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Topic: New Magnatone amps? |
b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Dave Zirbel
From:
Sebastopol, CA USA
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Posted 14 Oct 2017 11:26 am |
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We opened for Lucas Nelson the other night...he was running a Les Paul Jr through two of them....sounded wicked! Wondering too if they would work good for steel. My guess is yes!
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Dave Zirbel-
Sierra S-10 (Built by Ross Shafer),ZB, Fender 400 guitars, various tube and SS amps |
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Ken Metcalf
From:
San Antonio Texas USA
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Posted 14 Oct 2017 2:58 pm
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 14 Oct 2017 3:11 pm Whoa!
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 14 Oct 2017 3:32 pm
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Those Dual 22 Twilighters look like the ticket for steel. Maybe kinda like a Deluxe Reverb? 6V6's v. El34 and 84 in the head and other combo amps. Interesting pitch based vibrato instead of volume based tremolo with reverb.
Kinda pricey though @ $3100 + for the stereo model.
What's interesting, is that according to a Sep 2014 GP magazine, Delbert Dickerson originally built these amps and steel guitars for his daughter rather than buying one back in the 40's. Cool.
I didn't link to it, 'cause I'm not sure how these things work concerning ownership.
Anyway, cool old resurrected amp models. Be interesting to try one out. May have to take a lap steel over the Guitar Emporium or something.
Now that I think about it, I remember reading about these 3 or 4 years ago. Interesting amps. |
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J.D.White
From:
Lafayette, Louisiana
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Posted 15 Oct 2017 8:40 am
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Not much power for Steel - tube rectifier - but guessing it's got great tone for studio.
The late Lonnie Mack used a Magnatone 460 for the (true) vibrato sound.
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