Fender Steel King / Telonics Speaker……

[David Hartley]

Hi all.
Has anyone changed the stock speaker for a Telonics?
What’s it like?

[Dave Diehl]

Not a Telonics Dave but I put a JBL D130 in mine and it sounded much better than the stock.

[Ken Pippus]

Your back will thank you.

[Patrick Huey]

Hi all.
Has anyone changed the stock speaker for a Telonics?
What’s it like?

Mine has the stock 15” “Fender” labeled speaker made by Emminence. They had a couple different ones they used, David, which do you have? A bit heavy but it sounds great and I use it for acoustic, steel, and when I want to “chug” a little Metallica at 2AM and not roll the wife and kids off their beds by plugging into my Randall stack, I run a tube screamer and HM-2 into the Steel King and get great results. Very versatile amp.

[Kevin Mincke]

Here's the original in my Steel King:

[David Hartley]

Hi.
Got the telonics fitted today.
Trying it next weekend.
Mark Dunn said I should break it in….!
Yeh! With a rock and roll band I think it will be broken in in a few minutes…

[Dale Foreman]

I heard one with a Black Widow in it at the Dallas show and it really sounded good! As a matter of fact, my buddy Joe Rogers bought it!

[Angus Smith]

Hi all.
Has anyone changed the stock speaker for a Telonics?
What’s it like?

Hi Dave I had the Telonics in my Twin custom 65 but chnaged it to the Travis Toy 15.
To me this sounded better

[forrest klott]

Would you guys mind sharing your Steel King settings please? I realize that it’s all subjective to the room and player, but I like to use other people’s settings as a starting point. I recently got a Steel King that I’ll be putting a TT15:into.

Thanks!

Skeeter

[Dave Grafe]

Would you guys mind sharing your Steel King settings please? I realize that it’s all subjective to the room and player, but I like to use other people’s settings as a starting point. I recently got a Steel King that I’ll be putting a TT15:into.

Thanks!

Skeeter

My opening gambit with Fender tube amps is as such:

Volume - start at 3, best not more than 6 for pedal steel

Treble - start at 4, no good can come of setting it much higher if you have decent speakers. JBL's matter.

Middle - start at 7 when present, which is approximately equivalent to midrange of the classic two-knob Fender tone stack. This is the meat of the matter, turning it down produces thinner highs, pushing it higher a distinctive honky sound.

Bass - start at 6 (start at 3 for a Super Reverb) and reduce bass for clarity rather than increasing treble. If you want a dirty, overdriven sound turn the bass up, otherwise use the bass to take out muddiness rather than turning up the treble.

Remember you are more likely to achieve a balanced tone by REDUCING the problem frequencies rather than increasing the ovscured ones.

YMMV, best of luck

[Lee Baucum]

Hi all.
Has anyone changed the stock speaker for a Telonics?
What’s it like?

Interesting responses to David's questions regarding a Telonics speaker in a Fender Steel King!

[Dave Grafe]

Hi all.
Has anyone changed the stock speaker for a Telonics?
What’s it like?

Interesting responses to David's questions regarding a Telonics speaker in a Fender Steel King!

That's why it's called a thread

[Daniel Vorp]

Yes I installed a Telonics TSNEO-15-4 speaker in my Fender Steel King and I love it. Big weight difference which is great but the real payoff is the enhanced string separation especially at the bottom end and enhanced clarity of all the strings. Speaker seems to handle all the volume you throw at it with ease.