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Topic: Making a non-pedal steel sound like a pedal steel |
Les Anderson
From:
The Great White North
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Posted 11 Feb 2010 11:39 pm |
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As a sequel to Ray Montee's thread "PEDAL SOUNDS from a lap steel..." how many of you non-pedalers occasionally attempt to make your non-pedal sound like a pedal steel?
I practiced the above all the time with my D8 and could come close when using a C6th tuning on the 24 1/2" neck; however, once I got my Remington D10 and learned how to use a BJS bar properly, I can now pretty much duplicated the pedal steel tone. A little tweaking of the amp always lends its self to the quest of course.
Why don't I just buy a pedal steel? Nah, this way is more of a challenge. The question is however, do some of you guys do this as well? |
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Roman Sonnleitner
From:
Vienna, Austria
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Posted 12 Feb 2010 12:40 am
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I do - on my Duesenberg Multibender-equipped 6-string, tuned in E6, with the benders acting like the AB-pedals on a PSG.
But even with my 8-string C6 lap steel I sometimes try to make PSG-like sounds, using vol. pedal swells, and moving between slanted and straight bar positions... |
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Benjamin Franz
From:
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Posted 12 Feb 2010 1:00 am
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| I suspect I spend TOO much time trying to emulate the sound of a pedal steel. The main thing that stops me getting a pedal steel is the tiny string spacing. Oh, and the years of extra practise... |
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Thomas Ludwig
From:
Augsburg, Germany
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Posted 12 Feb 2010 2:12 am
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on my lapsteel I do string bending behind the steel with my left hand on the high E sting. (C6 tuning)
I like this sound more and more and now I have a pedal steel (yeahhhhh !!!!!)
@Benjamin
I get used to the tiny string spacing on the PSG very fast. Now I like it more then the lap steel string spacing. |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2010 8:57 am
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| It's become a part of my sound almost by accident, and I can always get it 'acceptable', but getting it really well comes and goes uncontrolably. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 12 Feb 2010 9:13 am
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I definitely go for that sound sometimes, but more so in the single note approach. I like doing quick little pedal moves with slants for chords, but I really like doing quick bar movements to achieve that sound.
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Martin Huch
From:
Hannover, Germany
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 13 Feb 2010 12:10 am
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| oops. I misread the thread so I deleted my comment. |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 13 Feb 2010 11:02 am Don't feel badly..................
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The older that you get.......
the more you'll find........
that you're doing it on a more frequent basis.
But, you're among friends! |
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Lynn Oliver
From:
Redmond, Washington USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 13 Feb 2010 11:43 am
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| Andy Volk wrote: |
| Here's a little lick in open E I do that goes for the sound... |
Reminds me a little of Josh Graves on Cuttin' the Grass. |
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