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Any players using a Peavey Special 130.. I'd like to know a good place to start on the best EQ settings. Thanks in advance for your input. Tommy.......

Generally, it's always best to start flat and then season to taste.

Here's the 130 manual for more: http://www.peavey.com/assets/literature ... 343010.pdf

In general, most of us want a fair amount of boost in the bass, some cut in the mid and highs and presence determined by the hands.
The second post in this thread has a procedure for finding your own tone
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=223731

EDIT: I didn't notice the OP was you, Tommy.
You've been playing long enough to know how to turn the knobs. I think if you can't get your sound out of it in one afternoon, it's not gonna let you at all.
Just use it as a rack for your train hats.

heavy on the bass side, light on the treble. adjust mids to suit your ear. my bandit is similar. even though it doesn't quite have the depth of a session or nashville, it has a very usable tone. sometimes a 12 inch speaker is a refreshing change from a 15.

normal gain 3
low 10
shift 0
mid 6.5
high 4.5
presence 0
reverb 6

I have ken fox mod on.

Thanks for the setting. I bought a Special 130 from a pawn shop years ago as a backup guitar amp but I never found a good setting for steel. With this setting the amp is not as spot on as my LTD 400 but it is still nice.
As an aside about a month ago my LTD suddenly broke down on stage and there happened to be a Fender Hot Rod Deville left there from an earlier jam. Without even looking at the settings I just plugged in and the sound was almost exactly the same as my trusty 30+ year old Peavey. I was probably really lucky but I have found that whereas Peaveys have unlimited tone adjustments Fenders using more limited parameters seem to make it easier to find the sound you are looking for.

With any peavey amp I've had to use for steel. I always start with the bass almost all the way up, the mids at 12 0'clock and the highs at about 2 o'clock. Then I adjust the high's to compensate how old my strings are!
Adam

John Scanlon wrote:Generally, it's always best to start flat and then season to taste.

Here's the 130 manual for more: http://www.peavey.com/assets/literature ... 343010.pdf

Updated link for manual: http://assets.peavey.com/literature/man ... 343010.pdf