[This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 27 December 2004 at 05:33 PM.]

.. yup, works for me too

[This message was edited by Jussi Huhtakangas on 28 December 2004 at 01:04 AM.]

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Hmm, before voicing my opinion, let me check what some of my all time favorite musicians have used on some of my all time favorite recordings:
- Merle Travis: Standel
- Chet Atkins: Standel
- Joe Maphis: Standel
- Buddy Emmons: Standel
- Roy Lanham: Standel
- Buddy Charleton: Standel
- Leon Rhodes: Standel
- Speedy West: Standel
- Norman Hamlet: Standel
- Bob White: Standel
- Bobby Garrett: Standel
- Larry Collins: Standel
- Marian Hall: Standel
- Pete Drake: Standel
- Reggie Young: Standel
- Pee Wee Whitewing: Standel
- Paul Yandell: Standel
- Joaquin Murphy: Standel
- Hank Thompson: Standel

.. yup, works for me too

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The Pickin' Paniolo

"Memphis in the Meantime" by John Hiatt...and the line ends "Vibrolux turned UP to 10"

I'm partial to a Twin myself, although I used my Vibrolux for 20 some years as my primary steel combo amp... and seldom used it past 7

Alvin- nice picture, man! are those all your'n??

My Fender family Foto ... okay there's a Gibson in there too...

[This message was edited by Dave Van Allen on 28 December 2004 at 11:14 AM.]

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Livin' in the Past and Future with a 12 string Mooney Universal tuning.

I sat in with my old friend Richard Edge once in about '72, I played my 6-string guitar through his Standel and he plugged his steel into something else, don't remember what...and I'll tell you what....my '69 Gibson Super 400 (I wasn't into Tele's then) had a tone I've never had since, and I've always enjoyed a reputation of having a very good guitar tone (not necessarily when on steel!). Richard's old Sho-Bud through that Standel got a tone that if it didn't make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, nothing would. Of course Richard was mostly responsible for that, not his gear, but a player who can get a tone, with the right gear....wow.

But since not many of us can afford a Standel or would likely beat it to death on the road even if we had one, I stand by Fender tube amps as a practical next-best.

When I was playing 5-6 nights a week in Vegas in the early '80's, I had at one time 3 blackface Fender amps; a twin reverb, vibrolux, and a Deluxe, and a Gibson/Moog Lab Series L-5. They all had JBL's except for the Vibrolux which had EVs.

The other guitar player had a Music Man, we used to swap his and all my amps around between us from night to night, as well as quite an arsenal of guitars.

No matter what guitar or amp we played through, he sounded like himself and I sounded like myself.

To my ears, the old Fender Twin Reverb and the Deluxe Reverb had the best sound for 6-string guitar, followed by the Vibrolux, the Lab, and his Music Man. Later I got a Music Man RD-112 that sounded excellent. The steel sounded best (to me) in the Twin Reverb, the Music Man, and then the Lab, in that order. They all sounded great but I list some over the others just for what my ears heard, as they say, others' mileage may vary.

I had a Peavey Session 500 for a while, but was not playing steel at the time. For regular guitar, I couldn't stand it but I know many love it for steel, which is what it was designed for so I did'nt give it a fair chance.

My old band did a gig in a casino in Iowa, they had a stage with all amps furnished. At the time we had another steel player and I was playing lead 6-string guitar so I grabbed the '65 reissue Fender Twin Reverb. I didn't expect it to sound as good as it did, it was excellent.

[This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 28 December 2004 at 08:18 PM.]