Make steel guitar sound like organ ?

Richard Nelson · From: Drogheda, Louth, Ireland

How do you do that ?

Erv Niehaus · From: Litchfield, MN, USA

I use an H & K Rotosphere. Great sound.
Erv

Webb Kline · From: Orangeville, PA

I plug it into my Leslie.

Smiley Roberts · From: Hendersonville,Tn. 37075

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Jack Francis · From: Queen Creek, Arizona, USA

Hell I'd be happy if my steel sounded like a STEEL!

David Doggett · Posted 4 Jan 2006 9:50 pm

Use the Leslie simulation in the POD XT, and play big open triads (e.g., top down: 1, 3, 5). And don't use any slides or moving pedal stuff. But what's the point? A $200 Casio keyboard can do the same thing much better.

Richard Nelson · From: Drogheda, Louth, Ireland

Thanks for all that . This Forum really is great.

Charley Adair · From: Maxwell, Texas, USA

Fred Jack · From: Bastrop, Texas 78602

Why would you want to?

John McGann · From: Boston, Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.

Chris Brooks uses the Rotosphere and it sounds amazing.

Why would you want to? Because it sounds great, it's fun, and life is short.

Chris Brooks · From: Providence, Rhode Island

Thanks, John. I am still exploring different approaches for this device. Since I work a lot of small group gigs--duos, trios--I have found it effective if used tastefully (gulp).

I have found several techniques apropos for the Rotosphere:

1. chord-melody

2. fast trills on one note using thumb and a finger, a la Jimmy Smith

3. fast trills between two notes

4. comping behind a lead instrument

Also, on the Rotosphere, a small adjustment of the tone control produces a quite different sound.

I'd be interested to know how others employ the gadget.

Chris

[This message was edited by Chris Brooks on 06 January 2006 at 10:38 AM.]

b0b · From: Cloverdale, CA, USA

moved to Electronics section (again)

Bill McCloskey · Posted 6 Jan 2006 1:32 pm

Looks like this organ has no stops.

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