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Topic: Using an external preamp w/ a Nashville 112 |
Ray McCarthy
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New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2010 1:45 pm |
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Does anybody use one?
I borrowed a Behringer MIC 200 vacuum tube preamp (modeling amp) and hooked it up between my steel and the 112, and it seems to be producing a clearer, better tone. I ran it directly into the regular input where I usually plug the guitar in.
Is this the right way to use a preamp?
Can I burn up the preamp in the 112 if I set the output of the MIC 200 too high. |
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Bill Ferguson
From:
Milton, FL USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2010 2:21 pm
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Ray, I sometimes use my Evans HV preamp with my NV112, just to get a little more punch.
I know players that plug into the regular input of the NV112, but this means that you are now using 2 preamps. This generates more hum, IMHO.
I either plug into the power amp in or the POST return on the front of the NV112. The POST return allows me to use the internal reverb in the NV112.
Hope this helps.
Bill Ferguson |
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Ray McCarthy
From:
New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2010 2:27 pm
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| Thanks, Bill. That would bypass the EQ section on the 112 though, wouldn't it? This preamp has no EQ except for a rotary switch for different instruments etc. (I actually like the keyboard setting the best) |
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Bill Ferguson
From:
Milton, FL USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2010 3:28 pm
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Yes it would. I guess I did not understand what type preamp you have.
Most preamps have onboard tone controls.
I guess yours is really more like an "effects" unit.
If it is, you might want to try the "pre" eq patch.
Send: To your effects unit
Return: From your effects unit.
This way, your effects unit will not change the characteristics of your steel as much.
Bill
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AUTHORIZED PEAVEY, George L's, Goodrich dealer. I have 2 steels and several amps. My current rig of choice is 1993 Emmons LeGrande w/ 108 pups (Jack Strayhorn built for me), Goodrich OMNI Volume Pedal, George L's cables and Peavey Nashville-Session 112 or 115. |
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Craig A Davidson
From:
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2010 6:15 am
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| Ray I hook mine up like the recommendation for the Sarno Black Box. Guitar-preamp-volume pedal - effects?- amp. |
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Jerry Knapper
From:
Lakeland, Florida , USA
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Posted 20 Feb 2010 9:37 pm Ampeg
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| I have an SVP tube pre-amp with a BFX1000 effects unit in its effects loop, that I run into my NV112. It gives me the boost I need as well as warms up the sound just a bit. |
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