I am considering joining a band to play weddings/dances, etc. in community hall (not night club) environment. My steel is a U-12 MSA Vintage XL SS2 with George L E66 pickup. I also intend to play occasional rock song on 6-string using same amp.

I have no comparitive experience with amps and steel guitars, and currently use my home stereo with some stereo reverb effects - which actually sounds good to my ear, but is obviously inappropriate for live work.

Opinions on purchasing this guitar amp for PSG+6-string purposes??

I am also interested in comments on other amp to meet this purpose Rating, speaker type, make/model???

Are there any specifications and schematics on this amp that you could forward to me. I am particularly interested in the frequency response exit the preamp, power amp and speaker. Also how is the EQ configured (freq/width, active or passive?). What frequencies are enhanced when the "bright" switch is on.

Disregarding that this amp was not intended for steel - my first impressions of the unit (playing in a small room at gain=1) is that the lows are too compressed/muddy when playing the lower ranges of B6th. Mids come though well. Missing some sweetness and clarity that probably could be found in the upper-mids range.

If I was to add an eq in the effects loop, could I find a better sound, or does the overall amp filter out so much before and after the effects loop to make this redundant?

Are there some mod's that can expand the freq response of the low range? What exactly is the Lemay mod -is it a factory mod or home mod? Is it possible or desirable to adjust eq center frequencies?

The chorus feature notches out a considerable amount of low and low-mids - why?