| Author |
Topic: Hilton low-profile volume pedal |
KENNY KRUPNICK
From:
Columbus, Ohio
|
Posted 11 Jun 2004 7:11 am |
|
The Fed Ex man just brought me my new Hilton volume pedal a few minutes ago. I'm looking forward to trying it this weekend. Thank you Bobbe for carrying these great pedals in your stock.  |
|
|
 |
KENNY KRUPNICK
From:
Columbus, Ohio
|
Posted 14 Jun 2004 7:00 am
|
|
I love this new volume pedal. Sure beats the old pot pedal for sure.My hat's off to Mr. Keith Hilton.   |
|
|
|
Gere Mullican
From:
LaVergne, Tennessee, USA (deceased)
|
Posted 14 Jun 2004 7:18 am
|
|
My pot pedal is beginning to do some scratching and I have been thinking about getting a Hilton or Goodrich pedal. Can anyone tell me the price range for them, and I assume they have no pot. Do they plug into AC? Thanks
Gere |
|
|
|
Hook Moore
From:
South Charleston,West Virginia
|
Posted 14 Jun 2004 8:18 am
|
|
Gere I have seen the price range from as low as $209. for the Goodrich and as high as $269. for the Hilton..so right in that area..Bobbe has them..
Hook
------------------
HookMoore.com
|
|
|
|
Gere Mullican
From:
LaVergne, Tennessee, USA (deceased)
|
Posted 14 Jun 2004 2:35 pm
|
|
Hook I appreciate the reply. I will have to run out to Bobbe's maybe tomorrow and get one. Bobbe, if you read this don't you dare take off as soon as you see me drive up.
Gere |
|
|
|
Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
|
Posted 14 Jun 2004 2:52 pm
|
|
Well the Fedex man gets around. I just got mine thisafternoon. It's thw "Regular" size and is about an inch lower than my old EB.
Plugged it in, and WOW! Bout 30% more volume, and clearer tone ROTB.
I think it's going to be a long marriage.
Really happy and pleased to do business with SGN and Bobbe. He never ceases to pleasantly surprise me.
Thanks Bobbe.
EJL |
|
|
|
Gere Mullican
From:
LaVergne, Tennessee, USA (deceased)
|
Posted 15 Jun 2004 7:42 am
|
|
Well, I got rained out today. Maybe tomorrow the weather will cooperate and I can get to SGN and get my new pedal. Did you get that Bobbe?
Gere |
|
|
|
Keith Hilton
From:
248 Laurel Road Ozark, Missouri 65721
|
Posted 15 Jun 2004 7:22 pm
|
|
Thanks fellows for the kind words about my volume pedals. They say when your competition starts copying your product that is the most sincere form of flattery. It took 12 days for my competition to copy the finish on my pedals. My pedals have a tone adjustment, off point adjustment, and gain adjustment. I just saw my competition's ad in a steel magazine and guess what; Yes, they have come out with the same adjustments on their pedal. I really can't understand why people can't come up with original ideas, instead of copying other people's work. I suppose some people would rather steal ideas than think up their own ideas.
I have a pattent I applied for in 2000 and I should be getting the judgement back soon.
Then I can start protecting what I invented in court. I really wish my competition the best of luck, I just wish they would do some original thinking and original inventing. Almost all the major shows and major players use Hilton Pedals.These professional Nashville performers know who has the original ideals and the people who only copy the ideas of others.
|
|
|
|
KENNY KRUPNICK
From:
Columbus, Ohio
|
Posted 15 Jun 2004 9:43 pm
|
|
| Keith, you are so very welcome. |
|
|
|
Gere Mullican
From:
LaVergne, Tennessee, USA (deceased)
|
Posted 16 Jun 2004 5:28 am
|
|
OK. it's almost 9 am and I am on my way out to Bobbe's shop to get me a Hilton pedal. I hope I can figure out how to make it work. I have heard nothing but good things about this pedal and I hope I am not dissappointed.
Gere |
|
|
|
KENNY KRUPNICK
From:
Columbus, Ohio
|
Posted 16 Jun 2004 7:57 am
|
|
| Gere, you will be a happy camper when you use the Hilton pedal. |
|
|
|
John Daugherty
From:
Rolla, Missouri, USA
|
Posted 16 Jun 2004 9:00 am
|
|
Hi Keith. It's good to see you pop up there. It's time for me to tell these guys what you are really like............. scared you didn't I Keith?
Now, for the truth... I have known Keith personally for,I think,maybe 100-120 years.
Keith always speaks the truth and has very high standards. In a nutshell, you can't go wrong by dealing with Keith Hilton.
(now,Keith,I expect that big discount on my next purchase) |
|
|
|
Gere Mullican
From:
LaVergne, Tennessee, USA (deceased)
|
Posted 16 Jun 2004 1:01 pm
|
|
OK Keith and you other guys. I took the plunge. Went to Bobbe's today and got me a brand spanking new Hilton pedal. I will put it to the test tomorrow night in Woodbine. I think the extra little feet that you can screw in the back on the bottom is a good idea. In case there is a difference in height it will be easy to adjust. I can't wait to try that sucker out. Thanks for the advise on it and I will report back in Friday.
Gere |
|
|
|
Roy Ayres
From:
Riverview, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
|
Posted 16 Jun 2004 2:54 pm
|
|
Testimonial:
I recently cut a new steel CD at Buras Studio's near Gulfport, Mississippi. I was using a "pot" pedal I had recently bought and had another very old "pot" pedal in my backup-gear case. Just as we started to record the first song, my signature song "Tennessee Waltz," the string on my new pedal slipped, so I told the guys to take a 15 or 20 minute break while I repaired it. Hal Higgins, who was doing the keyboard and vocal work on the session, said, "Here Roy, use this and we can take time out later to fix it," as he handed me his Hilton pedal. I hesitantly acepted the loan, grumbling a little to myself about having to find an extension cord to reach the nearest unused AC outlet. After the very next take on the song I turned to my wife and said, "I gotta have one!" I sold Hal my new "pot" pedal for his use as a backup, and that night we went on line and ordered a Hilton." I have been back into music for only about a year or so after a 42 year absence, and that simple change to the Hilton finally gave me the sound I had been so desperately searching for with my new pedal steel and solid-state amp. You simply have to try it to believe how smooth it is as a result of not having to mechanically turn a pot. Yes, it is more expensive than the old fashioned "pot" pedals -- but worth every cent of it.
Keith, go get 'em, Buddy -- you have given the steel world too much of a blessing to let some copy cat spoil the broth. |
|
|
|
Keith Hilton
From:
248 Laurel Road Ozark, Missouri 65721
|
Posted 16 Jun 2004 4:43 pm
|
|
| Good to hear from you John Daugherty. Gary Atkins came up from Conway, Arkansas to see me a couple of weeks ago and I was gone. Gary still talks about your hot guitar and steel playing. You impressed a lot of people in Branson in those days. Geve, I invented the little back risers that screw in for foot comfort. That will be the next thing my competition tries to copy. Those back screw in risers are also in my patent application. In the last 4 years I know of 4 new pedals my competition has come out with, and each one has been a failure. Each time they go back to the drawing board, and return, claiming their newest pedal to be the greatest thing since sliced bread. The truth of the matter is that they would not be searching for a new design if I had not come along. They would still be happily stuck in a rut making pot pedals, without any competition. They have not had any competition for 30 years. Without competition you get lazy. Their best bet would be to get off their rear and invent something new, instead of stealing my ideals. Or should I say "STEELING" my ideas? Here is something that is important to know; A couple of years ago my competition got really despirate. To get some type of sales edge, my competition lowered their low profile pedal, claiming to have the lowest pedal. What they didn't tell people was they "LOST" 1/4 inch of up and down movement to get the height of the pedal lower. In other words, the pedal moved up and down 1/4 inch less. This decrease in up and down movement did not allow their pedal to fully turn on, or turn off. We measured their pedal and they lost movement simply to make a claim that they had the lowest pedal. They did not bother to inform the customer that their new pedal moved up and down 1/4 of an inch less. To make a long story short, our low pedal is lower than the competition's and still moves up and down 1 1/2 inches---like traditional steel pedals have always moved up and down. Anyone who knows me knows I have high moral standards. Maybe to high at times. I simply believe in treating people like I want to be treated. |
|
|
|
Bill Myrick
From:
Pea Ridge, Ar. (deceased)
|
Posted 17 Jun 2004 3:44 am
|
|
But a word of warning----if you use his pedal, be prepared to fight off the women !!! I don't know what it is about it but -----  |
|
|
|
John Daugherty
From:
Rolla, Missouri, USA
|
Posted 17 Jun 2004 4:44 am
|
|
I think we need to get Keith Hiltons website exposed. For those who do not already know, check this out.
" www.hiltonelectronics.net "
Keith, thanks for the flowers. I have to learn how to play again since I bought that U12 Marlen after laying off for 10 years.
Thanks for the info about Gary Atkinson. He is quite an entertainer himself.
As I remember, You had a very elaborate C6 course (note system). I never knew if you did a book in tableture. You really know your stuff and will do well in anything you set your mind to.
And finally, I agree that you have very high moral standards. It has always been a pleasure knowing you ,my friend. |
|
|
|
Gere Mullican
From:
LaVergne, Tennessee, USA (deceased)
|
Posted 18 Jun 2004 6:07 am
|
|
OK Keith Hilton and all you others out there, I got to try my new Hilton pedal out last night and Good Grief!!! what a difference it made. I even enjoyed my own sound coming out of my Nashville 112. That is something new, for me to like my sound. I didn't have to fight off any women but I was so impressed with the tone that I probably wouldn't have noticed if the women were after me. I also had to turn down the volume a little too. There was a noticeable volume increase and rich highs too. I like a good fat sound and all I use is a Boss DD-3. The only thing I have to say about the Hilton pedal that is a disadvangage is the power cord is a little too short to reach from around and to my power strip. Anyone have a solution for the short cord? Thanks for listening.
Gere |
|
|
|
KENNY KRUPNICK
From:
Columbus, Ohio
|
Posted 18 Jun 2004 7:45 am
|
|
Hi Gere, I put my power strip on the right side of me,directly on the floor. This way the cord from the pedal will more than long enough so it isn't pulled,and strained. The amp cord,along with effects power cord is long enough to reach the strip as well.
P.S. I told you that you'd be a happy camper when you got a Hilton pedal. |
|
|
|
Keith Hilton
From:
248 Laurel Road Ozark, Missouri 65721
|
Posted 18 Jun 2004 9:08 am
|
|
| Bill, maybe it wasn't my pedal, but your smile that drove the women crazy. Hope everying is going OK in Pea Ridge. In my case they say you are getting old when you are more interested in minnow buckets than mini-skirts. Minnow buckets, as in bait for fishing. |
|
|
|
Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
|
Posted 19 Jun 2004 2:08 am
|
|
First gig with the HP.
DAMN. It felt and sounded GREAT.
It's not readily explained, but I was able of course to play the same level with lower amp volume settings, but the strange pat was when I pegged it with open strings, it didn't howl or show any buzzing.
I don't even think I'll fix the EB Pot pedal unless I run across an AB EJ 500k and then I'll only use it for playing at home, or at dogfights.
Between the Bullseye bar, Pod xt Nvl 112, JW rewinds of my SB single coils and the Hilton, I've made more good purchases than any time I remember.
Thanx JH, and the SGF.
Another happy customer, that's for sure.
EJL |
|
|
|
Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
|
Posted 11 Jul 2004 11:34 am
|
|
I've been using pot pedals - EB, Fender "BooWa"etc., and they all have one thing in common - they're all tone suckers! You take a beautiful vintage guitar and plug it into a beautiful reconditioned at great expense amplifier and it sounds wonderful. Then you add the 'necessary' volume pedal and 90% of your tone is gone.  I was going to try a Goodrich because that seems to be what a lot of steelers use, but when I did a forum search I found a lot of Goodrich pedals for sale - cheap.  hmmmm . .
Soooo, last night after reading what those who have tried the Hilton have to say about it (particularly in this string) I ordered one from Bobbe, who also highly recommends it. Something to look forward to - tone AND volume
------------------
Rick Alexander
Fender Stringmaster D8, Fender Dual Professional, Fender Champion, Rickenbacker 6 String, Alkire Eharp
|
|
|
|
Damir Besic
From:
Nashville,TN.
|
Posted 11 Jul 2004 1:14 pm
|
|
like Bobbe Seymour said,
"Hilton pedal is the bigest real invention in steel guitar world lately"
Db
ps
I have one, and I will always have one or maybe two...  |
|
|
|
David Mullis
From:
Rock Hill, SC
|
Posted 11 Jul 2004 4:29 pm
|
|
| Keith is a great guy, awesome pedal and his customer service is second to none! I use to carry my old Emmons pedal as a back up, but recently quit carrying it because the Hilton pedal has never failed |
|
|
|
Wayne Dahl
From:
Nashville, TN
|
Posted 13 Jul 2004 10:13 am
|
|
Tim Lusby and myself purchased the low profile pedal not long ago. We both agree,
It sounds and feels great!!
Thank you Keith Hilton....
Wayne |
|
|
|
