? about Standel's new Preamp

[Jerry Overstreet]

Been reading Owen's introduction of the new Standel Germanium box and just wondering about the tone and characteristics of the Standel amps since I've never heard one that I know of.

How would you guys familiar with Standel compare the tone/sound to any other amplifiers such as Twin, Session, Evans, Webb or any other steel amp.

Curious as to what differences there are from these amps. How are they special?

[Tim Whitlock]

Following. I have owned two of the later model, solid state Standels - a '69 Artist and a '70 Custom. I was honestly not impressed with the tone. They sounded muddy in the lows and mids and spikey in the highs. I understand the new pedal is modeled after a '65 circuit, which might be a different voicing. I also had the opportunity to play through one of the 25L15 reissues and liked it better, but wasn't blown away. In short, I do not understand the Standel mystique and would like to hear from players who revere them. For reference, I play a '58 Fender 1000. I'd be interested in hearing steel guitar recordings of these amps on some vintage tracks. I thought Speedy West was a Standel guy but then I seem to remember reading he recorded using a Magnatone.

[Bob Hoffnar]

Listen to about anything Buddy Charleton played. He was a Standel guy. Had a custom SS.
I have one of Owen's new hybrid Standels and it is a fantastic amp. Joe Rogers made a model of it along with Charleton's old amp (in the deserving and more than capable hands of Tommy Detamore now). I highly recommend Owen's work on the new Standels. He is keeping that absolutely iconic sound alive.

[David Wren]

I had a 1970 Standel "Twin" (all SS) ... in 1974 I replaced the stock 2 - 12s with Electro Voice "SROs"... holy molly, what a great sounding amp then!

Played this amp until it was stolen in 1980, then bought a PV Session 500.

I've also been wondering about this pedal, but I expect I'll wait for my new Milkman "Half and Half (neo 15).