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Topic: Matchboxes? |
Jim Strawser
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Montana, USA
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Posted 15 Aug 2008 1:04 pm |
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 Okay, I give up, seems pedal steel players use what is called a matchbox. I assume this is for matching impedance? Will i need or can i use one for a lap steel or even need one. Dad always told me "the only stupid question is the one you didnt ask"!
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Jim Bob Sedgwick
From:
Clinton, Missouri USA
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Posted 15 Aug 2008 2:30 pm
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Matchboxes were basically designed to defeat the tonal change caused by pot type volume pedals. If you use a pot pedal, it would help. (You won't hear tonal change as you open up the volume pedal).
Or if you go with a Hilton pedal, this is already built in.
If you don't use a foot pedal at all, you don't need one. Does this help?  |
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Marc Jenkins
From:
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 15 Aug 2008 3:30 pm
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Jim, I like the Matchbox with my pedal steel through effects pedals, and into a vintage tube amp. It keeps the effects from being overloaded by the pickups' high impedance, plus the tone out of the amp is rounder and sweeter. I plugged into a Peavey solid-state steel amp once, and the Matchbox just made the steel sound cloudy and muffled.
My lap steel doesn't need the Matchbox through any amp I've tried it through. |
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Ken Metcalf
From:
San Antonio Texas USA
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Posted 19 Aug 2008 8:15 am
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Seems to give the Guya G Tone a much cleaner sound.
I like it better with a matchbox.
I don't want much distortion.
Ken
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Mike Christensen
From:
Cook Minnesota
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Posted 24 Aug 2008 5:08 am
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| Jim: To me playing with a matchbox gives a richer sound and better note seperation. That is my opinion. I have come to like it so much I don't care to play without one and have even bought a second one for a spare just in case. On my LDG and Ken Fox NV 400 I run both controls in the 5-6 area. Happy Trails |
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J Hollenberg
From:
Vlaardingen, The Netherlands
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Posted 24 Aug 2008 7:23 am
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| I am with Mike Christensen, I use the Super Sustain Matchbox in combination with a Hilton Volume Pedal and I don't want to play without it. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 24 Aug 2008 7:49 am
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| I don't feel they're necessary. (Too much good stuff was played for too long when matchboxes weren't even around.) Now, I don't mind at all if someone uses one, but it irritates me when someone says you need to use one to get a good sound with a pot-pedal. That's just bullhockey, IMHO. |
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J Hollenberg
From:
Vlaardingen, The Netherlands
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Posted 24 Aug 2008 9:49 am
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| You don't need a Matchbox to get a good sound but in combination with my Hilton I like my sound more with the Matchbox than whitout.It really enhance the sound.( In my case ). |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 24 Aug 2008 2:13 pm
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On my Mullen 12-string guitar, I get a much better tone using a matchbox with the stock single-coil pickup.
I recently installed a Lawrence 712 (12-string version of the 710) pickup in my guitar and I have found that it sounds much, much better without a matchbox. I've tried using both my Hilton Digital Sustain and my Goodrich boxes.
Lee, from South Texas |
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Jim Strawser
From:
Montana, USA
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Posted 24 Aug 2008 10:44 pm Matchox reply
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Okay, now if i decide to use one, where might i find one at a decent price? I use a De Armand volume pedal, and experimenting with an older ART Proverb vs Digitech Reverb stomp box and a Behringer analog Delay to find that magic 350 MS delay zone. Thanks folks, only in thr steel guitar forum can a newbie like myself get such valued and humble guidance and opinions!!!! 
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Dave Flanagan
From:
Mt. Vernon,Il.
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Posted 25 Aug 2008 12:20 pm machbox 60
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| Jim: I have a machbox 60 in good working order and looks good that I would take $65 for and ship it to you in Montana,But I will haft to say if you are using a Hilton vol. peddal I don't think you will notice much of a change, Let me know Thanks Dave |
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Dave Flanagan
From:
Mt. Vernon,Il.
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Posted 25 Aug 2008 12:21 pm machbox 60
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| Jim: I have a machbox 60 in good working order and looks good that I would take $65 for and ship it to you in Montana,But I will haft to say if you are using a Hilton vol. peddal I don't think you will notice much of a change, Let me know Thanks Dave |
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