The Steel Guitar Forum

I played a NV1000 for my 1st year of steel playing.. I have recently tried a steel king and I absolutely LOVE it. As a matter of fact, I now have 2 steel kings. Big outside festival type shows will have me using both of them at once. Will I "need" both, prolly not, but man will it sound GOOD!
I Sold the NV1000 - good amp but lots of "honky" midrange to my ears.

For steel-only gigs, my '76 Session 400 always gets the first grab. For double-duty, I generally prefer a Twin.

An early '80s Peavey 100w tube amp (model unknown, originally a 4x10) with a solid state pre-amp. 3/4" Birch baffle, and a 15" JBL M-series, reconed by Woody Woodell with an aluminum dust-cap. Amp has been recovered with Fender brown vinyl with oxblood grillcloth, complete with a Bassman tag, leather handle, purple go-light, and tilt-back legs.

I've used my NV-112 almost exclusively since I got it over three years ago. Once in a while I take my twin or my Session 400 out to see if I really like it that good. I always go back to the 112. Lexicon outboard reverb, though.

LTD 400 for steel and Mesa Boogie Lonestar for Tele !

I alternate between a N-400 and my trusty Session 400. Jody.

Nashville 1000/Revelation Pre
or
DPC750/Rev Pre -- Nashville 115E cabinets x 2

NV112,or for the heavy lifting a Session 500

Mar 1976 to Aug 1976: Peavey Series 260 Standard with 15" Speaker Enclosure

From 1976 to 1983: Two Session 400 amps.

From 1983 to 1985: Session 400 (Left), Session 500 (Right)

From 1985 to 1987: Session 400 (Left Stereo), Session 500 (Center Dry), Session 400 LTD (Right Stereo)

From 1988 to 1988: Nashville 400 (Left), Evans FET 500 (Center), Nashville 400 (Right)

From 1989 to 1991: Nashville 400 (Left), Session 500 (Center), Nashville 400 (Right)

From 1991 to 1995: Session 500 (Left Stereo), Session 400 (Center Dry), Session 500 (Right Stereo)

From 1996 to 2010: Two Nashville 400s (LeMay type Peavey mod)

Evans SE-200 with a 1501-4 Black Widow/Neo Magnet. Great tone, light weight and plenty of umph.

Peavey Reno and Mesa Boogie Studio Preamp.
Fender Twin '65 Reissue for guitar.

I'm trying to rehab a 1959 or 1960 Guild 99-J 30-watt tube amp I played in elementary and high school (I'm 64 now!).

Vegas 400 & as soon as I get tha $$$$ gonna get the chips from John LeMay & mod the pi$$ outa it!!!Maybe make it sound like a Mullunses,hee,hee.

I'm using either my Session 400 or Fender KXR200. Both of these seem to do a good job.

Odd man out. I use a Bogner Alchemist head (20/40 watts) with a Rick Johnson Cabinet/Weber California. The Bogner has beautiful cleans.

I genarally use (and like) a Nashville 400 but I have an old Traynor Mark III I sometimes schlep around for double duty gigs or just to change things up. It's got a cool tube vibe, lots of headroom and sounds completely different(but also weighs more!) than the NV 400.

1976 session 400 with JBL-E120
1990 Vegas 400 with peavey black widow 1501
1985 session 400 limited peavey 1504


p.w

Vegas 400 with Black Widow ....... great amp and warhorse....

I have a cheap CRATE amp at home that I use with my Carter Starter and have a NV 400 gone thru and intense modded by Ken Fox waiting to be hooked up to the 74 Sho-Bud LDG I have coming...need a new VP for the LDG yet...

Regards

Rick Lodholz

Peavey Session 400 LTD (small cab) with 15" SICA
or
65 Showman head into a single 15" Rick Johnson cab with a K130 JBL.

Evans se-200 or Peavey NV-112. I also have a mesa boogie studio 22 which is sweet for low volume situations.

Any of you Fresno pickers ever run across Jimmy Nichols?He's a friend from many moons ago,mah fishin' buddy!!!

Dennis Manuel wrote:Trying to find out what the most used amp is. Look forward to the replies.

NASHVILLE 1000 BUT WANTING TO DOWN SIZE TO THE NASHVILLE 112

In my home studio I use a Peavey Session 400 Limited with the Peavey Mod through a 15" Black Widow. For gigs I take a Nashville 400 Hybrid (Nashville 400 Amp through the 12" Blue Marvel Speaker). The Hybrid is 10 pounds lighter than the Nashville 400 with the 15" speaker.

I'm way happy with my Randall Steel Man 500 with a 4-ohm JBL E130 - actually I have two of them but have not had need to use both at the same time so far...