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Topic: Need Nashville 112 settings for a fiddle |
George Kimery
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Limestone, TN, USA
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Posted 28 May 2010 4:44 am |
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| Our fiddle player uses a 112. He has the Bass, the Mid, and the Shift all run up all the way. Now that just doesn't look right to me for setting for any instrument. I told him that he has a steel guitar amp and it may just not be voiced for a fiddle. He asked me to see if I could find some other people's setttings that are using a 112 for fiddle, so I am. Any body out there? |
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Frank Freniere
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The First Coast
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Johnny Thomasson
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 29 May 2010 5:34 am
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George, I've never played thru a 112, but I can tell you that steel amps work great for fiddle. I use a NV400, a Session 400 and a '65 Twin Reverb w/15" JBL. All sound great for fiddle or steel.
With regard to EQ, most fiddle players use an in-bridge piezo type pickup. I used a Barcus-Berry for years; now I use a LR Baggs. These tend to favor the higher frequencies much more than the lows, so you do have to compensate on the amp settings.
It's easy to over-do it though. You can get a real pleasing sound in close proximity to the amp, but it will be muddy sounding in the audience. You shouldn't kill the treble and upper mids completely, although it might sound better that way standing right in front of the amp. An acoustic fiddle tone is what you want, which requres the right mix of low, mid and high frequencies.
If your fiddle player isn't using a preamp, he should be. I use the LR Baggs Para Acoustic DI Studio pre... about $150. Great unit. You can eliminate bow noise completely, and shape your tone any way you want. I have two of them.
Hope this helps.
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Johnny Thomasson
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Texas, USA
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Posted 29 May 2010 5:38 am
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I just looked, and that is very close to the settings I use on my NV400. I don't run the bass quite that high, but then the NV400 has a 15" speaker.
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