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Topic: Fender Steel King Amp
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Mitch Druckman
Member From: Arizona, USA
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posted 20 March 2006 07:38 AM
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What are people's experience with the Fender Steel King amp? I read Rick Alexander's review, but that's about all I could find. |
Brad Bechtel
Moderator From: San Francisco, CA
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posted 20 March 2006 08:33 AM
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There are many discussions on this same subject in the Electronics section. Let's move this from No Peddlers to Electronics and see what people have to say.
I assume you're talking about the Fender Steel King's suitability for lap steel?------------------
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Gary Boyett
Member From: Colorado
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posted 21 March 2006 03:31 AM
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I knew once I seen Brad move this the thread would die. Hardly anybody here plays non-pedal steel. I used one with Stringmasters.On the Steel King- I had one for about six months and did not like it. I just felt it didn't have the sound I wanted. There was not enough bass or options ( headphone jack, inputs) I ended up getting a Nashville 112 and just love it. Rick like his but remember that he uses two. The weight is almost 70 lbs and gets real old moving it around. Good luck in your search- that is the most fun anyway.
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Curt Langston
Member From: ***In the shadows of Tulsa at Bixby, USA***
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posted 21 March 2006 07:53 AM
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There was not enough bass
What?.....The Steel King is noted for it's full rich bass. After all, the cabinet is not a new design, it is the old "Bassman 60" There may not be enough effects jacks or headphone jack, but as far as the bass response, I think most people will agree that is is much deeper than a Nashville 1000 or 112. |
Kevin Hatton
Member From: Amherst, N.Y.
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posted 21 March 2006 09:14 AM
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The Fender Steel King has at least twice if not three times the amount of bass response as a Nashville 112. It also has casters to roll it around.[This message was edited by Kevin Hatton on 21 March 2006 at 09:14 AM.] |
Andy Zynda
Member From: Wisconsin
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posted 21 March 2006 09:17 AM
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The SK was by far, the best sounding amp that I tried all my lapsteels through, and the MSA D12 that I had. Rich, warm and loud, with excellent tone shaping controls.
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Steve Dodson
Member From: Sparta, Tennessee, USA
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posted 21 March 2006 09:27 AM
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If I owned a 1000 or 112. I would trade them in a heart beat for a Steel King.
But the older Peavey amps are a different story for another time. |
Lee Baucum
Member From: McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) - The Final Frontier
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posted 21 March 2006 02:11 PM
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There was not enough bass
 Perhaps a defect in the amp you tried. Between that big, deep cabinet and the 15 inch speaker those amps create mucho basso. I can't see how a Nashville 112 could outperform a Fender Steel King in bass response. ------------------
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John Lang
Member From: Shelby Twp., Michigan
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posted 21 March 2006 05:35 PM
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They say beauty is in the eye (or ear) of the beholder, but my early 50's Stringmaster running through a Goodrich pedal and the Steel King produces a sound to die for. My Peavey LTD runs a distant second. |
Mike Brown
Member From: Meridian, Mississippi USA
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posted 23 March 2006 09:50 AM
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The Nashville 112 holds its own and you really don't need wheels or a dolly to move it around. Our intention with this model was to introduce a small, lightweight rehearsal amp, but as it turns out the real testing ground is when it gets into the hands of the player and I believe that it proves itself.Nuff said. |
Bill Moran
Member From: Marion, Virginia, USA
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posted 23 March 2006 04:34 PM
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I heard my first Steel King at Billy Coopers yesterday. Great tone but a usual
heavy Fender amp. Priced the same as a 1000
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