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Mike Wilkerson


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Luther Oklahoma
Post  Posted 9 Jul 2015 4:45 pm    
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Can someone explain to me how to accomplish a volume pedal technique know as "gutting".Mike
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Richard Sinkler


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Post  Posted 9 Jul 2015 6:52 pm    
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Basically, grab a chord with your volume pedal on and back it off quickly, then press it back on to where your volume was originally. Sounds simple, but it's really not. I tried for years before I finally threw in the towel.
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Daniel Policarpo


Post  Posted 9 Jul 2015 7:20 pm    
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That's what it's called? I always called it a "boot block" .
Laughing

I snapped a couple volume pedal strings perfecting it. Mr. Green
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Rich Upright


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Post  Posted 10 Jul 2015 12:01 am    
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Kinda sounds like the percussion effect on a Hammond B-3.
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Tony Smart

 

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Post  Posted 10 Jul 2015 5:12 am    
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Sforzando.

Is this the correct musical term for it?

Or is it served with custard ???????
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Richard Sinkler


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Post  Posted 10 Jul 2015 6:24 am    
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Daniel Policarpo wrote:
That's what it's called? I always called it a "boot block" .
Laughing

I snapped a couple volume pedal strings perfecting it. Mr. Green


In my playing, I call it "a mistake". Embarassed
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Lane Gray


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Topeka, KS
Post  Posted 10 Jul 2015 7:17 am    
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I'm not sure sforzando quite fits.
It certainly fits the front half, but gutting also brings it quickly back up.
It's most often associated with Curly Chalker
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Ron Pruter

 

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Arizona, USA
Post  Posted 11 Jul 2015 1:01 pm    
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Can anyone post a link to you tube, of a song with "Gutting"?
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Lane Gray


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Post  Posted 11 Jul 2015 1:31 pm    
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He used it subtly early. Then does it HARD at 0:22 just at the next phrase of the head. He then does it in the pads behind the trombone.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MkXkouIB5Y8
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Ron Pruter

 

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Post  Posted 11 Jul 2015 3:20 pm    
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Thanx Lane,
Boy, watching other clips, he was amazing smooth. Like he's compressed and all notes equal energy.
When ever I see Curly C, I think of a steel player I knew who asked him what he could do to become a better steel player. His answer was. "Give up" RP
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John Billings


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Post  Posted 12 Jul 2015 3:38 pm    
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I learned it early on, early Seventies. Use it frequently. It's not that hard to do!
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Daniel Policarpo


Post  Posted 12 Jul 2015 4:11 pm    
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John Billings wrote:
I learned it early on, early Seventies. Use it frequently. It's not that hard to do!


I use it pretty frequently, too. A good old pot pedal seems to work best for this kind of thing, but I never have tried it with an optics, gear shaft or other design. Just my trusty old Fender.
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John Billings


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Ohio, USA
Post  Posted 12 Jul 2015 4:15 pm    
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DP,
I have always used my old Shobud pedal. As I said, it's really not hard to do, and can be very effective in both leads and accompaniment.
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Joachim Kettner


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Germany
Post  Posted 12 Jul 2015 11:02 pm    
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I just found this, sung by Lonnie Mack. The pedal steel player seems to be pressing the volume pedal all the time, otherwise I can't explain how this sound is made. No gutting but maybe volume swells?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdzSxOlBXn8
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Rich Peterson


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Moorhead, MN
Post  Posted 13 Jul 2015 1:10 am    
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Tony Smart wrote:
Sforzando.

Is this the correct musical term for it?

Or is it served with custard ???????


Yup. Often used by horn sections, but also organists.
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Rich Peterson


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Moorhead, MN
Post  Posted 13 Jul 2015 1:18 am    
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Joachim Kettner wrote:
I just found this, sung by Lonnie Mack. The pedal steel player seems to be pressing the volume pedal all the time, otherwise I can't explain how this sound is made. No gutting but maybe volume swells?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdzSxOlBXn8


Just A real slow amp tremolo, probably a Twin, the way it pulses.
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Ron Bryson

 

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Bonifay, Florida, USA
Post  Posted 13 Jul 2015 5:03 am    
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Does anyone remember Jim Vest, or Sonny Curtis?
Jim Vest on "Way Down Deep"
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Archie Nicol R.I.P.


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Ayrshire, Scotland
Post  Posted 13 Jul 2015 3:07 pm    
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Some `gutting`, but just generally brilliant.

https://www.facebook.com/archie.nicol/videos/o.1479220405637299/757821707577493/?type=3

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John Billings


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Ohio, USA
Post  Posted 13 Jul 2015 3:24 pm    
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Archie!
The link doesn't work anymore!
JB
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Archie Nicol R.I.P.


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Post  Posted 13 Jul 2015 3:41 pm    
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Hold on. I'll try again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COz0yD8lvDQ

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