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Topic: Mute The strings behind the bary |
Bobby Overfelt
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Illinois, USA
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Posted 29 Oct 2019 6:58 pm |
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| Hello I,m learning the pedal steel but I have a problem, I have a bad left hand and I can,t use my fingers to mute the strings behind the bar. I can hold the bar ok and doing pretty good with some songs that I have tabs for does anyone a suggestion? |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 29 Oct 2019 9:22 pm
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You could put a piece of foam between the strings and the fret board up towards the key head. If might make it weird playing the first fret and your open strings would be muted but could make things work a little better.
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Al Evans
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Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 30 Oct 2019 5:00 am Re: Mute The strings behind the bary
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| Bobby Overfelt wrote: |
| Hello I,m learning the pedal steel but I have a problem, I have a bad left hand and I can,t use my fingers to mute the strings behind the bar. I can hold the bar ok and doing pretty good with some songs that I have tabs for does anyone a suggestion? |
My left hand was very badly burned when I was 17, and I don't have any obvious way to damp behind the bar. I was trying to do it with the side of my hand, with limited success.
I came upon the idea of using a wrist warmer (i.e., half a glove) and sewing something into it along the edge to damp the strings with. I ended up using a short piece of two-conductor mic cable, the ends capped with bits of heat-shrink tubing, sewed in using a zipper foot.
It works pretty well, and now I feel a lot happier playing around the 12th fret.
--Al Evans
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2018 MSA Legend, 2018 ZumSteel Encore, 2015 Mullen G2, G&L S-500, G&L ASAT, G&L LB-100, Godin A4 Fretless, Kinscherff High Noon |
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Bobby Overfelt
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Illinois, USA
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Posted 30 Oct 2019 7:01 pm Mute the strings behind the bar
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| Thanks to all I think I came up with a salution |
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