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Topic: MSA Legend played through a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe - Hear it! |
Greg Cutshaw
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Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 21 Jun 2007 4:36 am |
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Here's the classic Deep Water played though a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe mic'ed with a Shure SM57. The reverb is a Boss RV-5. At low volumes this is a pretty neat practice amp for Steel. The guitar parts were also played through the same amp but with different settings. Many thanks to Johnny Thomasson for the drum triplet idea heard at 3:53 into the song.
Deep Water
More details here!
Greg
Last edited by Greg Cutshaw on 21 Jun 2007 4:57 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Alex Piazza
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Arkansas, USA
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Posted 21 Jun 2007 7:39 am
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| Greg, that sounds great. Ive been using a hot rod deluxe to gig with. mainly because half of my stuff is done on the 6 string. Ive got the jensen alnico speaker in mine. I was thinking about getting a speaker thats more suited for steel. The alnico breaks up a little early. What would you recommend? |
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Greg Cutshaw
From:
Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 21 Jun 2007 10:24 am
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Alex,
I don't think this is a good amp for steel in general. By tweaking the EQ I was able to get a good practice/recording sound, but it breaks up at normal gig volumes. No question it has that authentic warmth and lush harmonics. I have another setting with the Hot Rod that gives a big fat sound but I set this one up to sound more like a twin reverb. As a guitar amp, the HRD is my favorite. the low end is a little boomy (listen to the low guitar parts on the 6 string) but it has so much sustain that I don't need to use my Keeley compressor with it. I paid full price for this one and from the minute I plugged it in , the cost of it just didn't matter anymore. Obviously there are a ton of mods and speakers changes that can make this amp even better so this is a great amp to have.
Greg |
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 21 Jun 2007 10:49 am
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Great playing on both guitars, Greg. The HRD gives a nice warm vintage tone to the steel. I am just in the process of borrowing a Hot Rod Deluxe with the special Celestion speaker from a friend for a try out. I agree that for pedal steel it just doesn't have enough clean headroom for anything except practicing alone, or maybe some quiet studio work. It doesn't even cut it for rehearsing with a group (my groups like to rehears pretty loud). And on stage, even if it is miked, for most of my gigs it doesn't have enough clean headroom to keep up with the stage volume. But for regular guitar, or for distortion on rock/blues steel, it can be very good. It would also be a very good lap steel amp up through moderate volumes, and/or miked.
I'm still searching for a medium size amp that will give me around 50 tube watts clean to the top in one channel (for country and country-rock pedal steel), and a drive channel with good distortion and the ability to be attenuated down to around 20 watts for rock/blues steel. |
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Ron Randall
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Dallas, Texas, USA
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Posted 21 Jun 2007 3:11 pm
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Mighty fine sound and playing.
This might remind us that a lot of good music was/is made with affordable gear. With today's sound systems, put that mic on it and come out the mains.
I also have one of these little critters. Great for low volume playing. Mine gets real jumpy with the big strings. My Strat loves this amp.
Thanks for all you do, Greg. |
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