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Topic: A surprisingly good steel amp |
Olli Haavisto
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Jarvenpaa,Finland
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Posted 29 Jan 2018 7:04 am |
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Just played a rehearsal through an old Yamaha G100-112.
Very, very good with the psg.
These can be had for really cheap, 150$ to 250$
Recommended!
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Olli Haavisto
Finland
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Chris Boyd
From:
Leonia,N.J./Charlestown,R.I.
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Bill Moran
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2018 9:03 am
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I had a 212 version. Good steel amp.
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David Gertschen
From:
Phoenix, Arizona
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Posted 29 Jan 2018 1:03 pm
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| Are these old Yamaha amps tube or solid state? |
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Chris Boyd
From:
Leonia,N.J./Charlestown,R.I.
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Joe Cook
From:
Lake Osoyoos, WA
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Posted 29 Jan 2018 2:05 pm
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| I've got one with a stock 15. It really is powerful and sounds great with my Desert Rose. Pretty heavy though.i paid $100 and it was like new. |
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 29 Jan 2018 8:21 pm
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| Yeah, solid state. I agree, good for any type of clean, articulate tones. Actually, pretty good for guitar too, if you don't expect it to crunch and grind without some help in the way of some type of tube preamp. I had a 1-12 version years and years ago. Shocking how cheap they turn up. Sorta surprised they haven't caught on more with jazz guitar and steel players. |
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Paul Arntson
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2018 10:21 pm
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Great amps. I use my G50-112 for acoustic. Designed by Rivera.
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Chris Walke
From:
St Charles, IL
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Posted 30 Jan 2018 10:43 am
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I had a SS Yamaha in the early 90s, the VR series. Loved it. Can't figure out why I got rid of it. It would surely come in handy now. Lightweight (or maybe I was just younger) and had a very nice clean sound. Two identical channels. EQ section for each channel had 2 sweepable mids. Had it LONG before I ever even considered steel guitar. Wish I could get my hands on one. Used ones were super cheap, but they seem to have disappeared.
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Jerry Erickson
From:
Atlanta,IL 61723
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Posted 31 Jan 2018 3:39 pm
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| I had a G100 with a 15" speaker. Nice amp I've been looking at the 12's lately...... |
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Steve Sycamore
From:
Sweden
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Posted 1 Feb 2018 2:20 am
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I believe this series uses a special FET circuit that actually has a really nice, somewhat more congenial kind of distortion for electric guitar. One that doesn't lose clarity as a highly saturated tube gain setting will. It was always a favorite of Larry Carlton who even paired it up onstage with his expensive Dumble.
When I was using this amp extensively I had a guitar with high output humbuckers and the combination sounded great. The speaker dampens harsh highs. That might help make it suitable for PSG. |
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Bill Bassett
From:
Papamoa New Zealand
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Posted 1 Feb 2018 10:51 am Just sold a pair last year.
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Had 3, down to just one now. I liked to use an extension speaker box to round out the bottom end but yeah, killer amps.
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