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Topic: Fender Steel King as backline amp |
Roger Crawford
From:
Griffin, GA USA
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Posted 20 Jul 2021 3:14 pm |
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| We’ll be doing a show that will be supplying backline amps. I’m told there is a Steel King available, but I’ve never used one and I’m not at all familiar with them. I would appreciate any comments on starting points or other suggestions for a quick dial-in. |
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Mike Ritchie
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Florida, USA
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Posted 20 Jul 2021 3:30 pm
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| I am a bedroom player so far, but I have a Steel King and a Nashville 400 and like them both. Most of the time I prefer the Steel King. You do need to crank it up to get the best sound out of it, at least for me. |
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Jon Light
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 20 Jul 2021 5:00 pm
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| I seem to recall that this amp was deliberately designed so that tone controls all set to 12 o'clock was a good starting point. I think I found this to be pretty much a good approach. My experience is that the exception is the reverb which should be turned off, period. It is IMO virtually unusable. I would carry an fx pedal reverb. |
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Larry Behm
From:
Mt Angel, Or 97362
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Posted 20 Jul 2021 7:20 pm
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Use it if it is your only choice, if you have a choice well…
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Greg Cutshaw
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Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 21 Jul 2021 5:08 am
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| One of my favorite amps. Lots of tonal flexibility and easy to dial in. The factory reverb sucks but can be made to shine with a simple swap in of a $20 MOD reverb tank. |
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Dale McPherson
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Morristown, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 21 Jul 2021 5:41 am
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| I had one and did not like the reverb. Greg, what is the number for the replacement tank that you used? Thanks |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 21 Jul 2021 9:34 am
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I've played a Mullen pre-RP, a Williams, and a BMI (with different types of pickups) through my Steel King and get a great sound with all the knobs straight up. Sometimes I will add just a touch of bass and maybe cut a little bit of mids, but not much. More often than not I just use the EQ Tilt control to fine tune the sound to the room.
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Williams Keyless S-10, BMI S-10, Evans FET-500LV, Fender Steel King, 2 Roland Cube 80XL's,
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Greg Cutshaw
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Corry, PA, USA
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Dale McPherson
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Morristown, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 21 Jul 2021 12:13 pm
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Jerry Humphries
From:
Jasper, AL.
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Posted 22 Jul 2021 7:06 pm Fender steel king
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| Jon Light wrote: |
| I seem to recall that this amp was deliberately designed so that tone controls all set to 12 o'clock was a good starting point. I think I found this to be pretty much a good approach. My experience is that the exception is the reverb which should be turned off, period. It is IMO virtually unusable. I would carry an fx pedal reverb. |
I definitely agree about the reverb . I just traded my steel king in for a new Fender twin tone master . I just never could dial a sound in I was happy with . The new fender twin sounds better to me but Im still twisting knobs to try and get close to the way my rack system sounds . |
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