The Steel Guitar Forum

Hi everyone.
Has anyone experimented with pedal steel through a Marshall stack? Anyone use one regularly? I have always thought it would be a great rock steel sound, and maybe even good for country if not turned up to the real distorted level. I've used the cabinets (4 x 12") before and found them very nice outdoors, where I find a closed back cabinet really helps. But I've never used the amps with the cabinets.
How does it sound?

-Peter

Marshalls w/Celestions have their own unique sound...I love a good crunch. They color the sound pretty early in the headroom curve, and may be a little too rough for many country tastes.

I have some Seymour Duncan pickups on an old Emmons GS-10 that went well through my Marshalls. I also had a ZB that sounded good in rock applications through that.

In high volumes, the usual steel pickup may have uncontrollable shrieking feedback problems. YMMV.

<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Bobby Snell on 04 March 2003 at 05:59 PM.]</p></FONT>

WHAT DA?.......
Eddie Van Emmons ? well i never thought it would come to this
JUst kidding guys . heck if a Crate!! amp!! is where you get your sound I say plug it in ..
Boo

Once, when touring with David Kersh in 1998, we did a week in Hawaii at a club in Honolulu. Believe it or not, in all of Hawaii, there was not a Session 400 or Nash. 400 or any other "steel" amp to be found! We had it in the contract rider to provide a Nash. 400 or "equivalent", but they could not find one, so I had to my choice of a '70's silver face Fender Twin with about half the tubes working, or a Marshall stack.

I switched off every night for 5 nights, and they both sounded like hammered crap. Couldn't get a decent sound out of either one! I'm all for thinking out of the box, but steel guitars require steel amps, IMHO.

I've never liked the harmonic structure of the British tube sound very much. I prefer the way 6L6's "sing", especially for pedal steel.

I'm moving this topic to the 'Electronics' section of the Forum, where it belongs.

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