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Topic: MSA Super Slide 12 vs. MSA universal E-66 (80s I think) |
Ulrich Sinn
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California, USA
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Posted 24 Oct 2013 12:27 pm |
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The Super Slide really starts to sing when played a bit louder, outside of practicing room.
That description would not come to my mind with the PSG, it pretty much always keeps the same character.
I string the basic George L Universal set on both guitars.
Is it the pickup? Is it a generation issue?
Do I need to buy a new PSG? If yes, which one? A new MSA? |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 24 Oct 2013 1:41 pm
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I'd look at the rest of the signal chain. If your amp has a master volume knob, throttle it back a bit, run your preamp hotter.
The steel and pickup don't know how hot you're running, they put out full regardless.
OR, it might be your right hand. A sharp attack VASTLY improves tone, try playing flat out even when you play quietly, throttling the output with the volume pedal.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 24 Oct 2013 2:49 pm
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I think it's a common characteristic. Most lap steels simply have more dynamics than pedal steels, and I think much of it has to do with the construction. The mass of the changer on a pedal steel robs a lot of sound.
Try this experiment: With your steel unplugged, put the bar at the 14th fret (muting the strings normally behind the bar) and strum the strings a few times. Now, walk around to the other side of your steel, and put the bar at the 10th fret, and strum the strings a few times between the bar and the nut (while you're muting the strings, as normal, between the bar and the pickup).
I think you'll notice a big difference in the sound!  On most every guitar I've tried this on, the nut end is significantly louder and fuller than the changer end.  |
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