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Brian LeBlanc
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Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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Posted 11 Mar 2009 12:34 pm |
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Are any of the standup pedal steels still around?
2 or 3 pedals
seen pictures but never a real one...
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Rick Winfield
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Pickin' beneath the Palmettos
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Posted 12 Mar 2009 1:00 pm Linkon
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I think what you're speakin of is a Linkon Lap pedal,
from Canada. It's a lap steel with 3 pedals connected with cables. Being a 6 string guitar palyer also, I've often wondered if I could sling that thing around my shoulder,while using the peds. It'd be a great chance to put the steel player "up front" for a change !
Rick
ps: it also comes with "levers" |
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Brian LeBlanc
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Falls Church, Virginia, USA
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Posted 12 Mar 2009 1:36 pm No....not a lap
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ShoBud had a few
Porter Wagner show (RFD) other day had one on
...guess all you need is put long legs on a Pro I
and horizontal lever for E & F?
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Stan Paxton
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1/2 & 1/2 Florida and Tenn, USA (old Missouri boy gone South)
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Posted 12 Mar 2009 4:05 pm
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I think Little Don Warden of Porter Waggoner band used a stand up steel all the time; if not mistaken it was the Show Bud, and he always had his 1 or 2 pedals on the Right side instead of the left. Other than that, never saw any other. 
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 12 Mar 2009 5:35 pm
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Contact Jerry Fessenden or Jim Palenscar. They had a new Fessy Prototype stand-up pedal steel at the Phoenix show in January. Probably not yet ready for production, but it should be coming along soon.
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Eddie Cunningham
From:
Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 12 Mar 2009 5:59 pm Old Fender "Stand up" long gone
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| I bought a Fender D-8 Stringmaster from Shot J. in 1954 that had three pedals on the left side with rods pulling on levers. Worked O.K. and I played it for about 10 years. Then when I got a real sit down pedal job I cut the Fender up for firewood !! I gave away all the pickups and tuners and threw away the legs and hardware !! I guess I wasn't too smart even back then !! And I haven't got any brighter over the years !! Live and learn ?? Eddie "C" ( the old non-pedal , dead string , no reverb , out of tune & out of work old geezer ) |
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Jim Bates
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Alvin, Texas, USA
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Posted 12 Mar 2009 6:40 pm
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How do stand, mash the pedals, and use the foot volume control all at the same time without falling over??
I watched Bob White with Hank Thompson, and he would leave the volume wide open and use left foot on pedals. Maybe that's the trick.
There probably isn't enough interest in the stand up pedal steel or else more of them would be built.
Thanx,
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John Bechtel
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 12 Mar 2009 6:59 pm
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Nowadays, most of the entertainment aspect is centered on lead-guitar players and singers at the mic, standing on their heads! Now, do that while pedaling a steel-guitar and you'll be the new-rage of the age!!!
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allen purcell
From:
Harts, wv usa
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Posted 13 Mar 2009 4:06 am standup steel
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Jerry Tillman
From:
Florida
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Posted 16 Mar 2009 6:17 am standing steel or still standing
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| I,m turning my fender 400 into a standing steel.I,m not going to use a volume pedal.I,ve settled on an e9 tuning ,a and b pedals normal,third pedal e,s down for 6th sounds and I can mash pedal 2 for a 7th.I,m still kicking pedal 4 around(pun).I would like to keep my tele on and play a lead or whole song on the 400.I,m also thinking of a waist lever that I could push with my stomach but that might look a little odd. |
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Greg Gefell
From:
Upstate NY
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Posted 16 Mar 2009 9:26 am
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I tried the whole stand up pedal steel thing for a while. Its very hard on your joints. Even doing basic AB pedal work fatigues you quickly. I found my left knee/ankle getting pretty sore and I don't have any joint problems.
Either forget about pedals or forget about using the volume pedal - you cant have it both ways.
Personally I find it much more enjoyable to play non-pedal standup, and pedal steel sitting down.
just my $.02
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Jim Bates
From:
Alvin, Texas, USA
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Posted 16 Mar 2009 5:12 pm
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I totally agree with Greg. Keep em separate. At opry shows when we do some special oldies from Carl Smith, Faron Young, etc,. I bring my standup Fender T-3, set it behind my pedal steel and use an 'A-B' switch to move back and forth. Usually use a lot less reverb on the stand-up steel. (Also use my old DeArmond volume pedal cause it has a better angle for standing.
Thanx,
Jim |
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