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Topic: Acoustic sound from pedal steel |
Buck Dilly
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Branchville, NJ, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 10 Mar 2004 12:23 pm |
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Does anyone have experience getting an acoustic guitar-like sound from a pedal steel? Electronic or otherwise. I already have a Match-Bro; I was thinking more like a streight acoustic guitar sound.
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 10 Mar 2004 2:27 pm
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There are a couple of stomp boxes that are supposed to emulate an acoustic guitar sounds. One is made be Boss, the other, which is no longer being manufactured, was made by Rockman.
I don't know how well they would work on a steel, but you might want to try one out. |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 10 Mar 2004 4:03 pm
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I tried the Boss unit. It didn't make any of my electric guitars or steel guitars sound like an acoustic. To my ears, it sounds like they have just incorporated different eq settings into the unit.
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Lee, from South Texas
Down On The Rio Grande
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 11 Mar 2004 10:42 am
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Hey Lee,
I've got the Boss unit which I got a pretty good acoustic sound from. The big problem was I had to change my basic setting for the steel very dramatic. It just wasn't usable on the bandstand. Maybe if a person had an amp dedicated for that sound only it might be OK. Also my Fender Hot Rod DeVille sounded better with the Boss box than my Nashville 400 did but the Fender isn't that great for steel. Oh well, I guess it might be usable for a session or something...JH
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Livin' in the Past and the Future with a 12 string Mooney Universal tuning.
[This message was edited by Jerry Hayes on 12 March 2004 at 05:41 AM.] |
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Ernie Pollock
From:
Mt Savage, Md USA
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Posted 21 Mar 2004 5:49 am
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Jerry: I have one of those boss units, you can do run one cable to a separate channel or another amp & switch back & forth from standard elec to the acoustic sound, although I must admit I have never tried it with my pedal steel yet. I did get excellent results with my Fender Tele with that unit. I may give that a shot with the steel just to see what I can do with it. I guess most of us steel players are really more interested in the dobro sound more so than a straight acoustic sound on steel. I use a Boss SE-50 for the dobro sounds & does ok for that one. I will let you know if what I come up with on the 'acoustic steel' after I try it.
Ernie Pollock 
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Scott Appleton
From:
Ashland, Oregon
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Posted 21 Mar 2004 10:11 am
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i was reading somewhere of a guy who used those
hex pickups in back of the steel PU and one of those
outboard midi converters to trigger acoustic sounds.
also a fella who talked about insalling seperate
crystal PU in each finger similar to some electric guitars. The new variax may have some electronics that could be adapted.
possibilies abound.
I used a pitch rider system for a while on a MSA
it was hard to controll and finally quit working. I never got IVL in canada to repair it properly so i sold it.
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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