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Topic: Rock & Roll with a Peavey Powerslide |
William Craven
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South Carolina, USA
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Posted 4 Apr 2011 4:19 pm |
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First post here! Here's a video from one of our recent shows with an overdriven Peavey Powerslide. These little guys give a lot of lap steel for not very much money.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYfSD4yuR-U |
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 4 Apr 2011 5:41 pm
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Nice job, William (BJ)! Interesting that you're sitting playing that guitar, even though it was designed for standup playing.
The overdriven sound you're getting compliments the music perfectly. What's your signal path (amp/effects)?
Thanks for sharing.
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Rene Brosseau
From:
Chatham,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 4 Apr 2011 6:12 pm Powerslide
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IT DOESN'T WORK WELL AT ALL WEARING THE GUITAR STANDING UP. THE STRINGS ARE TOO CLOSE TO YOUR BODY. BECAUSE OF THE CUTAWAY,YOU CAN'T GET PAST THE 15TH FRET WITH THE BAR STRAIGHT. IF THE GUITAR WAS SHIFTED TO THE LEFT & THE CUTAWAY WASN'T SO DEEP, IT WOULD HELP. THE STRAP THAT COMES WITH IT IS TOO SHORT, EVEN AT IT'S LONGEST SETTING.IT'S GREAT SITTING DOWN. I'VE EMAILED PEAVEY WITH MY OPINION & THEY WERE VERY RECEPTIVE.
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William Craven
From:
South Carolina, USA
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Posted 4 Apr 2011 6:56 pm Stand Up
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Yeah, the strap with it is pretty worthless and it's really uncomfortable... not to mention ridiculous looking. I stand up now to play all of my lap steels. I had a friend build an ironing board type folding stand that fits in our stand case. It's much easier to have good stage presence standing up. I've got the slide running through two overdrives and a delay into a Rivera amp. I always stack TS-9 like overdrives for leads. Thanks for checking it out.
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Steve Cunningham
From:
Atlanta, GA
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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William Craven
From:
South Carolina, USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2011 11:01 am Thanks
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Our live shows are pretty high energy which is the main reason why I started standing up to play slide. Robert Randolph can kick his chair out and stand up and still play his pedal steel; us lap guys are stuck. The tone bar is a Rocky Mountain Slide prototype which I'm pretty sure is in production by now. In my opinion Duane Allman and Derek Trucks have the best slide tone ever recorded and they both were medicine bottle guys. The ceramic slides with the glass glaze are the ticket for me; very light and very warm. check out Doc at RMSC's site here
http://rockymountainslides.com/
And here's a video link to me demo'ing another one of Doc's newest slides. This one is the only one I use live now, just perfect for what I'm trying to do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrQnmXvnfgA
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William Craven
From:
South Carolina, USA
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Robbie Bossert
From:
WESCOSVILLE,PA,U.S.A.
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Posted 17 Apr 2011 12:09 pm
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Cool tune. PS sounds great.
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Chris Walke
From:
St Charles, IL
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Posted 19 Apr 2011 7:54 am
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That's a great sound you got going - the tone, the song, and the band.
Duane & Derek had/have the tone going on for sure, but don't forget Ry Cooder, Sonny Landreth, Greg Leisz, and David Lindley. They all coax a respectable growl outta their guitars. |
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