Special 130.. Best setting?

Tommy Auldridge · Post by **Tommy Auldridge** » 13 Nov 2012 5:56 am

Any players using a Peavey Special 130.. I'd like to know a good place to start on the best EQ settings. Thanks in advance for your input. Tommy.......

John Scanlon · Post by **John Scanlon** » 13 Nov 2012 8:14 am

Generally, it's always best to start flat and then season to taste.

Here's the 130 manual for more: http://www.peavey.com/assets/literature ... 343010.pdf

Lane Gray · Post by **Lane Gray** » 14 Nov 2012 1:22 am

In general, most of us want a fair amount of boost in the bass, some cut in the mid and highs and presence determined by the hands.
The second post in this thread has a procedure for finding your own tone
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=223731

EDIT: I didn't notice the OP was you, Tommy.
You've been playing long enough to know how to turn the knobs. I think if you can't get your sound out of it in one afternoon, it's not gonna let you at all.
Just use it as a rack for your train hats.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 14 Nov 2012 10:56 am

heavy on the bass side, light on the treble. adjust mids to suit your ear. my bandit is similar. even though it doesn't quite have the depth of a session or nashville, it has a very usable tone. sometimes a 12 inch speaker is a refreshing change from a 15.

Matteo Strazzolini · Post by **Matteo Strazzolini** » 15 Nov 2012 8:26 am

normal gain 3
low 10
shift 0
mid 6.5
high 4.5
presence 0
reverb 6

I have ken fox mod on.

Bruce Hamilton · Post by **Bruce Hamilton** » 21 Nov 2012 7:24 pm

Thanks for the setting. I bought a Special 130 from a pawn shop years ago as a backup guitar amp but I never found a good setting for steel. With this setting the amp is not as spot on as my LTD 400 but it is still nice.
As an aside about a month ago my LTD suddenly broke down on stage and there happened to be a Fender Hot Rod Deville left there from an earlier jam. Without even looking at the settings I just plugged in and the sound was almost exactly the same as my trusty 30+ year old Peavey. I was probably really lucky but I have found that whereas Peaveys have unlimited tone adjustments Fenders using more limited parameters seem to make it easier to find the sound you are looking for.

Adam Sorber · Post by **Adam Sorber** » 28 Nov 2012 6:29 am

With any peavey amp I've had to use for steel. I always start with the bass almost all the way up, the mids at 12 0'clock and the highs at about 2 o'clock. Then I adjust the high's to compensate how old my strings are!
Adam

John Scanlon · Post by **John Scanlon** » 4 Dec 2013 9:35 am

John Scanlon wrote:Generally, it's always best to start flat and then season to taste.

Here's the 130 manual for more: http://www.peavey.com/assets/literature ... 343010.pdf

Updated link for manual: http://assets.peavey.com/literature/man ... 343010.pdf