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Topic: Anybody using a Roland GR-20 or 33 with steel? |
Tony Palmer
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St Augustine,FL
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Posted 23 Jun 2008 8:53 am |
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The only thing I notice now is the new pickups come with an adjustable curvature, so I assume they can be made to lie flat, something the older ones could not do.
I gave up on my IVL Steelrider due to intermittent problems and sold it and am looking for a replacement.
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Sierra S10 (three!), Peavey 112 and 115, Benoit dobro, Beard Model E dobro, Beard Roadophonic, MSA Superslide, Dean Nickless custom dobro |
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Darvin Willhoite
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Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 23 Jun 2008 10:33 am
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The string spacing is wrong on the Roland pickup for pedal steels. It may fit some lap steels, I'm not sure. There have been some of these adapted to steels, which I was going to do, but I'm about to give up on the idea. I think I'll stick with my RMC pickup equipped 6 stringers, and my GR33 or GI20/XV-5050 module. It's just a little inconvenient switching back and forth, but I get an excellent sound with the setup I have. If it works, why fix it.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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Tony Palmer
From:
St Augustine,FL
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Posted 23 Jun 2008 1:42 pm
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I thought the string spacing issue could be solved by mounting the midi pickup at an angle?
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Sierra S10 (three!), Peavey 112 and 115, Benoit dobro, Beard Model E dobro, Beard Roadophonic, MSA Superslide, Dean Nickless custom dobro |
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James Collett
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San Dimas, CA
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Posted 23 Jun 2008 4:13 pm
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Only if the pickup spacing is MORE than the guitar spacing
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 23 Jun 2008 6:05 pm
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To work properly, the pickup needs to be mounted as close to the bridge as possible, according to Roland. If mounted at an angle, at one end or the other, it would be quite a distance from the bridge, and this would probably effect the workings of the pickup. Due to the placement of most pickups on pedal steels, there's not room to mount a MIDI pickup between the normal pickup and the bridge.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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