
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Posted 11 Aug 2016 7:30 pm
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Hmm... Doesn't anyone here use in ears? I have done a lot of playing in church's in the last couple of years. None of them allowed any amplifiers on stage.
I bought this...
I am curently working on a Christian artist CD and have used this only. All guitars, bass, and steel on my website that I recorded in the last year were recorded using this.
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