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Topic: What amp and effects do you use for steel? |
Craig Bailey
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Posted 21 Jan 2017 10:52 am |
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| What amp and effects do you use for pedal steel. Share your set up with forum members. |
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Howard Parker
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Maryland
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Posted 21 Jan 2017 11:05 am
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You can search for this. There are dozens if not hundreds of posts on this topic.
Hope this helps.
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Steve Spitz
From:
New Orleans, LA, USA
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Posted 21 Jan 2017 11:26 am
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likely most common response :
1. Reverb
2. Reverb with a bit of Delay
"What amp" ? too many choices to list. Sorry...
What type of music are you playing ? |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 21 Jan 2017 11:53 am
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I own several Fenders and a couple Peaveys, and my Milkman Half and Half.
For the amps with tubes, I use the amp reverb, and a Lexicon MPX100 with the Peaveys.
I almost never turn the reverb off.
For song-specific effects, I will use amp tremolo (Session 400, Fenders), a Mutron Phasor, Sparkle Drive for subtle dirt, a Mahoney Buzz Tone for serious hippie fuzz, and a Tom Bradshaw Dunlop Resonator pedal. I keep a digital delay in the car;I never know when I might need a chock.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Greg Cutshaw
From:
Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 21 Jan 2017 12:02 pm
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| I am down to 3 steel amps: Telonics 500C combo , Peavey Nashville 400, Walker Stereo steel with 2 re-coned JBL speaker cabs. Most of the time I play through the Telonics with TC Elecronics G Major 2 set on reverb or reverb + delay and a Telonics FP-100 foot volume. With the Nash 400 I use a Goodrich pot pedal and a Hall of Fame Reverb. I've yet to power on my own Walker unit! |
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Craig Bailey
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Posted 21 Jan 2017 2:18 pm
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| I use a Fender Vibrasonic with Benado Effects Steel Dream |
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John De Maille
From:
On a Mountain in Upstate Halcottsville, N.Y.
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Posted 21 Jan 2017 9:28 pm
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I have a modded Nash400 and Nash1000. I use either one with a Roland DD3
But, my go to amp has been a Stereo Steel with a TC Electronics M-300 into the SS cabinets with JBL' s in them. |
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Dustin Kleingartner
From:
Saint Paul MN, USA
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Posted 21 Jan 2017 10:10 pm
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Personally, I like when these kinds of threads get started again, cause things change,and sometimes its nice to start a fresh thread.
Here's mine:
Stage One >
Goodrich Pot Pedal >
Boss RV-5 >
Peavey Artist Amp (1x12 BW)
with a 15" BW extension cab that came out of a Session 500 that's the about the same vintage as the Artist
The amp is a great little stack, and offers a lot more volume than I could ever need. It has a functional reverb tank, but I've come to terms with the fact that I prefer digital verb
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Fred Justice
From:
Mesa, Arizona
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Posted 21 Jan 2017 10:29 pm
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My go to amp to go out and play is a Peavey Nashville 112 with on board reverb.
At home in the shop I play thru a Walker SS pre amp with a peavey 200 power amp with a Lexicon MPX-100.
I also have a combo amp with an Evans pre amp,a hidden Stewart World 250 power amp amd a Lexicon MPX-100 thru a 15" JBL D-130 speaker.
Another combo amp is a Walker SS pre amp,with a hidden Stewart World 250 power amp, a Lexicon MPX-100, thru a 15" Black Widow 1501-4.
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Email: azpedalman@gmail.com
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Carl Mesrobian
From:
Salem, Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 21 Jan 2017 10:58 pm
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Blackface Fender Princeton Reverb, Sarno Black Box, Fulltone OCD, and a good sound guy 
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"The better it gets, the fewer of us know it." Ray Brown |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 22 Jan 2017 3:24 am
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In my old age I have caved
Main amp for Steel is a N112 with a 12" Fender Gold Label Eminence speaker , no extra effects.
I also carry a small Fender Blues Jr, stock, for guitar to each gig as I am probably playing guitar 3 or 4 songs each set, or rather, whenever I want to !
I am done with the double duty amps, Twins, Devilles etc, love them to death but have moved on. Yes 4 to 6 gigs each month. Maybe more.
If the room is large I bring out the N400 for Steel but I still use the B-jr. for guitar which admittedly can't cover the ground of a 40 watt Fender amp clean. But it's typically a 3 hour gig so it's no big deal. The gig ends before I get frustrated !
If it's an outdoor gig, big stage, it's the N400 and...uhh..the HR Deville for guitar , I still own one of those baby's.
and NO, we don't mic amps unless it is an outdoor big stage show. We dance with the one we brung...
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Emmons L-II , Fender Telecasters, B-Benders
Pro Tools 12 on WIN 7 !
jobless- but not homeless- now retired 9 years
CURRENT MUSIC TRACKS AT > https://tprior2241.wixsite.com/website |
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Ed Boyd
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2017 6:59 am
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I'm using a MSA D10, Goodrich L120, Peterson tuner, a Boss DS-1 distortion I use on a Jason Aldean tune into a Nashville 400. I use the amp's reverb.
I would like to get another NV400 and a Lexicon MX200 for delay and verbs running stereo. Everything is always mic'd and mixed from the front desk. |
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Jim Cooley
From:
The 'Ville, Texas, USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2017 7:58 am
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| Most of the time either a 1972 Silverface Twin Reverb or Webb 614-E into a Sarno Black Box and Benado Steel Dream. I have a Peavey Vegas 400 and one or two others in reserve. The Twin is converted into a head unit so I have a choice of speaker cabinets. I can go with two 12 inch speakers, one 12, or one 15. |
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Paul Wade
From:
mundelein,ill
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Posted 22 Jan 2017 8:01 am What amp and effects do you use for steel?
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steel> evans fet custom small cabinet amp reverb
thanks it 
p.w |
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John Macy
From:
Rockport TX/Denver CO
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Posted 22 Jan 2017 8:36 am
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My current setup is the best I have ever had--Sarno Black Box, Benado Steel Dream with a TC Nova Delay in the loop into a Telonics Mini 12" Combo amp...dreamy...
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John Macy
Rockport, TX
Engineer/Producer/Steel Guitar |
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Posted 22 Jan 2017 9:45 am
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| Quilter Steelaire rackmount + Earthquaker Dispatch-Master delay in FX loop --> 2 Walker closed back cabs w/ 15"neo-mag BW 1501s . |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 22 Jan 2017 11:41 am
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My rig is in my Sig.
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GFI Ultra Keyless S-10 with pad (Black of course) TB202 amp, Hilton VP, Steelers Choice sidekick seat
Cakewalk by Bandlab and Studio One V4.6 pro DAWs, MOTU Ultralite MK5 recording interface unit (for sale) |
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Jeff Watson
From:
Anza, CA. USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2017 2:34 pm
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| Early 50's Oahu amp w/ 12" alnico Tone Tubby thru a Mooer SkyVerb pedal. |
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Paddy Long
From:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 22 Jan 2017 2:58 pm
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Telonics TCA500B Combo amp with TC Electronics G Major and also a Telonics Rack setup w/Lexicon MX300 into Telonics 15" speakers
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14'Zumsteel Hybrid D10 9+9
08'Zumsteel Hybrid D10 9+9
94' Franklin Stereo D10 9+8
Telonics, Peterson, Steelers Choice, Benado, Lexicon, Red Dirt Cases.
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Jim Smerk
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2017 5:47 pm
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| Jack Stoner wrote: |
| My rig is in my Sig. |
Same here......  |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 22 Jan 2017 7:02 pm
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| 98% of the time, it's just Guitar/pot pedal/Peavey SC-212 |
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Michael Lee Allen
From:
Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 22 Jan 2017 8:06 pm
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Dave Meis
From:
Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2017 9:22 pm
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For pedal steel, Fender Twin! When I play non-pedal, they tend to be more 'raucous' gigs, so I'll use Trem (gotta play Pipeline!), OD, Wah and, of course, Delay (ya never know when you're gonna want to play 'Apache')
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Nathan Guilford
From:
Oklahoma City
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Posted 22 Jan 2017 9:24 pm here's my list
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This seems fun. I have a built in fuzz in my 1976 MSA D-12. Lil Izzy into a true bypass looper. Loop 1 is drive - Wampler Black '65. Loop 2 is organ - Origin effects slide rig into EH B9 into Strymon Lex. Loop 3 is volume pedal - Hilton. Loop 4 is delay - Donner Yellow Fall into Tom's Line Echo. Loop 5 is reverb - MXR m300 reverb. Out into the front end of Carvin BX500 to a custom speaker cab with a telonics neo 15". Whew. With this rig, I feel I can cover just about any style and with the finger-switched looper I can switch quickly. It's a lot of pedals though and I'm waiting for a TC m350 rack unit to come in the mail. That might replace the three delay and reverb pedals on the board and then maybe I can find a way to cut back even further.
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'02 Carter S-12 uni
‘76 MSA D-12
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Brett Lanier
From:
Madison, TN
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Posted 22 Jan 2017 9:46 pm
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Early model Standel Custom XV
Strymon Flint, El Capistan, Nobels preamp booster (three knob pedal great for adjusting treble, bass, & volume when you can't reach your amp, über transparent)
--sometimes---
Eventide Pitchfactor
Fulltone tube tape echo
Earth Drive
Landgraff fuzz
Lots of other stuff... fx come and go pretty quick. |
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