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It could not be simpler.
The guitar has legs which I extend until is is playable standing up for playing live, and I play it sitting down in the studio.
Get a console guitar, or fit some legs to you ...

Just do it. Then you'll know.
Incidentally, we do it all the time with my band. Folky things are done as a reggae. Rock songs are slowed into 12/8 ballads. Jazz standards are given a blues feel, whil ...

I have produced tracks by Rappers, and assessed and critiqued many more while I was working. I've also heard some horrible examples on the radio. In many many other cases, I've heard that rap tracks w ...

Direct always.
Usually through the Boss GT10 into an analogue desk set flat, then via Delta 1010 into Pro Tools.
If I want the sound of an Amp and Mic, I can re-amp it later, but I like it as clean ...

This is probably cheating, and of no relevance to the pedal steel types, but there is one song that I play steel on with the band which is in G sharp. That means that I need to land on some unfamiliar ...

As a Hofner collector, I can tell you that John Lennon's Hawaiian Artist was like that but wood finished instead of MOP. They made a shaped body version too.
Both types turn up regularly at meetings ...

Not to make this a kit boasting list, this is just just a list of the devices that I regularly use to make music.

8 string console steel.
Small acoustic guitar with pickup
Jumbo acoustic Guitar
...

I'd just like to say a word in favour of not finding and staying in your niche.
In the past I've played in an orchestra playing 'songs from the shows' and the like. I would never listen to that music ...

I play non pedal steel (some of the time) in a rock band, and I use the same Zoom multi effects pedal for both steel and tele. I use two sound settings for steel, clean with reverb and slightly distor ...

I had a party to celebrate my 65th birthday at the weekend. Since I can't think of a better way to have a good time than to get together with friends and play my guitar, we booked a room at the pub, i ...

I would not think twice, as long as it plays and sounds well - and I could play it.
Whether it's a home build or a top of the range Emmons push-pull, most people will have no idea what it is. Steel ...

If you only listen to modern Country music that is rubbish,made only for line dancing (!), then you probably will prefer the old stuff.
But modern Country includes Alison Krauss and Union Station (an ...

It is very hard to play well when you are not enjoying the sound you make, but from a recording engineeer's point of view, it is just as hard for him to get the overall sound of a recording right when ...

Ah Yes!! The synthesizer, I remember it well. Now where did I put that thing?????

It will be in the cupboard, behind all the outboard studio gear.
In fact, inside this little Mac laptop, I have m ...

Just a thought, and one which is even further outside any box that pedals might be contained in-
Why not put the pedal pivots on the side of the Steel nearest to the player?
Why not operate the peda ...

Low to high every time, except when typing them on different lines, in which case,if the tuning is G D A E, you type, for example,
E
A
D
G
(Violin and mandolin)
so that the strings show top to ...

My first steel was probably made as a result of that Magazine article.
It was a piece of mahogany that had clearly been part of an item of furniture previously.
The pickup in that one was not quite ...

Multi Band compression post recording. Probably used as Side Chain Compression, sometimes called Parallel Compression.

Here's a picture of Noel playing the one I made.
It was called "Loho Gayinde"- the lion's paw in his language (Wolof), and that is represented by the carving on the head.
Cheers
Dave
htt ...

That should have a bit of a Reso sound to it, as the tin lid flexes as the strings are picked and varies the pitch during the attack of the notes.
Unless you have packed the tin with something solid ...

Pro Tools, up to and including, Pro Tools 8 needs either Digidesign/Avid interfaces to work.
The M Powered version works with M Audio interfaces, which are what I use at home.
The new Pro Tools Nin ...

Bill McCloskey asked
"Tell me how Japanese koto music fits in or gamelon music"

I'm not an expert on the Koto, but I have composed for and played in a Gamelan Orchestra, both Balinese ...

There is obviously a lot more to come once a good range of new playing extra techniques are developed.
The one thing which I feel might be a good idea would be to add a flange to the players side of ...

I spent the fifteen years before my retirement teaching Music Technology up to degree level in College. Prior to that I'd worked in studios with multi-track 2" tape machines- even a home made one ...

You can buy ProTools 8 online. The original company was Digidesign, but they are now under the Avid banner here:-
http://www.avid.com/US/resources/digi-orientation
It is a huge upgrade from the earl ...

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Topic: Stand up playing lap steel
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 35 Views: 24213	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 17 Mar 2012 1:49 am Subject: Stand up playing lap steel
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 35 Views: 24213	It could not be simpler. The guitar has legs which I extend until is is playable standing up for playing live, and I play it sitting down in the studio. Get a console guitar, or fit some legs to you ...
Topic: Alternate Rhythm
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 2 Views: 1329	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 19 Feb 2012 12:54 am Subject: Alternate Rhythm
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 2 Views: 1329	Just do it. Then you'll know. Incidentally, we do it all the time with my band. Folky things are done as a reggae. Rock songs are slowed into 12/8 ballads. Jazz standards are given a blues feel, whil ...
Topic: Is rap actually music?
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 177 Views: 37974	Forum Section: Music Posted: 11 Jan 2012 1:59 am Subject: Is rap actually music?
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 177 Views: 37974	I have produced tracks by Rappers, and assessed and critiqued many more while I was working. I've also heard some horrible examples on the radio. In many many other cases, I've heard that rap tracks w ...
Topic: How do you record your steel with Protools
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 28 Views: 16118	Forum Section: Recording Posted: 8 Jan 2012 2:18 am Subject: How do you record your steel with Protools
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 28 Views: 16118	Direct always. Usually through the Boss GT10 into an analogue desk set flat, then via Delta 1010 into Pro Tools. If I want the sound of an Amp and Mic, I can re-amp it later, but I like it as clean ...
Topic: Playing technique: playing down the frets - in tune
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 34 Views: 11070	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 9 Dec 2011 1:30 am Subject: Playing technique: playing down the frets - in tune
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 34 Views: 11070	This is probably cheating, and of no relevance to the pedal steel types, but there is one song that I play steel on with the band which is in G sharp. That means that I need to land on some unfamiliar ...
Topic: Hofner --Lap steel
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 9 Views: 10350	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 30 Nov 2011 1:30 am Subject: Hofner --Lap steel
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 9 Views: 10350	As a Hofner collector, I can tell you that John Lennon's Hawaiian Artist was like that but wood finished instead of MOP. They made a shaped body version too. Both types turn up regularly at meetings ...
Topic: What other instruments do you play?
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 51 Views: 15970	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 16 Nov 2011 1:46 am Subject: What other instruments do you play?
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 51 Views: 15970	Not to make this a kit boasting list, this is just just a list of the devices that I regularly use to make music. 8 string console steel. Small acoustic guitar with pickup Jumbo acoustic Guitar ...
Topic: Finding one's niche.. easier said than done
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 50 Views: 14522	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 14 Nov 2011 1:56 am Subject: Finding one's niche.. easier said than done
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 50 Views: 14522	I'd just like to say a word in favour of not finding and staying in your niche. In the past I've played in an orchestra playing 'songs from the shows' and the like. I would never listen to that music ...
Topic: What Pedals Go Well With Lap Steel?
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 18 Views: 4898	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Oct 2011 1:04 am Subject: What Pedals Go Well With Lap Steel?
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 18 Views: 4898	I play non pedal steel (some of the time) in a rock band, and I use the same Zoom multi effects pedal for both steel and tele. I use two sound settings for steel, clean with reverb and slightly distor ...
Topic: My 65th Birthday Party
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 1 Views: 1152	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 12 Sep 2011 11:48 pm Subject: My 65th Birthday Party
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 1 Views: 1152	I had a party to celebrate my 65th birthday at the weekend. Since I can't think of a better way to have a good time than to get together with friends and play my guitar, we booked a room at the pub, i ...
Topic: Bizarre looking steel guitar
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 17 Views: 5983	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 30 Jun 2011 11:57 pm Subject: Bizarre looking steel guitar
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 17 Views: 5983	I would not think twice, as long as it plays and sounds well - and I could play it. Whether it's a home build or a top of the range Emmons push-pull, most people will have no idea what it is. Steel ...
Topic: The Steel evolved. Why can't we?
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 325 Views: 93025	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 27 May 2011 12:16 am Subject: The Steel evolved. Why can't we?
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 325 Views: 93025	If you only listen to modern Country music that is rubbish,made only for line dancing (!), then you probably will prefer the old stuff. But modern Country includes Alison Krauss and Union Station (an ...
Topic: Recording Direct Question
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 36 Views: 15235	Forum Section: Recording Posted: 21 Apr 2011 11:39 pm Subject: Recording Direct Question
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 36 Views: 15235	It is very hard to play well when you are not enjoying the sound you make, but from a recording engineeer's point of view, it is just as hard for him to get the overall sound of a recording right when ...
Topic: Will Musical Instruments Become Obsolete?
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 34 Views: 12422	Forum Section: Music Posted: 22 Feb 2011 10:57 am Subject: Will Musical Instruments Become Obsolete?
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 34 Views: 12422	Ah Yes!! The synthesizer, I remember it well. Now where did I put that thing????? It will be in the cupboard, behind all the outboard studio gear. In fact, inside this little Mac laptop, I have m ...
Topic: I need your opinions on my new pedal design.
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 35 Views: 8855	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 13 Feb 2011 1:47 am Subject: I need your opinions on my new pedal design.
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 35 Views: 8855	Just a thought, and one which is even further outside any box that pedals might be contained in- Why not put the pedal pivots on the side of the Steel nearest to the player? Why not operate the peda ...
Topic: Spelling tunings
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 69 Views: 21413	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 16 Jan 2011 2:42 am Subject: Spelling tunings
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 69 Views: 21413	Low to high every time, except when typing them on different lines, in which case,if the tuning is G D A E, you type, for example, E A D G (Violin and mandolin) so that the strings show top to ...
Topic: Deleted
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 16 Views: 5065	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 10 Jan 2011 2:31 am Subject: Deleted
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 16 Views: 5065	My first steel was probably made as a result of that Magazine article. It was a piece of mahogany that had clearly been part of an item of furniture previously. The pickup in that one was not quite ...
Topic: How do you "thicken" your sound?
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 34 Views: 12490	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 29 Dec 2010 1:39 am Subject: How do you "thicken" your sound?
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 34 Views: 12490	Multi Band compression post recording. Probably used as Side Chain Compression, sometimes called Parallel Compression.
Topic: Cookie Tin Lap Steel
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 14 Views: 8989	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 16 Dec 2010 8:50 am Subject: Cookie Tin Lap Steel
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 14 Views: 8989	Here's a picture of Noel playing the one I made. It was called "Loho Gayinde"- the lion's paw in his language (Wolof), and that is represented by the carving on the head. Cheers Dave htt ...
Topic: Cookie Tin Lap Steel
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 14 Views: 8989	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 13 Dec 2010 2:21 am Subject: Cookie Tin Lap Steel
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 14 Views: 8989	That should have a bit of a Reso sound to it, as the tin lid flexes as the strings are picked and varies the pitch during the attack of the notes. Unless you have packed the tin with something solid ...
Topic: M Box or?
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 5 Views: 1426	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 25 Nov 2010 1:57 am Subject: M Box or?
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 5 Views: 1426	Pro Tools, up to and including, Pro Tools 8 needs either Digidesign/Avid interfaces to work. The M Powered version works with M Audio interfaces, which are what I use at home. The new Pro Tools Nin ...
Topic: How did music become universal?
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 18 Views: 5492	Forum Section: Music Posted: 7 Nov 2010 2:02 am Subject: How did music become universal?
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 18 Views: 5492	Bill McCloskey asked "Tell me how Japanese koto music fits in or gamelon music" I'm not an expert on the Koto, but I have composed for and played in a Gamelan Orchestra, both Balinese ...
Topic: Zane King & the FRETTED PEDAL GUITAR
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 42 Views: 13335	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 30 Oct 2010 12:25 am Subject: Zane King & the FRETTED PEDAL GUITAR
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 42 Views: 13335	There is obviously a lot more to come once a good range of new playing extra techniques are developed. The one thing which I feel might be a good idea would be to add a flange to the players side of ...
Topic: New discussion on DAW's and Hardware Recorders
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 34 Views: 16708	Forum Section: Recording Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:48 am Subject: New discussion on DAW's and Hardware Recorders
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 34 Views: 16708	I spent the fifteen years before my retirement teaching Music Technology up to degree level in College. Prior to that I'd worked in studios with multi-track 2" tape machines- even a home made one ...
Topic: Bought a MAC ... Got questions
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 13 Views: 5019	Forum Section: Recording Posted: 10 Oct 2010 11:44 pm Subject: Bought a MAC ... Got questions
Dave Boothroyd Replies: 13 Views: 5019	You can buy ProTools 8 online. The original company was Digidesign, but they are now under the Avid banner here:- http://www.avid.com/US/resources/digi-orientation It is a huge upgrade from the earl ...