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Dion Stephen
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Post by Dion Stephen »

what kind of amps do ya'll use?
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Kevin Brown
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Post by Kevin Brown »

Epiphone 5 watt all valve, one knob, one sound one big result for China ( think early lap steel small valve amps )
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Roman Sonnleitner
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Post by Roman Sonnleitner »

Carvin Vintage 16 - not a lot of clean headroom; sweet, singing tone.

Weber 6M45 (a JTM45-clone built from a kit) witha 1x12" & 1x10" speaker cab: full, fat, warm clean tone with lots of bass and mids.
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Randy Reeves
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Fender Vibrolux, 1958 Gibsonette,and a very old Sears/Roebuck Meteor.
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Fender Vibrolux, 1958 Gibsonette,and a very old Sears/Roebuck Meteor.
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oops double post. it is not a twin. :roll:
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Fender Pro-Reverb 15"JBL,Fender Deluxe 112,Session 500 with new 2604 chips,LTD 400 Ken Fox upgrade.ART SLA1 with Fender 12"" speakers.
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Fender Pro-Reverb 15"JBL,Fender Deluxe 112,Session 500 with new 2604 chips,LTD 400 Ken Fox upgrade.ART SLA1 with Fender 12"" speakers.
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Dennis Coelho
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Post by Dennis Coelho »

Kevin: Have you modified the Valve Junior Head? I've got the set, the head and the 12" speaker cab, but so far, I haven't found the right combination of head volume and steel volume to give me a sound that doesn't "fuzz" a little bit. I've read that some folks have had to swap out the tubes for better ones. I have trust that I will eventually find the right sound, but I haven't found it yet. Hw do you do it?

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Erv Niehaus
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Early silver face Fender Twin Reverb with JBL speakers. :D
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Mitch Druckman
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Nashville 112 and 1950's 5 watt Supro w/ 8" Jensen
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Terry VunCannon
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"77 Fender Princeton Reverb...

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...also a Mesa Boogie DC-3, Fender Blues Jr., Peavey Classic 50.
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Felix Blevins
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Peavey Bandit 112
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Charley Wilder
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Post by Charley Wilder »

Fender Blues Jr. for Country, and a Fender VibroChamp (cranked!) for Blues. :wink:
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Vox DA5, 5W-- rehearsals & travel
Reverend Goblin, 15/5W-- home
H & K Edition Tube, 20W-- gigs
Gary Boyett
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My little Fender.


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Harry Dietrich
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Roland Micro Cube

Peavey Backstage Plus

Peavey Special


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Richard Sevigny
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Lessee..

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Roland Micro Cube (great for practicing)

Peavey Bandit 65 (for those "wrong side of the tracks" gigs)

Ampower Model 30 (pretty obscure has a cool tone & vibe, runs on 2 6L6's, 6 inputs, 2 volumes, tone & tremolo, breaks up nicely past 4)...hmmm no pictures.. need to fix that...

Traynor YCV 40 (versatile amp, but only one input)

Sunn A212, ancient VERY LOUD tube combo amp.
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Gerard Ventura
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Post by Gerard Ventura »

Three 100 watt Marshall heads driving 6 4x12 cabs...
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actually, old Traynor (70s) tube amps thru 12 inch Electrovoice speakers. All very heavy and very loud clean sound.

Being a newbie, I've found that at least stringmaster type steels don't have anywhere as much output as conventonal electric guitars, so you need a lot of headroom.
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TubeWorks ProValve 60 head with 2 6L6's in output stage with Eminence Delta LF Speaker in a separate Rick Johnson cabinet
Nathan Hernandez
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Heres my Sho-Bud Compactra. Its from 64, the volume tone and others knobs are marked out in paint pen and has gold sparkel covering!!! The tone on this is killer,, it changed my mind in finding a Standel!!! There is a picture of Curly Chalker sitting on one of these on an albume cover,, does anybody know any thing about these amps other than they were madce by Evans?
Eddie Cunningham
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Mini-Brute IV

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Poly-Tone Mini Brute IV 100 watts output ,good reverb., approx Wt. 37 lbs. Plenty of power for steel in most clubs and nice sound !! Good all-around amp !! Eddie "C" ( the old geezer )
Edward Meisse
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Post by Edward Meisse »

I have a Fender amp can and a Roland Micro Cube. I'm currently experimenting with a Genz-Benz acoustic guitar amplifier. It gives my Remington a soft and mellow tone. But I'm still experimenting. I haven't settled on anything I'd recommend.
David Cook
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Post by David Cook »

Microcube and Roland Cube 60 for gigs and pedal steel too. I also have a pre CBS Twin Reverb.
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