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Topic: Anybody like the new Fender Steel King...? |
Charley Bond
From: Inola, OK, USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 8:58 am
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A music shop has closed & they have a Fender Steel King on Sale... Anybody have anything to say...? _________________ Steel Guitar players are members of a Special Family |
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Stu Schulman
From: Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 9:23 am
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I had one a few years ago and didn't like it,I think that the problem was me and I didn't spend enough time getting to know the am,I sold it to a friend and have been beating myself up ever since! _________________ 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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Dale McPherson
From: Morristown, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 9:44 am
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I have one that sounds pretty good. Took a little time for me to adjust to what I wanted.
Last edited by Dale McPherson on 17 Feb 2017 10:24 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Greg Cutshaw
From: Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 10:13 am
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One of my all time favorite amps and a real bargain used. |
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Eric Dahlhoff
From: Point Arena, California
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 10:25 am
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I love mine, but it weighs a TON. _________________ "To live outside the law you must be honest." (Bob Dylan) |
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Charley Bond
From: Inola, OK, USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 11:08 am Fender Steel Amp
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is $600.00 new (old stock) a good price. How does it stack up to the Fender Twin Reverb..? _________________ Steel Guitar players are members of a Special Family |
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Doug Beaumier
From: Northampton, MA
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Dick Wood
From: Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 11:30 am
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I had one,it was ok and I liked it when I turned around and saw Fender on the grille cloth. I never could get the exact sound I wanted as I thought the mids had a thumpy kind of funkiness to it.
I've had a Quilter now for over two years and like it. _________________ Cops aren't paid much so I steel at night. |
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Mike Archer
From: church hill tn
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 11:41 am there ok
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there heavy...they sound good if you replace the
stock speaker they came with from factory
would I have another?
no.....
mike _________________ Mullen sd10
Nashville 400 amp
Tele/ fender deluxe |
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Greg Cutshaw
From: Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 12:53 pm
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I loved mine with the stock speaker! Had 2 of them in fact. Replaced the stock speaker with a Peavey Black Widow and the sound was muddy. I paid $550 for new old stock when they first came out and just sold one for $375 shipped. |
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Mike Archer
From: church hill tn
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 1:17 pm speaker
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I found the stock speaker to be very brittle in the steel king on the high end
I put black widow in mine and it sounded good
its good amp just to heavy for me
I guess just a ear thing...
your mileage may vary as they say
mike _________________ Mullen sd10
Nashville 400 amp
Tele/ fender deluxe |
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Erv Niehaus
From: Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 1:46 pm
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Isn't that a solid state amp? |
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Len Amaral
From: Rehoboth,MA 02769
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 2:05 pm
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I had a Steel King and sold it as I could not carry it. I bought a Jazz King from a Forum member that is the same as a Steel King only 140 watts. Nice amp and I still can't carry it😬 |
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David Nugent
From: Gum Spring, Va.
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 3:39 pm
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From what I recall, they were very troublesome. A local player purchased one new and it spent more time in the shop than on stage, He had it repaired one last time and sold it. |
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Mark Eaton
From: Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 3:43 pm
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Charley wrote "the new Fender Steel King" in the thread title.
Even though it wasn't that many years ago that Fender came out with this amp, hasn't it already been several years since it was discontinued?
Though there might still be "new old stock" in certain stores, it's been quite awhile since they made these. I thought they were pretty nice (though they weigh a ton), but I guess this amp didn't "take" with steel players like Fender was hoping it would. _________________ Mark |
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Doug Beaumier
From: Northampton, MA
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Lee Baucum
From: McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 5:45 pm
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I bought mine not long after they came out. A few years ago I replaced the stock speaker with a lightweight neo speaker. It's never given me one ounce of trouble.
It sounds great with all the tone knobs straight up. _________________ Lee, from South Texas - Down On The Rio Grande
There are only two options as I see it.
Either I'm right, or there is a sinister conspiracy to conceal the fact that I'm right.
Williams Keyless S-10, BMI S-10, Evans FET-500LV, Fender Steel King, 2 Roland Cube 80XL's,
Sarno FreeLoader, Goodrich Passive Volume Pedals, Vintage ACE Pack-A-Seat |
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George Redmon
From: Muskegon & Detroit Michigan.
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 11:46 pm
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I'm with Greg on the Fender Steel King, i just loved it. I had resident speaker cabinet guru Rick Johnson convert it into a "Split Cab" configuration for me. Easy for me to haul it, and it sounded great. Just my assessment of the Steel King is all. I really should have kept it i s'pose.
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Mike Perlowin
From: Los Angeles CA
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Jeff Porter
From: Stumptown, OR, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2017 3:10 pm
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I had one for a while and liked it. It was a little fussy to dial in but I did get a sound I liked out of it. Put a Telonics Neo in it and that made it pretty manageable.
Had a chance to pick up a Webb locally and couldn't pass it up so the SK had to go, but I did have a chance to play them side by side briefly and I was surprised at how good the SK held up to the Webb.
The only downside I noticed was the build quality was typical new Fender - the jacks were pretty flimsy and one was noisey on occasion and the pots felt kinda cheap. _________________ "I make dozens of dollars a year playing music." |
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Jerry Malvern
From: Menifee, California, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2017 3:53 pm
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Best sounding amp to me. And I agree with what Leo said, knobs straight up gives the best tone. I spend more time picking and a bunch less time twisting knobs on the amp. |
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Greg Cutshaw
From: Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2017 6:26 pm
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The tone controls are very powerful and its easy to dial in a good tone. The Telonics tone control selection is very similar too. I also tried mine side by side with the Webb 6-14-E and decided they were so similar that I sold the Webb! |
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Robert Jones
From: Branson, Missouri
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Posted 21 Feb 2017 2:37 pm
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I bought a Steel King a few years back and I love it. It's loaded with a Black Widow and has a ton of tone with it. I also have a rack that I use a Peavey Tubefex powered through a 500 Mossvalve amp. I can't tell much difference in the tone. The rack is stereo where the Steel King is mono. I think that's about the only difference. _________________ Mullen Royal Precision D10 Red Lacquer Pearl inlay 8&8
"Life is too short for bad tone."
https://mullenguitars.com/
http://www.bjsbars.com/ |
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Ron Pruter
From: Arizona, USA
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Posted 21 Feb 2017 3:22 pm
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Had lots of trouble with mine. Mainly the reverb wiring. I took it apart and hard wired the tiny leads to the transducers and never had another problem** Well there was the hernias _________________ Emmons SKH Le Grande, '73 Fender P/J bass, Tick tack bass, Regal high strung, USA Nashville 112. |
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Jon Light
From: Saugerties, NY
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Posted 21 Feb 2017 4:23 pm
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Similar to some of the experiences here:
-- unusually deep cabinet makes it a bear to carry.
-- speaker runs shrill but after trying several replacements I went back to the original because I found it tuned the best for this amp.
-- first time I heard a friend gigging one, a dozen years ago, I knew I wanted one and ordered mine. It has a big sweet spot. Yes, you can start with everything at 12 o'clock, then fine tune as needed. Ironically, that friend grew to hate his. I forget if it's because he had quality problems or just didn't like it.
-- I find the reverb almost useless. Way too deep and wet. Too all or nothing. I skip it & use a box. |
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