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Topic: Fender Steel King / Telonics Speaker…… |
David Hartley
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Posted 7 Mar 2022 1:17 pm |
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Hi all.
Has anyone changed the stock speaker for a Telonics?
What’s it like? |
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Dave Diehl
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Mechanicsville, MD, USA
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Posted 7 Mar 2022 3:11 pm
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| Not a Telonics Dave but I put a JBL D130 in mine and it sounded much better than the stock. |
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Ken Pippus
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Langford, BC, Canada
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Posted 7 Mar 2022 3:14 pm
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| Your back will thank you. |
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Patrick Huey
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Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
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Posted 14 Mar 2022 5:55 am Re: Fender Steel King / Telonics Speaker……
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| David Hartley wrote: |
Hi all.
Has anyone changed the stock speaker for a Telonics?
What’s it like? |
Mine has the stock 15” “Fender” labeled speaker made by Emminence. They had a couple different ones they used, David, which do you have? A bit heavy but it sounds great and I use it for acoustic, steel, and when I want to “chug” a little Metallica at 2AM and not roll the wife and kids off their beds by plugging into my Randall stack, I run a tube screamer and HM-2 into the Steel King and get great results. Very versatile amp.
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Pre RP Mullen D10 8/7, Zum 3/4, Carter S-10 3/4, previous Cougar SD-10 3/4 & GFI S-10 3/4, Fender Steel King, 2 Peavey Session 500's, Peavey Nashville 400, Boss DD-3, Profex-II, Hilton Digital Sustain, '88 Les Paul Custom,Epiphone MBIBG J-45, Fender Strat & Tele's, Takamine acoustics, Marshall amps, Boss effects, Ibanez Tube Screamer, and it all started with an old cranky worn out Kay acoustic you could slide a Mack truck between the strings and fretboard on!! |
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Kevin Mincke
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Farmington, MN (Twin Cities-South Metro) USA
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Posted 14 Mar 2022 1:14 pm
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Here's the original in my Steel King:
Last edited by Kevin Mincke on 20 Mar 2022 7:37 am; edited 1 time in total |
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David Hartley
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Posted 14 Mar 2022 3:41 pm
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Hi.
Got the telonics fitted today.
Trying it next weekend.
Mark Dunn said I should break it in….!
Yeh! With a rock and roll band I think it will be broken in in a few minutes…
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Dale Foreman
From:
Crowley Louisiana, USA
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Posted 16 Mar 2022 11:42 am Steel King
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I heard one with a Black Widow in it at the Dallas show and it really sounded good! As a matter of fact, my buddy Joe Rogers bought it!
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Angus Smith
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Western Australia
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Posted 20 Mar 2022 3:06 am Re: Fender Steel King / Telonics Speaker……
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| David Hartley wrote: |
Hi all.
Has anyone changed the stock speaker for a Telonics?
What’s it like? |
Hi Dave I had the Telonics in my Twin custom 65 but chnaged it to the Travis Toy 15.
To me this sounded better |
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forrest klott
From:
Grand Rapids Mi USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2022 11:07 am
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Would you guys mind sharing your Steel King settings please? I realize that it’s all subjective to the room and player, but I like to use other people’s settings as a starting point. I recently got a Steel King that I’ll be putting a TT15:into.
Thanks!
Skeeter |
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Dave Grafe
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Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 21 Mar 2022 7:22 am
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Would you guys mind sharing your Steel King settings please? I realize that it’s all subjective to the room and player, but I like to use other people’s settings as a starting point. I recently got a Steel King that I’ll be putting a TT15:into.
Thanks!
Skeeter |
My opening gambit with Fender tube amps is as such:
Volume - start at 3, best not more than 6 for pedal steel
Treble - start at 4, no good can come of setting it much higher if you have decent speakers. JBL's matter.
Middle - start at 7 when present, which is approximately equivalent to midrange of the classic two-knob Fender tone stack. This is the meat of the matter, turning it down produces thinner highs, pushing it higher a distinctive honky sound.
Bass - start at 6 (start at 3 for a Super Reverb) and reduce bass for clarity rather than increasing treble. If you want a dirty, overdriven sound turn the bass up, otherwise use the bass to take out muddiness rather than turning up the treble.
Remember you are more likely to achieve a balanced tone by REDUCING the problem frequencies rather than increasing the ovscured ones.
YMMV, best of luck |
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Lee Baucum
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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 21 Mar 2022 7:40 am Re: Fender Steel King / Telonics Speaker……
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| David Hartley wrote: |
Hi all.
Has anyone changed the stock speaker for a Telonics?
What’s it like? |
Interesting responses to David's questions regarding a Telonics speaker in a Fender Steel King!
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Dave Grafe
From:
Hudson River Valley NY
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Posted 21 Mar 2022 9:46 am Re: Fender Steel King / Telonics Speaker……
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| Lee Baucum wrote: |
| David Hartley wrote: |
Hi all.
Has anyone changed the stock speaker for a Telonics?
What’s it like? |
Interesting responses to David's questions regarding a Telonics speaker in a Fender Steel King!
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That's why it's called a thread 😎 |
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Daniel Vorp
From:
Burlington, NC USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2023 4:27 am
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Yes I installed a Telonics TSNEO-15-4 speaker in my Fender Steel King and I love it. Big weight difference which is great but the real payoff is the enhanced string separation especially at the bottom end and enhanced clarity of all the strings. Speaker seems to handle all the volume you throw at it with ease.
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MSA Legend SD10, ZumSteel SD-10, Telonics X10 pickups, Hilton volume pedals, Fender Steel King with TSNEO-15-4, Evans FET 500 LV with TSNEO-15-4, (2) Webb speaker cabinets loaded with 4 OHM JBL K-130s |
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