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I don't suspect the Hilton pedal - I have never had noise problems with mine.

A humbucking pickup in a budget guitar may well have a comparatively low output, which would impair the overall signal/ ...

Some good advice here already, but some misdirection as well. White noise is an artifact of active analog electronics and has nothing to do with your pickups or induced AC noise ("hum") in c ...

I think my first question - before I start replacing my equipment - is whether anyone has had any success in this situation - where you are using the volume pedal heavily to sustain harmonics.

Also ...

Get in touch and we can trouble shoot over FaceTime . I’ll be at my steel this morning

Thanks, Bob. How do I get a hold of you?

What kind of volume pedal are you using?

I have a Hilton.

Hello, I am doing some home recording for a friend who lives far away. For one particular song, the part I play involves a lot of harmonics that I sustain with heavy volume pedal use. Putting the volu ...

Hmm, I guess the word "original" in the title was a turn-off. Maybe I posted this in the wrong steel guitar forum?

Hi everyone, about a year ago I posted on here for tips about creating accompaniments for a songwriter friend's songs with only guitar and steel. We did a live recording of some of the songs last fall ...

Bucky Baxter playing perfect support for Bob Dylan on "Forever Young":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt18hi8RzHE
Never got a chance to meet Bucky, but we chatted a little on the internet ...

I saw this and saw that they had the steel in a prominent place on stage behind Kacey with a spotlight on it (but not the steel player).

I've played lots of instruments over the years from Bassoon to Banjo. I have to admit to a certain OCD tendency, and pedal steel is perfect for that. Occupies all four limbs, brain and eyes and ther ...

I cannot sing its praises enough. That said, I struggle to play in pitch when really high up the neck... and it is an issue that has persisted long enough that I am starting to wonder if it might be s ...

Johnson's Love by Dwight Yoakam. The A+B rocking and climbing up the chord inversions was loads of fun at the time.

I find this solo of his from a Lambchop song to be remarkable: https://youtu.be/S0835hPFSpI. It starts at 1:58.

Here's the YouTube video I saw that made me create this thread: https://youtu.be/cB-c ...

I saw a YouTube video of Paul Niehaus laying down a track for a recording. It sounded great and it struck me because his musical sensibilities in it lined up really well with where I am currently at o ...

Didn't you also find it obnoxious on some level? It is very impressive to understand songs enough to manipulate them like that. That said, if you turn music into sport the songs lose what makes them e ...

I have been putting steel to a series of songs written and performed on guitar by a buddy. We started about a year ago and are building a small catalog of songs with the ultimate goal of making an ama ...

This is such a great thread, and I really appreciate your commitment to detailing the journey. I know what you mean about the "operator" feeling. Looking forward to next year! Smile

Agreed. ...

I think professional players know they are capable and can deliver what's needed in any situation. I don't believe they're too concerned with how "good" they are.

My thoughts on reading t ...

That is so well said and if you read it a couple times; you can tell that Paul is comparing his progress to HIS SELF...
That is so important. If you get caught getting down on your self playing not n ...

For me after the notes and chords are learned for a phrase - then the "perfection" part of the process begins. At practice time I record myself and constantly ask myself is the Tone, Touch, ...

There are two things I am learning more and more when I feel perfectionism creeping in:

1) At a certain point, the quest for perfection skews your vision so much that you have to walk away to regai ...

as for dark and moody steel, there are plenty of examples... not sure where to begin. but this Johnny Paycheck/Lloyd Green cut comes to mind: https://youtu.be/aqunV99xBfM

I have never heard that on ...

What's a good attitude to get to regarding perfectionism in steel playing?

I am nowhere near perfection. However, I can get close enough sometimes where I find myself falling into that trap. I kno ...

I have a suspicion that unfretted instruments like steel and fiddle may present more difficult issues with intonation both for players and listeners. Simpler music may just be more appealing to peopl ...

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Topic: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 16589	Forum Section: Recording Posted: 2 Jan 2023 9:29 am Subject: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 16589	I don't suspect the Hilton pedal - I have never had noise problems with mine. A humbucking pickup in a budget guitar may well have a comparatively low output, which would impair the overall signal/ ...
Topic: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 16589	Forum Section: Recording Posted: 26 Dec 2022 7:39 am Subject: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 16589	Some good advice here already, but some misdirection as well. White noise is an artifact of active analog electronics and has nothing to do with your pickups or induced AC noise ("hum") in c ...
Topic: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 16589	Forum Section: Recording Posted: 24 Dec 2022 9:00 am Subject: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 16589	I think my first question - before I start replacing my equipment - is whether anyone has had any success in this situation - where you are using the volume pedal heavily to sustain harmonics. Also ...
Topic: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 16589	Forum Section: Recording Posted: 24 Dec 2022 7:34 am Subject: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 16589	Get in touch and we can trouble shoot over FaceTime . I’ll be at my steel this morning Thanks, Bob. How do I get a hold of you?
Topic: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 16589	Forum Section: Recording Posted: 24 Dec 2022 7:32 am Subject: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 16589	What kind of volume pedal are you using? I have a Hilton.
Topic: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 16589	Forum Section: Recording Posted: 23 Dec 2022 5:43 pm Subject: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 16589	Hello, I am doing some home recording for a friend who lives far away. For one particular song, the part I play involves a lot of harmonics that I sustain with heavy volume pedal use. Putting the volu ...
Topic: Original songs - guitar and steel
Curt Trisko Replies: 1 Views: 718	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 20 Feb 2022 2:37 pm Subject: Original songs - guitar and steel
Curt Trisko Replies: 1 Views: 718	Hmm, I guess the word "original" in the title was a turn-off. Maybe I posted this in the wrong steel guitar forum?
Topic: Original songs - guitar and steel
Curt Trisko Replies: 1 Views: 718	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 19 Feb 2022 5:33 am Subject: Original songs - guitar and steel
Curt Trisko Replies: 1 Views: 718	Hi everyone, about a year ago I posted on here for tips about creating accompaniments for a songwriter friend's songs with only guitar and steel. We did a live recording of some of the songs last fall ...
Topic: Bucky Baxter w/Dylan- "Forever Young"
Curt Trisko Replies: 3 Views: 2462	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 26 Jan 2022 9:48 am Subject: Re: Bucky Baxter w/Dylan-
Curt Trisko Replies: 3 Views: 2462	Bucky Baxter playing perfect support for Bob Dylan on "Forever Young": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt18hi8RzHE Never got a chance to meet Bucky, but we chatted a little on the internet ...
Topic: Kacey Musgraves on Saturday Night Live
Curt Trisko Replies: 16 Views: 6382	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 3 Oct 2021 6:47 pm Subject: Kacey Musgraves on Saturday Night Live
Curt Trisko Replies: 16 Views: 6382	I saw this and saw that they had the steel in a prominent place on stage behind Kacey with a spotlight on it (but not the steel player).
Topic: Is pedal steel the most enjoyable instrument to play?
Curt Trisko Replies: 29 Views: 6985	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 1 Oct 2021 6:05 pm Subject: Is pedal steel the most enjoyable instrument to play?
Curt Trisko Replies: 29 Views: 6985	I've played lots of instruments over the years from Bassoon to Banjo. I have to admit to a certain OCD tendency, and pedal steel is perfect for that. Occupies all four limbs, brain and eyes and ther ...
Topic: Stage One Zum
Curt Trisko Replies: 8 Views: 2491	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 27 Aug 2021 12:12 pm Subject: Stage One Zum
Curt Trisko Replies: 8 Views: 2491	I cannot sing its praises enough. That said, I struggle to play in pitch when really high up the neck... and it is an issue that has persisted long enough that I am starting to wonder if it might be s ...
Topic: What was the first Steel Guitar Song you learned?
Curt Trisko Replies: 82 Views: 19913	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 27 Aug 2021 12:09 pm Subject: What was the first Steel Guitar Song you learned?
Curt Trisko Replies: 82 Views: 19913	Johnson's Love by Dwight Yoakam. The A+B rocking and climbing up the chord inversions was loads of fun at the time.
Topic: Paul Niehaus
Curt Trisko Replies: 4 Views: 2027	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 12 Mar 2021 1:29 pm Subject: Paul Niehaus
Curt Trisko Replies: 4 Views: 2027	I find this solo of his from a Lambchop song to be remarkable: https://youtu.be/S0835hPFSpI. It starts at 1:58. Here's the YouTube video I saw that made me create this thread: https://youtu.be/cB-c ...
Topic: Paul Niehaus
Curt Trisko Replies: 4 Views: 2027	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 26 Feb 2021 7:07 am Subject: Paul Niehaus
Curt Trisko Replies: 4 Views: 2027	I saw a YouTube video of Paul Niehaus laying down a track for a recording. It sounded great and it struck me because his musical sensibilities in it lined up really well with where I am currently at o ...
Topic: Lady Gaga Star Spangled banner 4/4 & 3/4 analyzed
Curt Trisko Replies: 19 Views: 4921	Forum Section: Music Posted: 26 Jan 2021 3:26 pm Subject: Lady Gaga Star Spangled banner 4/4 & 3/4 analyzed
Curt Trisko Replies: 19 Views: 4921	Didn't you also find it obnoxious on some level? It is very impressive to understand songs enough to manipulate them like that. That said, if you turn music into sport the songs lose what makes them e ...
Topic: Fixing steel arrangements
Curt Trisko Replies: 1 Views: 1213	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 23 Jan 2021 1:38 pm Subject: Fixing steel arrangements
Curt Trisko Replies: 1 Views: 1213	I have been putting steel to a series of songs written and performed on guitar by a buddy. We started about a year ago and are building a small catalog of songs with the ultimate goal of making an ama ...
Topic: Learning Pedal Steel: Observations Year-by-Year
Curt Trisko Replies: 21 Views: 12400	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 23 Jan 2021 1:22 pm Subject: Learning Pedal Steel: Observations Year-by-Year
Curt Trisko Replies: 21 Views: 12400	This is such a great thread, and I really appreciate your commitment to detailing the journey. I know what you mean about the "operator" feeling. Looking forward to next year! Agreed. ...
Topic: Simple Question
Curt Trisko Replies: 25 Views: 7918	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 23 Jan 2021 1:10 pm Subject: Simple Question
Curt Trisko Replies: 25 Views: 7918	I think professional players know they are capable and can deliver what's needed in any situation. I don't believe they're too concerned with how "good" they are. My thoughts on reading t ...
Topic: Perfectionism
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 5402	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 29 Dec 2020 12:39 pm Subject: Perfectionism
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 5402	That is so well said and if you read it a couple times; you can tell that Paul is comparing his progress to HIS SELF... That is so important. If you get caught getting down on your self playing not n ...
Topic: Perfectionism
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 5402	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 18 Dec 2020 12:27 pm Subject: Perfectionism
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 5402	For me after the notes and chords are learned for a phrase - then the "perfection" part of the process begins. At practice time I record myself and constantly ask myself is the Tone, Touch, ...
Topic: Perfectionism
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 5402	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 17 Dec 2020 7:11 am Subject: Perfectionism
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 5402	There are two things I am learning more and more when I feel perfectionism creeping in: 1) At a certain point, the quest for perfection skews your vision so much that you have to walk away to regai ...
Topic: .....
Curt Trisko Replies: 30 Views: 6973	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 13 Dec 2020 9:18 am Subject: .....
Curt Trisko Replies: 30 Views: 6973	as for dark and moody steel, there are plenty of examples... not sure where to begin. but this Johnny Paycheck/Lloyd Green cut comes to mind: https://youtu.be/aqunV99xBfM I have never heard that on ...
Topic: Perfectionism
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 5402	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 11 Dec 2020 7:05 pm Subject: Perfectionism
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 5402	What's a good attitude to get to regarding perfectionism in steel playing? I am nowhere near perfection. However, I can get close enough sometimes where I find myself falling into that trap. I kno ...
Topic: Why young folks are not learning steel guitar
Curt Trisko Replies: 91 Views: 26381	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 17 Nov 2020 8:30 am Subject: Why young folks are not learning steel guitar
Curt Trisko Replies: 91 Views: 26381	I have a suspicion that unfretted instruments like steel and fiddle may present more difficult issues with intonation both for players and listeners. Simpler music may just be more appealing to peopl ...