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Topic: What is your favorite amp 2 |
A. J. Schobert
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Cincinnati, Ohio,
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Posted 4 Mar 2007 5:43 pm |
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| I thought of John Cox post and I got a topic what amplifier do you like to use that is actually considered not a steel Amp? For practice I play through a small kustom amp and the warm sound is very clean and excelent. |
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Rick Nicklas
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Verona, Mo. (deceased)
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Posted 4 Mar 2007 6:43 pm
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| I wish I had one of the old Fender Princeton's to practice at home with. I don't know of any amp with a cleaner sound. Very small amp but has the greatest tone I've ever had on any instrument I plugged into it. Wish they made a grown up version for stage play. |
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Bill Simmons
From:
Keller, Texas/Birmingham, AL, R.I.P.
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Posted 4 Mar 2007 7:21 pm
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| Fender Hot Rod Deville -- 60 watts of tube power through 2-12" speakers. Just love the fat warm sweet sound of a tube amp for the steel. |
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Chris LeDrew
From:
Canada
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Posted 4 Mar 2007 8:20 pm
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I have a little behringer modelling amp with a 10" Jensen that has a great big plate reverb setting - it's a great little practice amp and it doesn't dim the lights like my Session 400 when I switch it on. It also has a CD input on the back with a separate volume control - I use it to frustrate myself with Buddy Emmon's "Half-Dozen Shuffles" course. Best $150 I've spent in a long while.
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Al Sato
From:
Texas Hill Country
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Posted 4 Mar 2007 9:33 pm
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| Rick Nicklas wrote: |
| I wish I had one of the old Fender Princeton's to practice at home with. I don't know of any amp with a cleaner sound. Very small amp but has the greatest tone I've ever had on any instrument I plugged into it. Wish they made a grown up version for stage play. |
The grown-up version is called a Twin. My Princeton Reverb sounds like a mini-Twin, but a lot sweeter. It makes clean tones up until you have the volume to 7 or 8. Of course, I've got a 12" speaker in there.
Al
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sonbone
From:
Waxahachie, TX
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Posted 5 Mar 2007 2:08 am
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I just bought an Epiphone Valve Junior head. Run it through a single 12 Celestion. Not much head room, but sounds good at low practice volume. Right now it's stock, but in the future I might change the preamp tube for one with less gain. Even when playing guitar, I would probably like it just a bit toned down.
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Brint Hannay
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 5 Mar 2007 6:42 am
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I practice steel and guitar through a Fender Super Champ, an Eighties model designed by Paul Rivera, all tube, 18 watts with an EV 10" speaker. I wish I could get that great steel tone on gigs with my steel amps (Steel King, Evans FET500LV)!  |
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Robbie Daniels
From:
Casper, Wyoming, USA
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Posted 5 Mar 2007 8:13 am
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For practice purposes I use an old Peavey 700 PA board. I can channel steel, cassette, CD, drum machine, etc. all through the board, with or without effects. Works for me.
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John Bresler R.I.P.
From:
Thornton, Colorado
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Posted 5 Mar 2007 10:31 am
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My Carvin SX-100 since I removed the British Series speaker and replaced it with an Eminence Commonwealth. Great tone and sustain. Lots lighter than the Webb.
The 1972 Webb 6-14 E is really hard to beat tho.
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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 5 Mar 2007 4:58 pm
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The Princeton mentioned (not Princeton Reverb, a completely different amp) can be amazing...I have a '62 brownie that probably has the best clean tone ever, albeit at low volume.
All my amps are "non-steel" amps - Pro Reverb, '64 Vibroverb...but two favorites are definitely not "steel" amps:
A 2x10, 30-watt, Holland Little Jimi - kind of a cross between and Vibrolux Reverb and a Vox AC30. Great rich, medium-volume clean tones, and an unbelievable grind when you crank it up. The other is an SWR PB-200 bass head with a cabinet housing 2x10" bass drivers. Around 200 watts, plenty of headroom, and a full, fat, throaty tone that sounds more punchy to me than most "steel" amps. Also nice limiter, enhancer and EQ functions.
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No chops, but great tone
1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
1959 Fender 400 9+2 B6;1960's Fender 800 3+3+2; 1948 Fender Dual-8 Professional |
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 5 Mar 2007 5:27 pm
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A friend of mine gave me this for my birthday last year.he put a 8" JBL in it,it sounds great I'm not sure how many watts...Maybe Jim Sliff would know?
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Steeltronics Z-pickup,Desert Rose S-10 4+5,Desert Rose Keyless S-10 3+5... Mullen G2 S-10 3+5,Telonics 206 pickups,Telonics volume pedal.,Blanton SD -10,Emmons GS_10...Zirctone bar,Bill Groner Bar...any amp that isn't broken.Steel Seat.Com seats...Licking paint chips off of Chinese Toys since 1952.
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A. J. Schobert
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Cincinnati, Ohio,
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Posted 5 Mar 2007 5:29 pm
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| Jim a while ago I went to a local music store to test drive some amps, I really want a nice amp bad. I was amazed how good some can sound through my PSG and of course none where steel amps. I am thinking seriously fender right now. It would be a RI but I would be happy with it. |
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Dan Beller-McKenna
From:
Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 5 Mar 2007 5:40 pm
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I don't know whether it counts as a "non-steel" amp, but my c.1980 Peavey Reno 400 sounds great with my Fessenden.
Dan
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Russ Little
From:
Hosston,Louisiana, USA
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Posted 5 Mar 2007 5:40 pm
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I use a Roland Microcube
Handy and cheap .
Amazing little practice amp.
I gig with an nv112
test drive the cube for the bucks can't
be beat IMO
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Jerry Mason
From:
Reader, Wv
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Posted 5 Mar 2007 7:04 pm
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| I recently purchased an Evans RE-200. This is a great sounding little amp! Play my Mullen D-10 mainly in my practice room and the sound from the 10 inch speaker will surprise you. I also use this for my Telecaster when playing out at local nursing homes and it comes real close to the sound of my 65 Deluxe blackface. What is really great is that it weights in at 26 pounds, small and easy to move around. I also have a NV-400 which I've not used since getting the RE-200. |
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 5 Mar 2007 7:30 pm Non Pedal Steel Amps for Pedal Steel
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Fender Deluxe Reverb with EV SRO speaker. Nice for lower-volume gigs.
Dual Showman Reverb head into cabinet du jour. Killer.
THD Flexi-50 head into cabinet du jour. Marshall Plexi on steroids, for David Lindley, Sonny Landreth, Ry Cooder-style tones on PSG.
Tweed Bassman repro. I like it for a more retro sound.
Pod into an Ampeg Bassman 112 - a modern 50-watt solid-state bass amp with 12" Eminence speaker, no horn, and ported closed-back cab. It sounds to me like a bit cleaner, more modern rendition of the old Ampeg Portaflex amps. I like it for low-medium volume gigs and I picked up a second one inexpensively so I can get this sound at a bit louder volume. Plus the pair makes a nice medium volume rig for my Fender Bass VI or Dano Baritone. |
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 5 Mar 2007 8:40 pm
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Stu, what's the tube complement on that Ampex? Man, I love stuff like that!
My weirdest one (I can't believe I forgot to mention it) is my ZVex Nano. It's the size of an MXR stompbox (at least the head is), has two tiny tubes putting out about 1/4 watt of clean power or 1/2 watt distorted, has amazingly fat, round tone - and will power a 4x12 Marshall cabinet! Great practice amp - I usually just run it through a 12" Greenback Celestion and it sounds tremendous with steel.
Other old goodies are Magnatones and Ampegs from the 60's - most were made to play clean, and while not very loud have nice, smooth tone.
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No chops, but great tone
1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
1959 Fender 400 9+2 B6;1960's Fender 800 3+3+2; 1948 Fender Dual-8 Professional |
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Larry Weaver
From:
Asheville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 6 Mar 2007 4:24 am
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I've been using two heads split with a Radial Headbone into one THD 2x12 Cabinet. A Dual Showman for the sparkly clean, and a cranked THD Bivalve for dirt. Love them both.
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John Jeffries
From:
New Brunswick, Canada
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Posted 6 Mar 2007 3:18 pm
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I use a Roland 60 watt (orange) Cube for practice & smaller venues....It's a great little amp for steel (as well as electric 6-string) - very clean & clear with decent tone & lots of volume.
For larger venues I have an old Sho-Bud "Christmas Tree" amp which sounds great for steel and also great for Electric Lead - I can set one channel up for steel, the other for 6-string.
I also have a Peavey "Classic 30" with a Celestion "Vintage 30" speaker - a super lead guitar amp, but not real great for steel, although I have used it, on occasion, for both. |
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 6 Mar 2007 5:55 pm
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| Pro Reverb w/ 15" JBL, Princeton Reverb, Peavey Delta Blues, '59 Silvertone 1433, Vox DA5 w/ batteries. |
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