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Dan Sliter

 

From:
Dardanelle,Arkansas
Post  Posted 19 Sep 2005 2:21 pm    
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How many steelers are going back to the basics just a amp and maybe a delay.
I played this last weekend and i did'nt feel like taking a lot with me so i just took my nashville 112 and a delay unit and to my suprise i liked it and i will not take a bunch of garb with me anymore.Of course i will have the Hilton pedal,Nashville 112,delay stomp box,dont need anything else.
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Bobby Lee


From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
Post  Posted 19 Sep 2005 2:55 pm    
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My usual setup is just a Williams pot pedal and my little Boogie amp. Sometimes I hook up the Rotosphere in the effects loop for a little variety. Simple is good.

The other night I played to a crowd of about 600 people without an amp! I ran into a POD XT, and from that direct into the PA. I monitored the main mix with headphones (I was running the PA).

It was really interesting to play with no amps on stage. When I took off the headphones to play marimba, I realized that the stage volume was actually quieter than what I'd been listening to in the phones. Band happy, crowd happy, b0b happy!

Since this is about what electronic gear we carry, I'm moving it to the "Electronics" section of the Forum.

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Jack Stoner


From:
Kansas City, MO
Post  Posted 19 Sep 2005 3:17 pm    
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I've been using a NV112, and a POD XT. It's more than adequate for anywhere I work. I haven't used my rack stereo system for almost a year.

I only use the POD XT for effects only (I don't use the amp or speaker modeling) and primarliy reverb/delay. The POD XT saves carrying a big rack effects processor or several "stomp boxes" and it's clean!

I did use two NV112's at our steel guitar club show this past Saturday - mainly because I wanted to hear how two 112's sounded.
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Bobby Lee


From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
Post  Posted 19 Sep 2005 4:17 pm    
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My little Boogie, a Maverick prototype with a 12" Tone Tubby (ceramic), is sort of the tube equivalent of a Nashville 112. It's 40 watts.

I don't need a delay unit. The Boogie reverb tank provides enough wetness and it sounds just great.
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Sonny Priddy

 

From:
Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA, R.I.P.
Post  Posted 19 Sep 2005 6:27 pm    
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I Use My GFI or My SHO_BUD And A 112 Amp That's All I Need. SONNY.

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Lee Baucum


From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
Post  Posted 20 Sep 2005 9:31 am    
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Mullen > Hilton Digital Sustain > Goodrich Pot Pedal > Fender Steel King.

I have an itty bitty Guyatone Micro Delay that I insert into the f/x patch and add a bit of delay on slow songs. It is subtle enough that I could probably do without it.

I was using a Lexicon MPX-100 for reverbs and a second unit for delays, but the Steel King has a wonderful reverb in it. Now I can leave the rack at home.

Lee, from South Texas
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Bill Hatcher

 

From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
Post  Posted 20 Sep 2005 9:42 am    
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I think of "basics" as only a cord between the guitar and the amp.
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Michael Whitley

 

From:
Oxford, Mississippi, USA
Post  Posted 20 Sep 2005 10:18 am    
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20 years ago or so, I played one instrument (electric guitar) through a whole string of pedals. Now I play a whole string of instruments through one pedal (Rivera BufIV buffer/splitter), when I play out.

At home I use lots of electronics.
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Carl Williams


From:
Oklahoma
Post  Posted 20 Sep 2005 10:18 am    
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30 year old guitar>6 month old Black Box>31 year old pot volume pedal>17 year old NV400>My Playing=Distortion/Delay/Noise>50+ year old wanna-be! Hey, but ain't it fun down here in the Basics? ha
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Bobby Lee


From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
Post  Posted 20 Sep 2005 10:20 am    
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I think of "basics" as only a cord between the guitar and the amp.
Yeah, I saw Leonard T. Zinn do that, and without pedals too. Incredible tone!

He didn't even use a chair. I figure that his secret must be in his brand of shoes or something.

[This message was edited by b0b on 20 September 2005 at 11:21 AM.]

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Jim Dempsey

 

From:
Belmar, New Jersey, USA
Post  Posted 20 Sep 2005 12:55 pm    
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Yup....a Pro1,Nash.112,DD3,and a Hilton VP is all I use now.-JD
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Craig A Davidson


From:
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
Post  Posted 20 Sep 2005 5:18 pm    
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With me it's my push-pull,Hilton, either my Twin or my Evans depending on room and stage size. Sometimes if space is an issue I use my old Bud pedal so I don't get tangled up in the Hilton power cord.

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Chris LeDrew


From:
Canada
Post  Posted 20 Sep 2005 7:33 pm    
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Sho-Bud Pro 1
Goodrich Low Profile
Session 400

....just dandy.
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Bill Terry


From:
Bastrop, TX
Post  Posted 21 Sep 2005 6:12 am    
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'73 LDG -> Goodrich L10K -> '76 Session 400.
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richard burton


From:
Britain
Post  Posted 21 Sep 2005 11:05 am    
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Is the Goodrich L10K a light-beam pedal.
I tried one once, couldn't get even a half-decent tone, and went back to my pot pedal.
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Bill Terry


From:
Bastrop, TX
Post  Posted 21 Sep 2005 1:00 pm    
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The L10K (and H10K) both have a battery powered impedance buffer, very similar to the Goodrich Matchbox without the tone control, but it is a pot pedal (uses a 10K not 500k).

I like it... and the battery lasts so long you forget it has one.
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Barry Blackwood


Post  Posted 21 Sep 2005 4:13 pm    
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Count me in, and I encourage others to join in ...
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John Bechtel


From:
Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
Post  Posted 21 Sep 2005 10:36 pm    
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A Derby PSG, ’65 Re-Issue Fender Twin~Reverb Custom™ 15, Derby Volume-Pedal and an old Ibanez AD-9 Analog Delay. (And once in a while, a thumb~pick, finger~picks and a tone~bar!)

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Jim Peters


From:
St. Louis, Missouri, USA, R.I.P.
Post  Posted 22 Sep 2005 4:43 am    
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GFI,Zum pedal,NV112. When we do "Dirty Business" I use a Digitech RP50 to crap out my tone. JP
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