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I used my New Nashville 112 at a gig the other night. What a sound.Not only did it sound great ,it felt great.i've used it on a few sessions and it worked fine. I need to put a speaker jack in it however, because of the many times I put my cabinet in another room.It would be great to have a cover for it.
BB

I used mine Friday night at a 600 seat theatre in Port Charlotte, Fl working with Tommy Cash. We were rehearsing before the show and the sound man didn't have the amp mikes set up yet. Tommy asked him about miking the amps and the sound guy (from the rear of the house, in the sound booth), said the "steel doesn't need an amp". I had the pre gain set on 4 and the master gain on 5. (the guy did mike all the amps).

Had the chance last week to use one in the studio, the sound was flawless. I sure like the two I use. J.C.

I can't make up my mind to switch to a Nashville 112. Unfortunately I can't try one...I'd have to order one from hundreds of miles away. From reading all the comments on here I'm convinced I'd like the tone but the power issue is holding me back. Jack says he used his in a 600 seat venue...but I assume that's with an audience just sitting there listening. I'd be using mine in a room that sits about 200 people but a lot of the time at least 100 of them are on the dance floor whooping it up. Buying two 112's is not an option right now and I'm not sure one would cut it. I realize I could mike it or run through the PA system but I still require quite a bit of stage volume to hear myself in a 6 piece band. Decisions, decisions.

This is really great guys! Thanks.

I just received my two new Nashville 112's today from Bobbe Seymour. All I can say is, WOW. I too was a little skeptical about the power issue. Not any more! These things could make your ears bleed. I will have more than enough power for the jobs I play and the tone is great!

Thanks Peavey and thanks Bobbe for a great deal!

I bought one in Dallas from Carter steel Guitars.l They said it should arrive by Friday. I recorded Tommy Dodd in the Peavey room in Dallas with my mini disc recorder. He was using 2 112's. It really sounds great. Can't wait.

I am totally sold on the Nashville 112. I have two of them and they just keep sounding better and better. I leave one at the "Little O'Opry" and carry the other on Sunday nights to different Churches large and small. I keep them set right where Randy Beavers told me to try them and I never have to think about tweaking them. They always sound great. I can't imagine needing more volume than they can produce.
Jerry<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Jerry Roller on 16 March 2005 at 06:18 PM.]</p></FONT>

Jerry, my wife just got her 112 yesterday. Any chance of you, or Randy, sharing those settings so she can test drive them too. Thanks!

Bill, here are Randy's recommended settings and they sound great to me.

Hello Jerry.
Here's the range I set mine.
Low: +6
Mid: -4
Shift: 800
Highs: +3
Presence: +3
I'l usually set the master at 5 and the pre at 3. These settings should be fairly close for your guitar.

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Randy
<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Jerry Roller on 17 March 2005 at 07:16 AM.]</p></FONT>

Thanks Jerry & Randy, that's pretty close to what she had but it did help to tweak it. We appreciate it!
Bill & Polly

My settings (for both a Nashville 112 and a Nashville 1000) for my Franklin D-10 with Lawrence 710 pickups and a Hilton Volume Pedal.

Low: +9
Mid: -2.5
Shift: 800 Hz
High and Presence both +.5

Will, I'm on my way out the door with my just delivered 112. The box was just kinda taped shut so I wonder if it was one of the amps that they used for display at the Dallas show. If so good, maybe it is broke in a little, probably very little at that volume. The room is pretty good with not a lot of echo. I already know of a couple of places I would only use my Walker setup with the sealed speakers because of the terrable accustics but I'm pretty confident that this should work out fine. Report to follow.

I just got mine home yesterday, yikes this thing sounds awful! I tried one out at Billy Coopers while checking out some GFIs and the demo model sounded fine maybe not quite as good as the Steel King sitting next to it, but certainly acceptable. I was already aware of the posts above so I didn't panic but yuk! I am not currently playing any live gigs, how much low volume playing time will it take for this thing to loosen up? I have some 60's era D-120 F's sitting around, why shouldn't I put one of those in it?

Mine hasn't had any "break in" and it sounds good. I've played two jobs and one jam with it, so far.

Jay, your JBL's are probably 8ohm so you'd see a loss in power. The stock speaker is 4 ohms. Other than that, it's a good idea. But, honestly, that speaker in the amp is pretty special, as many are discovering.

Brad Sarno

Hey Mr. Jessups, why don't you plug your banjo into the 112 and pick some Adcock lics. After 30 minutes of banjo pickin, strap on the steel. Now we ain't takin "yuk" anymore, huh! Who told 'ya?

I have to admit that after playing through a Webb for so long that it took a while for this amp to grow on me. Each time I use it I like it more and more. It works good for my Dobro, too, and I still get asked to turn down-even in my "loud" band.

I like this little unit.

Dave Z<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Dave Zirbel on 18 March 2005 at 03:22 PM.]</p></FONT>

I agree with Brad that the stock speaker is pretty good. I had a 4 ohm Black Widow laying around that I put in mine, and I can't tell a nickels worth of difference in sound, but I can tell several pounds of difference in weight. As soon as I get time, I'm taking it back out and putting the stock speaker back in. Mine didn't need any break-in either, it sounded great right out of the box.

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Darvin Willhoite
Riva Ridge Recording

Well last night was a trial by fire for sure for this little amp. I've been playing through my 6oo watt, dual 15 inch JBL speaker system for quite a while now week after week. So the owners and a lot of people that go there every week Know with I usually sound like. Common comment about that system is "very sweet". Well I certainly asked the regulars to listen and give me an assessment from the front of this new amp. The most comments I received was crisp and full. Certainly with the amp right next to me it sounds like the cabinet is just full of sound. That low end really resonates in that open back cabinet. It has a lot of lower mid's if you're not careful. The little thing is just full of power, it sounds like it's going to, for lack of a better term "honk" its self to death in no time. I really like it and so do the listners. <font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by W Franco on 18 March 2005 at 05:31 PM.]</p></FONT>

Well getting the 'honk' out is what I am trying to accomplish. I have been able to get some good tone out of it but no matter what I do with the mid-shift I still get the honk. I suppose it's worth mentioning that all I have played through recently are either a 60's Standell or a Sho-Bud so mayabe I am expecting more from this amp than it's willing to give? It's a cute little amp and I really want it to work for me. I am going to try using my Mesa pre-amp today and if I can get a good tone use that for a while 'till the speaker breaks in, the other option is the JBL but it is 8 ohm which won't be a problem at home.
Gary, I don't have a pickup in that banjo anymore maybe I could just mike it and rip it out for a while, have to wait for the girls to head out of the house tho!! Has Julian arrived yet? what-cha think?

Since nobody has posted Johnny Cox's settings yet, I'll tell you what I learned from him. He took the settings I already had, then turned the mids OFF. I mean as far to the left as the knob would go. Then he adjusted the presence control between -6 and -9. The amp sounded very "tubey."

His 2 amp setup, he stacked them and used the top amp's preamp settings. Ran a cable from the top amp's pre-amp out, on the back, to the power amp input on the lower amp. He started with both amp's post gains set the same. Then adjusted the lower amps post gain to give him the lows he wanted. However the lower amps post gain stayed fairly close to the top amp's.

Everyone in the room thought this was the best combination of all that we tried. But as human nature will have it, we will go on trying to find something even better.

Randy, the only way you can set the mids to "off" is to have it at the 0 position. If the knob is all the way to the left it is getting max cut (attenuation) of the selected frequency.

The "paramid" control is not like an ordinary "mid" control. The paramid either cuts or boosts whatever frequency is selected. If the control is set to 0, it's neither cutting or boosting any frequencies, you can set the frequency control wherever you want and it won't make a difference.

Jack, the mid control is for cut or boost as you said. The shift is what determines the frequency to be cut or boosted. I said he used my settings other than the mid and presence settings. The Shift was left at 750 to 800 hz. So that would mean the mid was turned to -15.<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Randy Beavers on 19 March 2005 at 12:25 PM.]</p></FONT>

Who is having a lot of success with this amp for the Fender sound, Stringmaster and Custom? I'm using a Webb 614-E with the 4 ohm JBL, now. I must set the "Selector" switch on (3) or I get no acceptable sound with this Webb amp for the Fenders.

There is no place in my area where I can try the N-112 before buying.

Many thanks, Rick