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Topic: Lloyd Green's Session 400 settings |
Joe Alterio
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Irvington, Indiana
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Posted 16 May 2005 6:53 am |
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Hi all,
When I was at the Indy show last weekend, I happened to meet a fellow steel player who lived not five miles from me. He told me the story of seeing Lloyd Green in concert back in the mid-1970s and wanted to play just like him....so much so that he went to the stage after the show and wrote down his exact amp settings from the Session 400 he was playing.....his intent was to buy the same exact setup that Lloyd had. The guy still had the piece of paper he wrote the settings down on with him in his wallet!
I'll post the settings in a second. The interesting part of the story, as he told it, was that the local music store held a contest and the winner would receive a free pack-a-seat. Well, this indivual won the seat....but it wasn't just ANY seat....he won the seat that Lloyd used to play his concert. The fellow still has the seat, and today plays a Sho-Bud LDG through a Session 400. Interesting!!!
Anyhow, here are Lloyd's settings circa the mid-1970s:
Volume: 7
Presence: 4
Treble: 7
Mid: 3
Shift: 10
Bass: 10
Reverb: 4
Sensitivity: 4
For what it's worth, I feel the following settings are the best to my ears:
Volume: 5
Presence: 7.5
Treble: 6
Mid: 3
Shift: 7
Bass: 10
Reverb: 4
Sensitivity: 5 - 10
Joe[This message was edited by Joe Alterio on 16 May 2005 at 07:54 AM.] |
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Hook Moore
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South Charleston,West Virginia
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Posted 16 May 2005 11:25 am
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Good story. You could not stand to be on the same block with my mid 70s session turned up to 7. Thats loud! 
Hook
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Gary Preston
From:
Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Posted 18 May 2005 1:43 pm
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| Hi guys . There was a post that had several settings for the Nashville 400 amps . I wrote them down and lost them before i could try them . Does anyone know how to retrive those settings again ? I would appreciate it very much ,Thanks , Gary . |
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Bob Lawrence
From:
Beaver Bank, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Joe Alterio
From:
Irvington, Indiana
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Posted 19 May 2005 5:27 am
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I played for about an hour last night with my regular settings, then followed up playing another hour using Lloyd's settings. My initial impression was that the sound was MUCH fuller, if not darker. Yet, I started to grow to like it....I might keep using those settings.
Anyone else tried them?
Joe |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 19 May 2005 4:54 pm
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Joe, the two lists of settings you gave illustrate one thing quite well, a sort of pet "peave" of mine. When players have their bass controls (or any tone controls, for that matter) "maxed-out", it shows their amps are deficient in that particular area.
Few amps have ample bass response. |
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Gary Preston
From:
Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Posted 19 May 2005 4:59 pm
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| Hi, Bob i tried that but to no avail . Thanks for your suggestions . Best regards,,,Gary . |
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James Cann
From:
Phoenix, AZ
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Posted 19 May 2005 6:58 pm
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| You could not stand to be on the same block with my mid 70s session turned up to 7. Thats loud! |
Amen! At that setting, could you even see Mr. G's right foot move!! |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 20 May 2005 10:14 am
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Donny wrote: quote:
Joe, the two lists of settings you gave illustrate one thing quite well, a sort of pet "peave" of mine. When players have their bass controls (or any tone controls, for that matter) "maxed-out", it shows their amps are deficient in that particular area.
Few amps have ample bass response.
Jerry Byrd did the same thing. I think that if the player is really a lead instrument player (like Lloyd and Jerry), the full bass approach is valid. Their guitars do not produce bass fundamentals. Maxing the bass control helps to bring out any low harmonics that those high strings produce. It would probably sound boomy on the bottom two strings of a C6th, but players like Lloyd Green never have to worry about that.
I always start with the bass control at max, and then pull it back until the boom effect on my low strings disappears.
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