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Topic: Best amp you owned verses worst owned |
Steven Finley
From:
California, USA
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Posted 17 Apr 2012 5:51 pm |
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Just thought I would like to hesr comments about
the best amp you have owned and the worst you have owned,tone reliablity,user friendly,etc. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 17 Apr 2012 6:13 pm
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Best - My Nashville 400 with Ken Fox Mod.
Worst - Session 400
Others - Twin Reverb w/JBL's, Webb head with custom JBL cabinet, Webb (Bradshaw) combo amp, Furman PQ3 with Furman spring reverb and Peavey power amp into JBL cabinet, Evans preamp Digitech S200 effects into QSC power amp into the speaker in my NV400 (BW 1502) and the speaker in the Session 400 (Peavey JBL), Session 500
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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Steven Finley
From:
California, USA
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Posted 17 Apr 2012 6:29 pm
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Richard Iam with you,my best nashville 400 with mod
and eminance eps 15 neo.
my worst ever evans se 200,however my webb and steel king were good amps,those two to heavy. |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 17 Apr 2012 6:47 pm
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Worst: My first Session 500. Had an intermittent fault that would send a sound of around 2KhZ to the speaker at full power after being driven hard. Spent around $600 in amp repair bills trying to find a fault that never reproduced.
Best: So far my Evans FET500. Session 500 has great tone and the phase shifter is awesome, it's weight is a big minus.
@Sinkler: Huh? a Session 400 at the bottom?
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
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Roual Ranes
From:
Atlanta, Texas, USA
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Posted 17 Apr 2012 7:14 pm
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BEST - PEAVEY LTD
WORST - CRATE POWER BLOCK - TRIED IT FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS |
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 17 Apr 2012 8:39 pm
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Best: 1957 2-input tweed Fender Bassman (dual rectifier, 4x10" speakers - these speakers are some type of reissue alnico 10" speakers). Yes, for both guitar and steel (non-pedal or pedal). For steel, I run a Peavey TubeFex in front. The overall sound is breathtaking - I've never heard anything like it - clean, sweet, but never sterile. The potential downsides are: 1) Finding and paying for one; and 2) Taking it out to a dumpy club where jerky people spill a lot of beer, get in fights, and so on. I tend to reserve it for cool places and bring something, shall say, a bit less sensitive, to basement dives. Some may argue that the power (nominally 45 watts) is too low, but the people I play with don't think so - that sucker is loud - I think the speakers are very efficient, and 4-10's move a lot of air.
But most any of the usual suspects work fine - Session/LTD 400, NV 112/400/1000, Evans FET-500, Twin/Dual-Showman Reverb, Pro/Vibrolux/Deluxe/Princeton Reverb, depending on the power needed.
Worst: I dunno - I try very hard not to buy bad-sounding amps. Something that's designed for harsh bipolar distortion isn't gonna cut it for me, but I avoid that kind of stuff. I guess of the usual Peavey steel amps, I liked the Session 500 the least. Way too heavy, I found it a bit midrangey, and I don't really get the "String" and "Phaser" effects. Some people swear by them, but I tried every permutation of controls and just didn't care for it. |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Tom Wolverton
From:
Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 17 Apr 2012 9:39 pm
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best amp: '64 Deluxe Reverb or Ken Fox Vintage Steel Amp
worst amp: Roland JC60
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Last edited by Tom Wolverton on 26 Aug 2012 1:40 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Per Berner
From:
Skovde, Sweden
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Posted 17 Apr 2012 10:45 pm
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Best: Roland JC-120. Great sound, totally reliable.
Worst: FBT 100. Italian and huge, but 10 W and a 6" speaker, sounded like a broken radio... |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 18 Apr 2012 2:00 am
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Best steel amp - Peavey Session 500
Worst steel amp - Evans SE-200 (I hated it and sold it after less than 6 months). |
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Larry Lorows
From:
Zephyrhills,Florida, USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2012 3:19 am
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My best- Stereo steel
My worst- maybe a Nashville 1000 I didn't keep that one very long.
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U12 Williams keyless 400
Vegas 400, Nashville 112, Line 6 pod xt |
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Howard Steinberg
From:
St. Petersburg, Florida , USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2012 3:26 am
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Best - Carvin XV-115 w/ K130 (very heavy)
Second Best - Fender Jazzmaster Ultralight (very light)
Worst - Silverface Fender Pro Reverb w/ 15" Altec (terrible for steel)
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 18 Apr 2012 3:34 am
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worst amp..Kustom 100 in the padded blue stuff along with a Standel Artist 15..
best amps
Fender Twin Reverb
Nashville 400
Fender Hot Rod Deville
PV Classic 30
Fender BF Showman
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Frank James Pracher
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2012 4:58 am
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Best: (for lap steel) Fender Blues Jr (Red October).
Simple, small, plenty loud enough for the kind of places I play.
Worst: Peavey Classic 30. I really wanted to like this amp. Made in the USA, cool look, great clean sound. ( The overdrive wasn't that great). But in less than a month of buying it new, the cabinet started buzzing and rattling really bad. ( at coffee shop gig volumes) and the tubes made a buzzing sitar like sound. (even my wife noticed it), A new set did not help.
Took it back to the store a month later and they gave me store credit for something else.
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Sonny Priddy
From:
Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 18 Apr 2012 6:03 am Amps
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| My Besy Amps And I Have Them Now Webb 6-14E- Peavey Nashville 112- & Session 400. Sonny. |
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Don Sulesky
From:
Citrus County, FL, Orig. from MA & NH
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Posted 18 Apr 2012 6:28 am
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My favorite amp was my Peaveay Session 500 when I could lift it.
My worst was the Peavey 1000.
Now I like my Peavey NV112.
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Co-founder: Florida Steel Guitar Club
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Posted 18 Apr 2012 6:46 am
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BEST:
Revelation/Stewart
Walker SS
Webb
N-400 w/ mod
WORST:
Sessin 400
Session 500
Evsns FET |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 18 Apr 2012 7:23 am
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Best = Standel S80
Worst = I've had a few dogs, but I had another Standel with 2-12s from the 70s, which was a beautiful amp, but had the harshest tone I've ever heard in an amp.
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Dave Hopping
From:
Aurora, Colorado
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Posted 18 Apr 2012 7:47 am
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Best Steel Amp:Session 500.
Second Best Steel Amp(a real close second):Fox-mod Nashville 112.
Best Guitar Amp: Music Man 210-65.
Worst in all categories: Line 6 AX2/212.
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Justin Griffith
From:
Taylor, Texas, USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2012 7:50 am
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Best- Cain built Sho~Bud Christmas tree, single channel, or Session 400.
My new Lemay/Telonics amp has just about won though. I can dial up my tone pretty easy. I also like the extra features and portability.
Worst- By far Session 400 limited and close behind was a Nashville 1000. Could not find a useable tone on ether of them.
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Emmons/Sho~Bud/Blanton, Fender/Peavey.
Telonics pedal |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 18 Apr 2012 8:39 am
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old LTD 400
keeps a'tickin', takes a lickin' , i'm a'pickin'
well over 30 yrs of steady use |
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Ronald Sikes
From:
Corsicana, Tx
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Posted 18 Apr 2012 10:02 am
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Best : Walker Stereo Steel
Worst : I'd rather not say . What didn't work for me may sound great to someone else .
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Show Pro #26 & #83,BJS bars,Stereo Steel,Tommy Huff cabs loaded with JBL D130's, Wampler pedals,NV112,NV400, Steelers Choice Seats |
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Richard Tipple
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2012 10:15 am
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Best amp----TC Furlong 12" Split 
Worst-------Dont want to say here 
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Richard Sinkler
From:
aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 18 Apr 2012 10:31 am
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Lane said:
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@Sinkler: Huh? a Session 400 at the bottom? |
That's a big YUP. Biggest piece of crap I ever owned. output transistors kept blowing out. Had really crappy tone. I wouldn't give 2 cents for a Session 400.
I did love the Session 500, but it crapped out too many times (under warranty) and the music store that did Peavey repairs, worked with Peavey to take back the 500 and give me the NV400 for just sales tax. Never looked back.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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Steve English
From:
Baja, Arizona
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Posted 18 Apr 2012 11:08 am
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Best (in regards to sonics): Revelation w/SPLIT
Best (for my needs): GK MB200/Sica x2
Worst (for gigs) Fender Twin w/15”JBL |
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