The Steel Guitar Forum

Any ideas out there on making the 112 a bit more "telecaster friendly"? Thanks to all who reply!

Put at least one of the following I'm front of it:
Sparkle Drive
Earth Drive
Black Box
Or: trade it for an amp with tubes?

I recently got the Tech 21 "Blonde" pedal, which emulates (completely in the analog domain) a whole series of Fender Blonde and Tweed amps. It works well in front of other guitar amps, or full-range systems, and I assume it would work well in front of a 112. (I own a 112 so that's something I should try!)

I have a whole suite of amps suitable for my Tele, but was trying to cut down on the number of amps I have to haul, playing keyboards, pedal steel, and Tele in my current band. I find the Tech 21 Blonde in front of a full-range keyboard amp just great and very Tele-friendly.

Mike

If it's your only amp, there must be something to soften the blow, but I couldn't imagine using my Nashville 1000 as a six string amp. There's just something about the initial attack when playing through a clean solid state amp that's almost unbearable (for regular guitar). Honestly, there are a ton of great smaller tube amps available right now for cheap. If you're going to drop money on pedals or preamps, I'd spend a little more and just grab a used guitar amp. I see Fender Blues Jr. and Peavey Classics go for real cheap on Craigslist all the time.

my favorite local player uses a tele and a nashville 400. no effects but amp reverb.
i think it sounds perfect. i don't understand what the problem is that other guitarists are so fussy about. either you can pick or you can't.

chris ivey wrote: either you can pick or you can't.

Definitely true. From my experience, the Nashville (1000, in my case) isn't voiced well for guitar. If it works for someone else, that's great.

chris ivey wrote:my favorite local player uses a tele and a nashville 400. no effects but amp reverb.
i think it sounds perfect. i don't understand what the problem is that other guitarists are so fussy about. either you can pick or you can't.

Maybe the "other" guitar players don't want to sound exactly like the "other" guitar players !

Imagine for a moment 10,000,000 guitar players all sounding exactly the same ! I can't !

A great, versatile pedal is Fulltone Plimsoul - - Turn the little second knob almost all the way up, but dial in the big first knob to taste. Put volume at "unity" gain at about 10 o'clock. Fulltone's Fatboost and OCD also work well with solid state, and provide response to picking dynamics.

Important to use any tone or drive device that is actually compatible with solid state. That is, some are designed to slam a tube preamp, and that just makes for nastiness with solid state.

i agree with chris 100 %
watch steve pitticco, the best telecaster-picker you`ll find.
he uses peavey solid states anytime.
but he can pick!!!

Most of the multi-fx pedals for guitars (digitech, Etc.) have a series of amp and cabinet emulators built in. Those are usually used when going directly to a mixing board but you might find a sound that you like when using it with your NV112. They have good eq's built in as well. I've done it with a Digitech RP355 and earlier models.

I've used my Nashville 400 for guitar and steel. I just plug in to each input, no AB box.

The steel pickups are hotter and brighter than the tele. So far, I've set the amp EQ for steel, then I use a compressor and a Keeley blues driver to even out the volume, tweak the tele EQ, and add just a touch of grit. Sounds good to my ears.