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Topic: Another question about VIBRATO.................. |
Ray Montee
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Posted 30 Dec 2009 9:08 pm |
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We've discussed herein on a number of recent occasions, all kinds of viewpoints relating to vibrato.
TELL ME, please: When plucking harmonics or an open chord (NO BAR!)........can you get a vibrao sound without using excessive REVERB?
Just curious...... What's YOUR take? |
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Chris LeDrew
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Canada
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Posted 30 Dec 2009 9:28 pm
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You can use a vibrato pedal. 
I can't think of a way to manually execute vibrato on open strings of a steel - aside from shaking the guitar in some way, or somehow manipulating the strings behind the roller nut (without causing a muting of the notes).
Has there even been a vibrato bar added to a steel, I wonder?
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 31 Dec 2009 1:54 am
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| Chris LeDrew wrote: |
Has there even been a vibrato bar added to a steel, I wonder? |
Yes, Alan Brookes made one with a "Whammy" bar..
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 2 Jan 2010 11:34 am
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I did some experiments a few years ago using a vibrator attached to a tone bar. (Before anyone's mind races away, I should mention that it's the sort of vibrator used for stiff necks, etc., not the other sort, although they would work just as well. )
It actually worked, but was a bit cumbersome. I've thought of taking the mechanism of one and putting it inside a hollow lap steel, attached to the bridge.
Somehow I can't imagine an electric vibrating tone bar being a huge overnight seller.  |
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Chris LeDrew
From:
Canada
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Posted 2 Jan 2010 12:06 pm
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I like the whammy bar idea on a steel.
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Bob Hickish
From:
Port Ludlow, Washington, USA, R.I.P.
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Ben Jones
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2010 1:50 pm
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I wondered if you could get it by playing putting pressure on the strings on the headstock side of the nut...then i watched the video Bob H posted
cool. I love stuff like that.
Sometimes on a telecaster I will grab the headstock in one hand and press hard in the opposite direction on the body to get whammy bar bends. I wonder if something similar would be possible with a lap steel? |
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