Evans pre-amp w. guitar

Olli Haavisto · Post by **Olli Haavisto** » 9 Nov 2001 1:24 am

A few days ago I discovered something that jazz guitarists have of course known for years.I have an Evans ESPA in my rack along with a Rocktron Prophesy preamp/effects processor.I`ve always used the Prophesy`s preamp for guitar and loved it.It has a nice tubish edge even on clean settiings.I needed a SUPER clean strat tone for an overdub and decided to try the Evans instead.What a BEAUTIFULL tone!!Full,warm and without a hint of distortion,but not sterile like a DI sound.Just FYI....Try it!

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Jim Bob Sedgwick · Post by **Jim Bob Sedgwick** » 17 Nov 2001 3:36 pm

I use an Evans 500 LV. I replaced the Eclipse speaker with a Black Widow. I use the amp for both lead guitar and steel. Super sound on both. BTW, I replaced the speaker because the Black Widow is so much more efficient than the Eclipse, however is not quite as warm sounding. JMO

Jim Smith · Post by **Jim Smith** » 17 Nov 2001 3:45 pm

<SMALL>I replaced the speaker because the Black Widow is so much more efficient than the Eclipse, however is not quite as warm sounding.</SMALL>

Just curious why you would want or need a more efficient speaker? The FET 500 Evans with an Eclipse speaker that I played for 20 years would blow the walls out with pre and post gains both set on three!

Just ask some of the guys I played with.

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Jim Bob Sedgwick · Post by **Jim Bob Sedgwick** » 18 Nov 2001 5:34 pm

Jim: I don't really know. It just seems that I prefer the slightly harder sound of the Black Widow. I also rarely have my foot pedal more than 1/2 open. (I play single coil pickups) and don't want to open the pedal to the hum stage. The Eclipse is a fine speaker BTW You know steel players are a bunch of nuts anyway.

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 18 Nov 2001 6:33 pm

I'm an Evans endorser, so I'm an Evans fan as you might expect. But I was not happy with the Eclipse's sound after the speaker got about 4 years old. Ed Buffington (owner of Evans) said to me "put in a Black Widow. You'll love it." I did just that and I do love it. I put a Black Widow in my other, older, Evans and it sounds fine also.

The BW is a good speaker, period. I also have a mid-60's Standel that needed two 12's replaced. I put Peavey Scorpions in and they kicked the sound up a notch or two.

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