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Will Brown
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Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 12 Apr 2017 12:40 pm |
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| These Goodrich steel drivers and matchboxs etc. are they only to be used in conjunction with the volume pedal. or can a person use them with a lapsteel etc with no volume pedal for effects. I don't know and thought I would ask all of you who are in the know thanks |
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Georg Sørtun
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Mandal, Agder, Norway
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Posted 12 Apr 2017 2:06 pm
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| You can use them with anything. They are just active impedance converting units, a form for pre-amps. |
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Mike Wheeler
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Delaware, Ohio, USA
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Posted 12 Apr 2017 2:32 pm
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And Will, there are NO stupid questions on this site!!!
You want to know something, just ask. No one will mock you....and if someone does, we'll beat him/her up for you.  
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Will Brown
From:
Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 12 Apr 2017 2:34 pm stupid
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| Thanks George I was thinking about using them on instruments other then a pedal steel and didn't know if it would work or not thanks |
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Will Brown
From:
Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 12 Apr 2017 2:36 pm stupid
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| Thanks Mike |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 12 Apr 2017 4:19 pm
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There's nothing, AFAIK, designed for steel that won't work on almost any other electric instrument. The pedal steel has extremely high output pickups, but can be played gently to produce low levels.
The pedal steel also goes far lower than guitars and almost anything that's not a keyboard or bass.
If it works on steel, it's almost guaranteed to work on anything else (although it might not sound as cool.
The flip side does not always work:I've had several chorus boxen that went hairy if I picked hard.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
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Will Brown
From:
Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 12 Apr 2017 6:34 pm stupid
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| thanks lane so bascily I can use a matchbox matchbro steel driver on other instruments |
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 12 Apr 2017 6:45 pm
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Yup. You could "dobrify" your electric guitar, your lap steel, your Tele, your electric ukulele, or even your electric banjo.
Perhaps the electronic resonation would work better on a banjo than the actual resonator cone. The Seldom Scene recorded a couple tunes with the "5 string Dobro" and Ben's opinion was that it "was a good way to spend a grand to get the sound of a ten dollar mute. "
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Will Brown
From:
Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 12 Apr 2017 6:53 pm stupid
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| Thanks lane you guys are a ton of information |
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Jim Goins
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 13 Apr 2017 4:58 am stupid question
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Will: Why not use a volume pedal with lap steel, works great when you need more or less volume, try it.  . Jim Goins. |
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 18 Apr 2017 1:26 pm
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| Mike Wheeler wrote: |
And Will, there are NO stupid questions on this site!!!
You want to know something, just ask. No one will mock you....and if someone does, we'll beat him/her up for you. |
Tech Instructor said, Only stupid/dumb question is the one you/we don't ask..Bill
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