Suggestions for best Steel Amp
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Terry Wood
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Suggestions for best Steel Amp
Seriously, I'd like to know what y'all think would be the best sounding amps for a Steel Guitar? Thanks for your thoughts
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David Wren
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Re: Suggestions for best Steel Amp
In the past, for years in fact I used a giant Session 500 (Peavey) with a 1501 Black Widow speaker....
My ears may differ with many, but I tried the much smaller Peavey 112 (the 80 watt version with Eminence 12" speaker).... never was happy with the midrange tone.
Finally I switched to Quilter products, first the Steelaire, then the Tone Block 202 with the TT 115 cab. These sounded good and certainly were more portable than the Session 500.
With all that said, I currently have on order a Milkman Sound "new" "Half and Half". This is a small tube driven pre-amp, into a 300 watt class D (solid state, very light) power amp. I ordered a Neodyne 15" speaker with it. When it comes next month, I'll be glad to give it a review.
Hope this helps, remember.... what is a great amp to some, others with not like... so my advice, try before you buy. If you can do a live gig before a purchase, perfect!
My ears may differ with many, but I tried the much smaller Peavey 112 (the 80 watt version with Eminence 12" speaker).... never was happy with the midrange tone.
Finally I switched to Quilter products, first the Steelaire, then the Tone Block 202 with the TT 115 cab. These sounded good and certainly were more portable than the Session 500.
With all that said, I currently have on order a Milkman Sound "new" "Half and Half". This is a small tube driven pre-amp, into a 300 watt class D (solid state, very light) power amp. I ordered a Neodyne 15" speaker with it. When it comes next month, I'll be glad to give it a review.
Hope this helps, remember.... what is a great amp to some, others with not like... so my advice, try before you buy. If you can do a live gig before a purchase, perfect!
Dave Wren
'25 Williams U12, 7X7; '96 Carter U12, 7X7; '70 MSA D10, 8X5; 1936 7 string National; Line 6 HX Stomp; P2P "Bad Dog amp/ PF 350 12"; Quilter TT-15/TB202; Quilter "Steelaire"; DV Mark "GH 250"with 15" 1501 BW; Boss "Katana" 100 Head w/Line 6 Cab; Telonics VP; 1951 Fender Dual Professional; '76 Webb 6-14 E amp/ Telonics 15" speaker; 2026 Milkman "Half and Half" amp.
'25 Williams U12, 7X7; '96 Carter U12, 7X7; '70 MSA D10, 8X5; 1936 7 string National; Line 6 HX Stomp; P2P "Bad Dog amp/ PF 350 12"; Quilter TT-15/TB202; Quilter "Steelaire"; DV Mark "GH 250"with 15" 1501 BW; Boss "Katana" 100 Head w/Line 6 Cab; Telonics VP; 1951 Fender Dual Professional; '76 Webb 6-14 E amp/ Telonics 15" speaker; 2026 Milkman "Half and Half" amp.