The Amplified Nation Steel String Singer 100W Head is an Amplified Nation amplifier. Close alternatives include the Rowin LEF-315 Dumbler Amp Sim and the Mooer Micro PreAmp 010 (Two Rock Coral). It pairs well with the Marshall Guv'nor and the Univox Super-Fuzz.

Amplified Nation Steel String Singer 100W Head

Amplified Nation · amplifier

The Amplified Nation Steel String Singer 100W Head is the larger version of the builder's take on the Dumble Steel String Singer, a design built around very high clean headroom. It produces shimmery, silky clean tones and clean-lead sounds with a balanced EQ, staying articulate, punchy and clear at volumes where smaller amps would begin to compress. A three-tube reverb with send and return controls governs both the depth of the reverb and its level in the mix. At 100 watts it is aimed squarely at stage use and at players who want a completely uncoloured platform for pedals. It suits blues, soul and fusion players chasing the Stevie Ray Vaughan style clean power the original Steel String Singer was built to provide.

What stands out

  • “A three-tube reverb with send and return controls governs both the depth of the reverb and its level in the mix”

    — from the listing

  • “at 100 watts it is aimed squarely at stage use and at players who want a completely uncoloured platform for pedals”

    — from the listing

  • “punchy and clear at volumes where smaller amps would begin to compress”

    — from the listing

  • “The Amplified Nation Steel String Singer 100W Head is the larger version of the builder's take on the Dumble Steel String Singer, a design built around very high clean headroom”

    — from the listing

  • “The recurring criticisms are that it is impractical below stage volume, that it is expensive, and that it offers”

    — from the community notes

  • reverb
  • stage
  • tube
  • punchy
  • clean
  • clean headroom
  • platform
  • silky

Good for

  • Live

Genres the Amplified Nation Steel String Singer 100W Head is commonly used in

  • Soul
  • Blues
  • Jazz Fusion
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
  • Jazz
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
  • Surf Rock
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
  • Rock
    citedInferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.

Pedals that stack with the Amplified Nation Steel String Singer 100W Head

Marshall Guv'nor

Marshall

25% match
$106via Reverb

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → mid-forward)

Marshall Guv'nor leans this high headroom tone toward mid-forward, which it doesn't make on its own

Goes in front of the amp

Univox Super-Fuzz

Univox

21% match
$599via Reverb

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → mid-forward)

The high headroom tone has headroom to spare — Univox Super-Fuzz leans it toward mid-forward to fill it in

Goes in front of the amp

Ibanez TS10 Tube Screamer Classic

pedal

20% match
$351.03via Reverb

clean platform takes the driveA clean, high-headroom stage takes on dirt it can't generate by itself. (high headroom → mid-forward)

The TS10's fat midrange hump pushes the Steel String Singer's punchy, silky clean voice into real breakup.

Goes in front of the amp

Boss BF-2 Flanger

Boss

12% match
$100via Reverb

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Put Boss BF-2 Flanger after Amplified Nation Steel String Singer 100W Head in the signal chain, clear of Amplified Nation Steel String Singer 100W Head's own gain stage

Goes in front of the amp

Universal Audio 1176 Compressor

Universal Audio

11% match
$129via Reverb

shapes the dynamic responseShapes how the tone responds to picking dynamics rather than its frequency or gain. (high headroom → compressed)

Universal Audio 1176 Compressor leans toward compressed, and that's a real, usable character to pair with

Goes in front of the amp

Binson Echorec Delay

Binson

8% match

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Keep Binson Echorec Delay in Amplified Nation Steel String Singer 100W Head's effects loop, clear of Amplified Nation Steel String Singer 100W Head's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop

Malekko Electro-Harmonix Memory Toy Analog Delay

Electro-Harmonix

7% match

sits in the right chain slotPlaced for where it does its job cleanly in the chain, not for a tonal interaction with the anchor.

Put Malekko Electro-Harmonix Memory Toy Analog Delay in Amplified Nation Steel String Singer 100W Head's effects loop, clear of Amplified Nation Steel String Singer 100W Head's own gain stage — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Sits in the amp's effects loop

Electro-Harmonix EH-1335/EH-3075 Hot Tubes

Electro-Harmonix

tonal match

Goes in front of the amp

Electro-Harmonix EH-1335/EH-3075 Hot Tubes is voiced for a clean amp's front end — Amplified Nation Steel String Singer 100W Head gives it exactly that

Alternativessee all similar tone character →

Rowin LEF-315 Dumbler Amp Sim

Rowin

72% similarity
$31.90via Reverb

Rowin LEF-315 Dumbler Amp Sim recreates this amp's tone in pedal form

Mooer Micro PreAmp 010 (Two Rock Coral)

Mooer

72% similarity
$52.65via Reverb

Mooer Micro PreAmp 010 (Two Rock Coral) recreates this amp's tone in pedal form

Xotic Bass BB Preamp V1.5

Xotic

72% similarity
$199via Reverb

Xotic Bass BB Preamp V1.5 recreates this amp's tone in pedal form

DSM Silver Linings Drive Preamp Engine

Dsm Humboldt Electronics

72% similarity
$229via Reverb

DSM Silver Linings Drive Preamp Engine recreates this amp's tone in pedal form

Two-Rock Classic Reverb Signature 6L6 100W Head

Two-Rock

65% similarity
$5299via Reverb

Shared character: various amps, soul, fusion

Two-Rock Classic Reverb 100W Head

Two-Rock

56% similarity
$5299via Reverb

Shared character: various amps, stage volumes, soul

Amplified Nation Overdrive Reverb 50W

Amplified Nation

53% similarity
$5257via Reverb

Shared character: soul, fusion, reverb

Two-Rock Silver Sterling Signature 150W Head

Two-Rock

52% similarity
$6867.73via Reverb

Shared character: reverb, headroom, clean

Fender Twin Reverb Head

amplifier

52% similarity
$637.70via Reverb

Shared character: fusion, headroom, mix

Ceriatone Overtone Special HRM 100

Ceriatone

50% similarity

Shared character: soul, fusion, punchy

Two-Rock Bloomfield Drive 6L6 100W Head

Two-Rock

50% similarity

Shared character: various amps, stage volumes, fusion

Fender Bandmaster

Fender

49% similarity

Shared character: headroom, reverb, clean

See all alternatives to the Amplified Nation Steel String Singer 100W Head (cheaper + boutique) →

Questions people ask

What are good alternatives to the Amplified Nation Steel String Singer 100W Head?+

The closest matches in character are the Rowin LEF-315 Dumbler Amp Sim, the Mooer Micro PreAmp 010 (Two Rock Coral), the Xotic Bass BB Preamp V1.5.

What pairs well with the Amplified Nation Steel String Singer 100W Head?+

Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Marshall Guv'nor, Univox Super-Fuzz, Ibanez TS10 Tube Screamer Classic — Marshall Guv'nor leans this high headroom tone toward mid-forward, which it doesn't make on its own.

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