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Topic: Amp Opinions (Mike Brown Wecome) |
Sonny Jenkins
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Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
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Posted 23 Apr 2006 10:17 am |
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| At present I'm playing thru a TTF into a NV 400. Since I also play bass,,, I'm thinking of going to TTF, Power amp (DCP750?) and a bass speaker enclosure for steel AND bass,,,to minimize equipment requirement,,,AND lighten the load.,,,,opinions,,,???? [This message was edited by Sonny Jenkins on 24 April 2006 at 07:07 AM.] |
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Sonny Jenkins
From:
Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
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Posted 23 Apr 2006 4:53 pm
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,,,Com'on guys,,,,where's the 2 cents worth,,????LOL
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Harold Dye
From:
Cullman, Alabama, USA
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Posted 23 Apr 2006 5:19 pm
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Sonny,
It may depend on which bass speaker you use. I sometimes use a JBL K140 for steel and get what I think is a good sound with either a rack or a MM head. You will have to EQ your TTF a little different than with the N400 I think. I just put a post on about 2 days ago here regarding something similar to what you wish to do...however I only play steel and not bass and that will make some difference. |
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Kelly Hydorn
From:
Spokane
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Posted 23 Apr 2006 9:13 pm
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| Hey Sonny, I myself have used peaveys in the past NV400 very good amp, also have used Evans amps Darrel Stephens vintage also very nice amps. However I'm currently using a Walker stereo steel with two JBL's in cabs with an older alesis Q2 effects unit and get just about any sound I want out of it. IMO you get to a certain level of expertise in your playing, then start to look around for the sound you want and stay with that until something else comes your way that you like better. |
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Sonny Jenkins
From:
Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
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Posted 24 Apr 2006 6:06 am
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| ,,,I appreciate the response,,however,,may have missed my objective,,which is to have one amplification system that will serve both steel and bass. I'm very happy with present set up for steel,,,and happy with my bass amp,,,looking for a satisfactory means of combining the two. Wonder if it would be possible to close the back of the NV 400 to use for bass???? |
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Sonny Jenkins
From:
Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
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Posted 25 Apr 2006 8:55 am
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| How about some more opinions???? |
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Doug Rolfe
From:
Indianapolis, IN
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Posted 25 Apr 2006 10:42 am
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| Sonny, I have been told that you can use a NV 400 for a bass, but you should play it easy or you can blow the speaker. In fact I have used my NV 400 as a bass amp. Also it is possible to put a "snap in" back on the NV400 with some "air holes" in it, so you pull it out to play your steel. If you can find a good speaker expert, they could probably tell what size to make the holes. |
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Mike Brown
From:
Meridian, Mississippi USA
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Posted 25 Apr 2006 10:57 am
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| There are certain factors that make a bass amp good for bass guitars and a steel amp good for steel amps. One thing is the speaker, the other is the equalization circuit and the third is the cabinet design. The opened back design of the Nashville 400 is not suitable for bass guitar and it is not as simple as placing a piece of wood on the back to close it up. It takes much more than that. I suggest that you purchase a bass amp for bass guitar reproduction. |
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Curt Langston
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Posted 25 Apr 2006 11:14 am
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| Sonny, I have been known to use a Hartke 5000 head with a Peavey Valverb for my reverb. I also used a Peavey 210 cab with a horn. (but I turn the attenuation to the horn WAY down) Sounded fantastic! |
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 26 Apr 2006 11:52 am
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Sonny, at our Virginia Country Music Assn. show and jam last Sunday I was surprised see the house band bass player using a Session 400 amp to play bass with. He (Jim Edwards) is a steel player but I was surprised to see him using that amp. He told me he had considered buying another amp for his bass gigs but he'd been using the steel amp for over a year with that band and hadn't done any gigs where it didn't do the job. He said the reason he tried it out was that he'd never encountered any problems with the low bass things on C6th and sometimes they really punch in the low end. In my opinion, I thought it sounded pretty good with his Fender P-bass.....JH in Va.
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