P F Benado Steel Dream. Paul F. Has Spoken!

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Randy Gilliam
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P F Benado Steel Dream. Paul F. Has Spoken!

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Shipped and on the Way, Reverb Delay and Fuzz Tone, Cant Wait to Try it, Any Body Have one I Know Paul Franklin has one! :D
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Hey, Randy, congrats on new gear... please let us know what you think of the sound and functionality!
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Hope its Good!

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I will Mark, It has a 7 Day return Policy So I can test it for a week, Looking Forward to trying it1 Randy G.
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Steel Dream

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Hi Randy. My Steel Dream was also shipped today. Can't wait to try it. Please post your opinion on it when you get it. Jim
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I Will.

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I will James, You do the same. Randy G. :D
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Hi Randy, I received my unit late Wednesday and it's gonna be a winner. I will know more after I gig with it this week-end the reverb and delay are awesome. The distortion will take me(at least) some time to set as it is input driven and a little movement in the volume pedal makes quite a difference in how it performs. I will have a much better idea of settings after playing at stage volume this week-end. I think you guys will love the unit and as you probably know Sage is a great guy to work with.
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Great.

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Thanks Billy, After you get it set, Share your settings with us, Randy G. :D Sage was Great to Deal with also! . :D
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Hi Randy, Sage had sent me a photo of Paul jr.'s settings and I started from there and tweaked a little for my guitar and amp settings. Still have some work to do to get it perfect, but you will love the unit. Sorry to take so long but had a busy week-end. Two twenty-five, nine fifty-four, seventy-four, fifteen if you need to contact me.
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Thanks Billy.

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Thanks Billy I May call when I Get Mine Thursday. Randy G. :D
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Settings

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Hi Randy I also got Pauls Settings from Sage. This might be a good starting point when we get our Pedal. Jim
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Thanks James.

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Thanks James, I Will start there and start Twisting Knobs! Randy G. ;-)
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Paul uses a Little Walter tube amp. The echo delay and reverb should sound great with any amp but it will be interesting to get feedback on the distortion part of the with effect with a SS amp.
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Len, I used a '67 Dual Showman head with two 8 ohm JBL's over week-end but I hesitate to give any settings because that is not the way I will set up permanetly. As soon as I finish a cabinet for my Evans Hyvrid 200(1966) I will run with two amps into one speaker each. The Evans with a tube pre-amp.
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Post by Len Amaral »

Hey billy:

I would love to hear that Duel Showman. The Evans and that Fender together shoud sound over the top.

My question refers to the guys that have a Nashville 400 or that type of amp. As you probably know, many threads have been titled "distorton divices" or "overdrive" or something like that. I have not found any distortion/overdrive device
that came close to par with a SS amp as the 400 series type amp with a 15" speaker.

Maybe it's because I play guitar also and have found some nice buzz boxes with my tube amps that makes me too fussy about distortion with steel.

Just food for thought?

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My PF Steel Dream is also under way. Long time since I last bought musical toys :)
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Hey Dag good to see you resurface mate - hope all is well up there at your end of the globe :D Missed you at Dallas this year
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Just receive my unit on Monday Will be digging in tonight. James thanks for the photo. For those that have not gotten there unit yet there is no power supply with it (Just a heads up.) you will need a 9 volt DC I know you want to be ready. Mark
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Love It.

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I wont be sending mine back! I Played it 10 Minutes with Pauls settings. Gotta take the wife too Cracker Barrel and Come Back and try the Fuzz! sounds
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What is wait time if I was to order one today?
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4 to 6 Weeks

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The Webb site says 4 till 6 weeks.
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Serial Number 13

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Serial Number on mine is 013. :D
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Post by Mark S. Miller »

Used my steel dream out last night with the band and all i can say is WOW just love the re verb and delay did not use the drive yet I used my Nashville 400 amp but now on to my S S amp next still got chills from the sound I have serial Nb. 12
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Still Loveing Mine!

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Still Love Mine, Cut the Reverb Back a Little, Delay works Great also, Trying the Fuzz this Week. Anyone Else Buy one? Wish I Had all the money I Spent Trying every new pedal that came out! :\
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I've listened to the videos of Paul playing through his with the Time Jumpers . Does anyone else have any sound clips you could post ? I'd love to hear more .
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I ordered one about two weeks ago. Not sure how long it will take to get it in
I did order a power supply for it so I'll be ready to try it out when it gets here
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