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Topic: Using Nashville 112 for regular guitar? |
Billy Murdoch
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Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
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Posted 22 Apr 2007 12:48 pm |
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The 112 I have is tremendous for steel,I play some six string too,I use a POD XT.
I know the 112 is voiced for steel but I could use some help in getting a decent tone on the Strat,Tele or Gretsch guitars I have.
I have never been able to dial up anything good.
Any Ideas?
Best regards
Billy |
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Bill Miller
From:
Gaspe, Quebec, Canada
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Posted 22 Apr 2007 1:34 pm
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| Maybe try a Boss GE-7 or other stompbox equalizer to brighten things up a little? For one thing it saves readjusting the EQ on your amp each time you switch from six string to steel. I don't know about the Tele or Gretsch but I don't find my Strat have much sparkle through the NV-112 without a little help. |
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Steven Welborn
From:
Ojai,CA USA
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Posted 22 Apr 2007 3:03 pm
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| When I play my strat thru the N112, I kick up the mid range I think somewhrer between +1 to +3. With steel its scooped out to about -3. I leave the shift around 800. The strat sounds real sweet thru Brads Black Box and the N112. I sometimes use slow chorus or delay. When I play I gig and can crank it up more so than rehearsals, a sweet spot really kicks in nice. The Black Box is the real key. And the mid adjustment. |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 22 Apr 2007 4:48 pm pwr amp in
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I don't have a 112, but with my NV400 I just go from the Pod pro out to the pwr amp in jack on the back of the amp, bypassing the amps front end and using only the power amp section. Maybe this hasn't worked for you, but being that the Pod is based on guitar amps and cabs, this seems the most logical method to me.
It's a bit inconvenient to uplug the steel from the front and plug into the back for 6 string but I have to get up for the six string anyway. I keep a cord plugged into the guitar and I can do it all in one smooth motion.
I get great sounds this way with my CatCan and my Fender guitars.
No need to fight the NV112's steel pre voicing when you have a virtual whse. full of guitar sounds built right into your Pod.
I should think one of the Black Face amp models would be perfect for strat or tele. Gretsch too or maybe one of the Brit models. Works for me. |
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KENNY KRUPNICK
From:
Columbus, Ohio
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Posted 22 Apr 2007 5:44 pm
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I want to get another 112 for guitar. I think Darvin Willhoite said he liked a 112 for guitar on a earlier post.  |
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Chris LeDrew
From:
Canada
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Posted 22 Apr 2007 6:46 pm
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When I had a Nashville 112, I took it out for a small tour playing Tele and ran it in stereo with a Blackface Deluxe. Excellent guitar amp, in my opinion...........super-clean, but nothing a stompbox couldn't rectify. I had a Boss Super Overdrive for leads. I recall my setting being similar to my steel settings, with the sweep around the 800 area, mids on 0, bass and treble at about 5 or so. For Tele I ran the preamp a little hotter.
For some reason it didn't like the Nashville 112 as much for steel, but for clean Tele pickin'.....awesome.
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 22 Apr 2007 6:59 pm
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Billy. Just off the top of my head I use about the same settings, but I use a Twin Tweed model. The Bassman model I use for my 16k SB pickups isn't quite bright enough.
I crank the highs and cut the lows and low mids. I can look up my settings, but our guitars are probably different. I have a 5.6 ohm bridge PU on my G/L.
Also, I cut the reverb some, (cavernous with no decay), and boost the delay a bit. 1 repeat, 325ms delay. I forget what the percentage of feedback is. I think around 30.
AND I use the compressor. That's probably the biggest difference. Since I use the XtLive on steel/guitar double amp gigs, the comp can go in front of the Volume Pedal. Otherwise I'd use my blue comp box. I will when I use the old Podxt to play thru my 112.
Hope that helps.
EJL |
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Billy Murdoch
From:
Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
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Posted 22 Apr 2007 11:07 pm
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Many thanks Gentlemen,
You have been very helpful and I now know that the 112 is capable of good sounds for guitar,I guess it is up to me to get the settings right.
Billy |
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George Rout
From:
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 23 Apr 2007 12:03 pm "Using the Nashville 112 for regular guitar".
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I'm a little tardy in posting this........
A very good friend of mine and excellent multi genure guitar player who doesn’t have computer access himself, has asked me to post the following in response to "Using the Nashville 112 for regular guitar" as it may be of interest to the general guitar community. He uses the Nashville 112 as his guitar.
“Perhaps you could convey the settings that work for me:
Pre Gain: 3
Low: +6
Mid: -3
Shift: 800
High: +15
Presence: +15
Reverb: 0
Gain: 5
The guitar is a 1978 Gibson 347 with aftermarket P90s, strung with D'Addario "Chromes" flatwounds 012 to 052, and with the highs rolled off on the guitar.
I've tried other guitars through the amp and found that, for me, the essential settings are the Mid at -3 and the Shift at (exactly) 800. You can fiddle with the others a little bit.”
George Rout for Al. |
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 23 Apr 2007 12:21 pm
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To my mind, the NV 112 needs nothing with an archtop - it sounds great with a jazz box or a Gretsch archtop on the neck pickup. It gets the big fat, clean tone with minimal EQ tweaking, which I just adjust to taste - sometimes I play around with the midrange, sometimes not.
By itself, the NV 112 is very, very clean with a Strat or Tele. I usually need to roll off some midrange, and sometimes adjust the bass and treble/presence also. It's better yet with a Steel Guitar Black Box and a little delay - it's still very clean, but sounds sweeter to my ear.
If I need anything but pristine clean, I use my Pod 2 with it - either into the Power Amp In, as Jerry O. suggests, or even straight into the high-level amp input with EQ set flat. Like him, I really like the Blackface models (Blackface I for Deluxe-Reverb type sounds, Blackface II for Twin-Reverb type sounds.) Or you could always use the British High Gain (Marshall JCM 800-type) or Rectified (Mesa Dual Rectifier-type) models if you want to play in a hard rock, metal, thrash, grunge, or punk band.  |
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Tony Dingus
From:
Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 23 Apr 2007 6:59 pm
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Here's a setup I use if I play guitar and steel. I run my guitar thru a Genesis 3 into the fx return and use a switching pedal (that came with my PV Bandit)and use it to turn the fx loop on the amp on and off. Works great on my Nash 112. If you use the amp's reverb for steel, it will be on the guitar too. I just got a RV3 so that will give me 2 independent reverbs.
Tony |
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