| Author |
Topic: Need help on Volume Pedal |
Sam White R.I.P.
From:
Coventry, RI 02816
|
Posted 26 Jan 2013 5:50 pm |
|
OK Back in 1997 when I was starting to try to play the Steel guitar I was told by a Steel player that had been playing Steel for years not to pump the Volume pedal. Is this true.Every Steel player that I know and have watched play steel Guitar they pump the Volume pedal. I guess I'm using the wrong words but I notice they push the volume pedal up and down kind of slowly.Do you push it every time you hit a string or strings once in awhile.This has me puzzled.I use a Hilton Low Profile.
Sam White
_________________
Dynalap lap 8 String Lap Steel Fender frontman 25B speaker changed Boss TU-12H Tuner.Founder and supporter of the Rhode Island Steel Guitar Association Founder of the New England Steel Guitar Association and the Greeneville TN Steel Jams and now founder of the North Carolina Steel Guitar Jams. Honorary member of the Rhode Island Steel Guitar Association,Member of The New England Steel Guitar Association.
Member of the Florida Steel Guitar Club,and member of Mid Atlantic Steel Guitar Association |
|
|
 |
Barry Blackwood
|
Posted 26 Jan 2013 7:04 pm
|
|
More or less it's true. One learns to be more subtle with the volume pedal as time goes by. Remember, you are playing the steel, not the pedal… JMO  |
|
|
|
CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
|
Posted 26 Jan 2013 8:25 pm
|
|
| Think of it as the accelerator on your car Sam |
|
|
|
Nic du Toit
From:
Milnerton, Cape, South Africa
|
Posted 27 Jan 2013 3:58 am
|
|
In order to get one's mindset focussed in the right direction, I always tell my guys that, yeah...the pedal do control volume..... But, the trick is to use those swells and dips as an expression of what you're playing. As Barry stated.... it's got to be done very subtle.....Try this for starters;
with the pedal in the 'normal' playing position, pick a note and let it ring....as it starts to fade you give a bit more gas on the pedal to extend the sustain of that note.....next comes the tricky part; Dip back slightly on the pedal and pick the next note and let it ring.....increase the volume level to extend the sustain of the note....repeat the whole process. The 'dip' normally takes place as you mute a note, just before you strike the next note. It takes a bit of practice (ok, a lot of practice) to prevent cutting off the tail of the previous note.... And it also promotes clean blocking! No more 'clunks' when your pick hits the string.
_________________
1970 P/P Emmons D10 flatback 8x5, BJS Bar, J F picks, Peavey Session 500, Telonics pedal. Boss GX700 effects.
Skype : nidutoit |
|
|
|
Sam White R.I.P.
From:
Coventry, RI 02816
|
Posted 27 Jan 2013 6:29 am
|
|
Thanks Guys. I have been picking a string or two and then pushing the volume pedal and then let it up and hit the next strings and then press the pedal again after I hit a string or two and so on.Guess I have been doing it right.
Thanks guys for your help.
Sam White
_________________
Dynalap lap 8 String Lap Steel Fender frontman 25B speaker changed Boss TU-12H Tuner.Founder and supporter of the Rhode Island Steel Guitar Association Founder of the New England Steel Guitar Association and the Greeneville TN Steel Jams and now founder of the North Carolina Steel Guitar Jams. Honorary member of the Rhode Island Steel Guitar Association,Member of The New England Steel Guitar Association.
Member of the Florida Steel Guitar Club,and member of Mid Atlantic Steel Guitar Association |
|
|
|
Nic du Toit
From:
Milnerton, Cape, South Africa
|
Posted 27 Jan 2013 7:20 am
|
|
It is my understanding that when guys refer to 'pumping' of the VP, what they mean is that some guys tend to increase the volume level of the note after striking it..... it gives that kind of 'whoop-whoop' sound, especialy if done reguilarly on successive notes.... The trick is to keep the note levels at an even keel......
_________________
1970 P/P Emmons D10 flatback 8x5, BJS Bar, J F picks, Peavey Session 500, Telonics pedal. Boss GX700 effects.
Skype : nidutoit |
|
|
|
Rick Barnhart
From:
Arizona, USA
|
Posted 27 Jan 2013 7:28 am
|
|
I use my volume pedal to quickly back off clams, lol
_________________
Clinesmith consoles D-8/6 5 pedal, D-8 3 pedal & A25 Frypan, Pettingill Teardrop, & P8 Deluxe. |
|
|
|
Ransom Beers
|
Posted 27 Jan 2013 8:02 am
|
|
| I use mine to crack walnuts. |
|
|
|
Nic du Toit
From:
Milnerton, Cape, South Africa
|
Posted 27 Jan 2013 8:28 am
|
|
Rick.... With you on that one...
_________________
1970 P/P Emmons D10 flatback 8x5, BJS Bar, J F picks, Peavey Session 500, Telonics pedal. Boss GX700 effects.
Skype : nidutoit |
|
|
|
David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
|
Posted 27 Jan 2013 4:36 pm
|
|
| Above all, record yourself. And not just by yourself, run some backing tracks to get the feel for weaving in and out. |
|
|
|
Don Drummer
From:
West Virginia, USA
|
Posted 28 Jan 2013 6:14 pm
|
|
| Sam,in the you tube video of Russ Hicks and Jimmy Crawford playing "Highway Forty Blues" there is a very good example of how we should use the volume pedal. It's Russ' white sneaker foot to look at. |
|
|
|
