setting's on nashville 400

[Calvin Walley]

what setting are most of you using on your
nashville 400 ?

i have my lows at -9
mids -6
highs -6
shift at 300
presence on 6

i am trying to get a soft tone ?

[Richard Sinkler]

Low +9
Mid -6
Shift @ 800
High +9
Presence +9
Reverb 3
Post gain all the way up.
Pre gain around 5

These settings never change on my amp from venue to venue. This way the tone always sounds the same to me wherever I play. Only the pre gain will change if I have to practice at a real low volume. Volume on gigs I use the volume pedal and picking technique to control.

Edited to add that I have the Ken Fox intense mod in my NV400. Still use the same settings as before the mod except reverb. Used to be 4-1/2, now it's 3.

[Curt Langston]

Low +9
Mid -6
Shift @ 800
High +9
Presence +9
Reverb 3
Post gain all the way up.
Pre gain around 5

I use the same except I run my high and presence at zero or 1

[Eric Philippsen]

Wow, I could never set my High and Presence controls at +9 as Richard and Curt do. Anything in that range makes me sound like I could cut tank armor at 50 paces. But it obviously works for them and that's great!

I love my Nashville 400's. Been playing them for decades. My normal settings are at or around:

Low: +9 to full out.
Mid: -3
Shift: 800
High: -3
Presence: -3
Reverb: 3 (but I usually use Lexicon for that)
Post Gain: 2 o'clock
Pre Gain: 9-11 o'clock

Sometimes I'll play with the shift & mids. Interestingly, I picked up a "newer" black-hardwared 400 about three months ago. I was surprised at the difference in sound. Still nice but I like the sound of my older 400's better. Maybe that's due, in part, to the 1501's they have in them? What do you think?

[Curt Langston]

Sorry about that. I did not have my glasses on this morning. I thought the settings on the high and presence were zeros, not 9's!

I run my high and presence at 0 or +1

[Calvin Walley]

thanks fellas
i will try some of your setting and see
if i can get that "soft" sound i am looking for

[ray qualls]

Calvin, as you can see, setting the shift at about 800 is preferred by most steelers. It makes a lot of difference on your tone! Ray

[Calvin Walley]

thanks to all

changing the shift to 800 was perfect

i don't have a clue what the shift does
but it worked,it gave me that "soft " sound
that i was looking for

[Tony Prior]

Here ya go Calvin..

Sweepable midrange EQ basically changes the peak point of the MID range frequencies in the fashion of a parametric EQ. Generally MID range is a fixed specific freq. range but the SWEEP knob allows you to alter the PEAK point for gain at various freq's within the MID freq range.

What all this means is quite simple.

set it at 800 !

[Richard Sinkler]

One of the reasons for the highs (besides I like 'em), is that when you get out in the crowd and off center from your amp, you can hardly hear the highs anymore. It becomes real bassy and sometimes even muddy. I actually prefer running my NV400 into a Peavey PX-300 powered 15" speaker on the other side of the stage for better coverage (although micing through the PA would be best, but the bands I play with use mostly 8 channel powered PA mixers and there is no room to add instruments to the mix). By adding it (highs) to the overall sound, the crowd does get to hear them a little more. With the bass and mid settings I use, the highs really aren't that brittle,piercing or shrill. Seems to have a good overall balance.

Interestingly, I picked up a "newer" black-hardwared 400 about three months ago. I was surprised at the difference in sound. Still nice but I like the sound of my older 400's better. Maybe that's due, in part, to the 1501's they have in them? What do you think?

I did the same. I do think the older (ribbed) speaker in my older 400 is much warmer than the non-ribbed cone in the black hardware model. I did choose to do the Ken Fox mod (I highly recommend it) to the older one. Better reverb, same basic tone but seems to come "alive" as opposed to the sterile solid state sound the amp had without it.

[Calvin Walley]

thanks Tony

i did

[Lavelle Pierce]

ray i have finally got my rains sound with my nashville the settings gain 8
post around right
low+6
mid-5
shift 800
high+3
presents +5
rev 2
i also set the pre -amp differents

[Jeffrey Snyder]

Spent time working on my tone with my Black Corner N400 tonight. -15 on Mid with shift at 800 started getting me in the place I like. Have pushed Low to +9 for years, but moved to - 3 and liked what I was hearing. Then played around with the high at 0 to +3, and presence at +3 to +7. Bright switch not pulled on. Amazing how versatile the EQ section truly is. I do believe my older Chrome Corner N400 sounds better than my Black Corner. Beauty is in the ears of the beholder.

[Mike Brown]

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Feel free to call me and I will walk you through the controls on your amplifier and hopefully you can achieve the settings to your liking. Please have your amp and a couple of cables at hand.

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[Larry Behm]

Soft tone, why?

[Dale Rottacker]

Spent time working on my tone with my Black Corner N400 tonight. -15 on Mid with shift at 800 started getting me in the place I like. Have pushed Low to +9 for years, but moved to - 3 and liked what I was hearing. Then played around with the high at 0 to +3, and presence at +3 to +7. Bright switch not pulled on. Amazing how versatile the EQ section truly is. I do believe my older Chrome Corner N400 sounds better than my Black Corner. Beauty is in the ears of the beholder.

This is an OLD thread it appears I'm reviving today. My Dad had this NV 400 back "when" ... one of the Black Cornered ones that he used with his LDG if and when he ever played it, (rarely). Think I played through it more than he did when I'd come visit from the other side of the state, so very little play time in total. I HATED this amp, as I could never dial in a tone that was this side of ugly. And don't know what PU for sure is in it.

Well yesterday, I had a fella coming over to help him with his D10 Carter, which someone had rodded the 7th pedal to raise the 4th as it should be, but lowered the 3 which it shouldn't be. ... Well I'd had my Dads amp here for awhile and only cleaned it up, having never plugged it in since I got possession of it. I didn't want my friend to puke on his guitar with this amp, so started looking for settings that would get me by, when I found the settings in this quote. I then held my breath while he sat down getting ready to strike the strings. He said he HATED the pup that was in it, which looked like a 710, that he thought was too hot and sounded bad. Then he started to play, and both of us were pleasantly surprised. He said that Carter never sounded so good with any of his amps, and I said, "that amp has never sounded better than right now". I'm almost of a mind that my problem with this amp was that Dad always had it on a stand, while I had it on the concrete floor in the garage.

This morning I had to see if this was just a fluke, so I packed the Rittenberry upstairs to the garage and plugged it in, SAME result, it sounded great with 705's. So THEN, I drug out my Pro lll that hadn't seen the light of day in 6-8 years. After very little tuning (shocked), it too sounded great with an E66 up front and stock pickup on back, which sounded even better.

So long story longer, apparently there IS tone in those Black Cornered NV 400's ... just needed the Forum to set me straight. THANK YOU.

[Larry Dering]

Dale, I find it interesting that you use less on the lows as it do. I have been all over the map with settings on a Nashville 400 I picked up last year. Mine is close to a wall so naturally the lows are enhanced. I'm at 1 o'clock and mid frequency closer to 600. Can't remember the mid cut. This was with Justice Judge SD10 4X5 with 705 pickup. I will snap a picture and add it here when I'm back at my steel.

[Dale Rottacker]

Dale, I find it interesting that you use less on the lows as it do. I have been all over the map with settings on a Nashville 400 I picked up last year. Mine is close to a wall so naturally the lows are enhanced. I'm at 1 o'clock and mid frequency closer to 600. Can't remember the mid cut. This was with Justice Judge SD10 4X5 with 705 pickup. I will snap a picture and add it here when I'm back at my steel.

Hey Larry ... those settings seemed to work pretty well with that D10 Carter and my D10 Rittenberry, though could use a little tweaking, but well within the Ball Park ... My Pro lll still needs some some additional tweaking on the E9th neck with that E66 just floating in there ... the C6th neck is pretty good with the stock pickup. But plan on getting either an original pickup for the E9th neck or I'm not sure what. BUT, the tentative procrastination plan is to tear it completely down and rebuilding it, and maybe add a change or two.

I'm going to experiment a bit with what you suggested and see what that does.