I most often use either an Evans FET-500 LV amplifier, or a Webb 6-14 GP amplifier. Occasionally I will have opportunity to play through a Peavey Nashville 400 or a Vegas 400. Below are the general settings I use most often for each, given the variations in the rooms I play and whether or not an outboard effects unit is being used:
Evans FET-500 LV with Peavey Black Widow 1502-4 speaker
Master Gain 6
Reverb as needed, usually 5 or 0 if using effects
Depth on
Expand off
Bass 6.5
Body 4.5
Treble 1.5
Volume variable
Webb 6-14 GP, with JBL E-130-4 speaker
Volume variable
Treble 1.5 to 2.5
Midrange 4 to 5
Bass 8.5 to 9.5
Reverb as needed, usually +/-3.5 or 0 if using effects
Treble boost off
Bass boost off
Tone selector 2
Instrument
voicing Norm. (steel)
Peavey Nashville 400 w/BW 1501-4 speaker
Pre Gain variable
Post Gain 7
Low +12
Mid -9 (around 9 o'clock)
Shift 800 (around 2 o'clock)
High 0 to -1 or +1
Presence 0 to +3
Reverb as needed, usually +/-4 (around 10 o'clock)
Peavey Vegas 400 w/BW 1501-4 speaker
Steel Channel settings
Pre Gain variable
Post Gain 7
Low +12
Paramid 250-300 (around 9 o'clock)
Shift 800 (around 2 o'clock)
High 0 to -1 or +1
Presence 0 to +3
Reverb as needed, usually +/-4 (around 10 o'clock)
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