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I recently bought a Nashville 112 and along with it came basic E9, C6 and lap steel settings, but my curiosity has got the best of me and I was wondering what other players are using for their settings. If you are willing to share let me know what your settings are and any other applicable information (e.i. tuning, pick-ups, etc).
Thanks,
Lehman, Jeshua J.

I find that the settings I keep coming back to, after fooling around with the knobs, to be very close to the examples in the manual.
Low: anywhere from 3 to 10, depending on the amp's placement.
Mid: -6
Shift: 800
High: 0-+3
Pres: 0-+3 (these depend on where I'm playing and the mood my ears are in)
The pre-gain and master gain are usually at 4 and 6 respectively for practise, higher for gigs.
I don't use the internal reverb. I use a Holy Grail Nano for reverb.

Derby SD-10, TruTone.

Jeshua,
I have been using NV112's since before they were released (I had a proto-type)
If I play with just the amp, no outboard effects,
here's how I set my amp:

Pre 4
Bass +3
Mid -10 (all the way off)
Shift About 700
Treble +3
Presense -8 to -10
Reverb 5
Post gain: Wide open

Bill Ferguson

This is what Buddy was using on his 112...

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Presence is a little hard to see. It's at almost 9.</center>

Thanks for sharing, guys. After reading the favorable comments on the 112 I have one on order. These settings will be a great help to get me started.

Just called my local GC... the scheduled date for receipt in their warehouse is 3/22, so I don't expect to receive my amp until the 1st of April or so.

I always play my 112 without effects - apart from the on board spring reverb which I find just right. And like everyone else I've tried every combination of settings published here on the site and never been fully happy with the end result - that is, until Bill Ferguson put his settings here the other day. Bill they are excellent, just what I've been looking for , brilliant sound. I never thought to kill the presence and mid to that extreme, but, it works great. Try Bill's settings everyone you won't be disappointed. Thanks again, made my day.

James, you are welcome.

Those are the settings that work for me. I'm sure they will not work for everyone, but that's why they put those knobs on there. hehe

Take care,
Bill

Bill,
Is #3 on the treble a + or - ?

Well Roger, you caught me.

I guess the # was a double plus! hehe

Actually I made the correction, it is +3.

Love ya pal,
Bill

I couldn't remember! Thanks for the help getting set the other week.

Bill , I used your suggested settings earlier this week and they very nice... little tweaking needed I thinks mainly because of my dd-3

These sound the best with my Derby D10

Pre 5.5
Bass +9
Mid -6
Shift 300
Treble -2
Presense -2
Reverb 0
Post gain: 5.5

A very important point to consider:

Amplifier "guide" settings are not meant to be used exactly as published. They will....MUST....change depending on where you're playing.

Examples - they will rarely be suitable for a low-volume home "bedroom playing" situation; when playing out those settings will need to change significantly if you are on a raised stage in a huge hall, if you're mic'd (because of possible clashes with board settings); in venues like churches with high, reflective ceilings; oddly-shaped rooms and so on. Your pick attack also has a huge affect on the usefulness of "guide settings".

I've worked with many players on their personal sound and found many guide settings to be unusable, even as starting points.

Jim Sliff wrote:Amplifier "guide" settings are not meant to be used exactly as published. They will....MUST....change depending on where you're playing.

Words of wisdom, but you should find a baseline to work from.

You can see a dozen top players’ settings posted on the Web . . . then analyze their sound and gear and relate it to what you want to hear.

Key points:

If you’re used to guitar amps, remember that, unlike tube/guitar amps, the Peavey lacks an automatic midrange notch. You have to cut the mids yourself—maybe drastically.

Think in subtractive terms; if you cut one frequency, you, in effect, boost the others.

If you cut lots of high mids, you will lose bite and overtones. It may be better to let some sneak through, and reduce them by cutting an adjacent, slightly lower frequency more deeply.

Okay, it’s hell—and can take months to perfect—but I promise you that Nashville 112 is the best affordable steel amp ever made

Bill Ferguson wrote: Here's how I set my amp:

Pre 4
Bass +3
Mid -10 (all the way off)
Shift About 700
Treble +3
Presense -8 to -10
Bill Ferguson

Ferguson's 700HZ mid-shift frequency is below most players' 800HZ preference, but he tamps down 800 slightly, too, with his steep cut. The shift knob effects a wide swath of frequencies on both sides of its numerical setting.

That's what I mean by letting some high mids bleed through.