OK so somebody fill me in on this new amp .. I seen one today at a local music store. they had the price set at $650.00 is that the going price or could I do better? how does it sound? who is using it ? not that that makes a difference does it compare to my nashville 400? any info would Be great . Im going to go down this week sometime with my guitar and plug into it to see what its made of and was just wanting a little info in my hip pocket first.
oh yea is there a sweet spot for the settings ???
Boo Miller
A Nashville 400 weighs about 61 lbs Right?If the Fender sounds as great as they say might be worth it.I gonna start working out.Maybe I'll be in shape to carry one by spring time.
That is a good price, but it is not as good as a Nash 400 or a nash 1000 for about same price. Not as much out and head room . MYHO, Nash's are better. Jennings
Don't overlook the Peavey Nashville 112 either, smaller package, lighter weight, great sound. Not as much rated power, but it is surprising how much power it does have.
Actually, without the casters on the bottom
or the large footswitch fastened inside,
it weighs exactly the same as my Webb: 63 lbs.
As far as "sweet spots", start with all the
controls straight up (12 o'clock) & go from
there. You'll tweek a little here & there,
but nothing drastic.
Let's see... Popular opinion states that the Fender amp features more weight, less head room, and not equal to the Peavey 1000 regarding sound? I think that's a pretty easy decision to make. Don't you?
As a guy who owns all the above amps except the 112 and pretty much likes my Peavey amps just fine, I'd say the Fender sounds more musical than any Peavey. The headroom AND weight issue(not huge issues,BTW)were solved by putting a BW into the Fender - AND the invention of the wheel. As I said in another post recently,I think putting an Eminence DeltaLite 2515 will be the next speaker I try in the Fender. I also put Fender tilt-back legs on the Steel King - which should be standard issue BTW - and now I can dispense with the amp stand I've been carrying around for the past 10 years.
No amp,guitar,computer,car,boat or wife is perfect so I'm tweakin....and I'm diggin the Steel King. -MJ-
Do you like your NV400? Why not try a Black Box with your NV400 and see what a HUGE differance that makes. I have a Twin Reverb, 59 Baseman, NV400 and NV112. I like them all and won't part with any of them, but I use the Black Box on the NV's only.
I haven't tried a steel through it yet, but I ran a six string through it, and I'll say this:
It's the ONLY solid state amp that I've played guitar through, that sounded close to being as sweet as a tube amp.
I cant wait to try one with my Ricky Lap, and the MSA D12.
-andy-
<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Andy Zynda on 06 November 2004 at 03:28 PM.]</p></FONT>
I've always liked my Nashville 400 just fine, though never completely blown away by the front end (pre amp voicing). The Steel King is much more musical to me than the 400. It sounds great set completely flat, where the Nashville 400 doesn't. I could play a job with the Steel King set flat, it sounds that good to me. With a little tweaking (but not much necessary in my case), it just gets better. (I'm playing a '73 Emmons D-10 through it, BTW.) To me, it has every bit of the power and headroom of my Nashville 400. I'm using it on average of 4 or 5 shows a week in medium size venues (3000-6000 seats). I'm sending the signal from the built in DI to FOH and Monitor engineers. Everybody loves it, especially the sound guys. I've always loved the sound of my steel through a Twin Reverb (or most any old tube Fender with reverb) but just couldn't use them live because of the tube breakup. As a guitar player I love it (breakup), but as a steel player no. Everybody has their own tastes and opinions. Opinions about tone and all things musical are highly subjective at best. Peavey set the standard for affordable and good sounding steel amps a long time ago. There are a lot of them out there and a lot of us steelers have used them for years. Lots of people are going to be sceptical about anything new that comes along. Just my opinion. Your mileage may vary.
JP<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by James Pennebaker on 06 November 2004 at 03:00 PM.]</p></font><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by James Pennebaker on 06 November 2004 at 03:02 PM.]</p></FONT>
It's hard to find a good steel amp that really has it all without the weight. I've got a couple of old Session 400's (58 pounds) that I just put the Brad Sarno mod kits in and they sound even better than before and I never would've thought so. They're a 75 and a 76 model. I'm working with Roger Ball (guitar player) and he uses one of these same amps for guitar and sounds great. Brad builds the Black Box and is getting some very good comments on it these days. For me I can never really tell how an amp sounds until it's on the bandstand so maybe a good test drive would be the thing to do if you can borrow one or maybe return it if you don't like it. I'm waiting for Bose (or somebody)to build an amp that fits in my pocket that'll rattle the walls but until then I'm not going to buy another amp heavier than the ones I use now.
does it compare to my nashville 400? any info would Be great . Im going to go down this week sometime with my guitar and plug into it to see what its made of and was just wanting a little info in my hip pocket first. 
