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Topic: Pedal Steel type tones with only compression? |
Jimmy Chandler
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Posted 7 May 2022 12:30 pm |
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See this video (the link should start the video at the 2:38 mark, the portion I am asking about): https://youtu.be/DNq3PRONyDI?t=158
The video is a demo of the Origin Effects SlideRIG Compact Deluxe MK2 Compressor Pedal. It appears the guitarist is getting that PSG-style sounds just with his glass side and the compression. Am I missing something? Or might this pedal be worth the purchase, if this is my goal (and I'm playing electric guitar, not lap or pedal steel).
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Rick Abbott
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Posted 7 May 2022 1:28 pm
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He's using the volume knob a whole lot, too.
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Mike Auman
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North Texas, USA
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Posted 7 May 2022 1:29 pm
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Notice his little finger is rolling the guitar volume knob, that's where he's getting the swells, like Roy Buchanan did here...https://youtu.be/swX9oq6TVAU
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Jimmy Chandler
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Posted 7 May 2022 1:32 pm
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Thanks, Mike and Rick!
So I assume if I have a volume pedal + the slide, these sounds are possible? It's just not something I've seen much written about or examples of.
Last edited by Jimmy Chandler on 7 May 2022 6:15 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Mike Auman
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Posted 7 May 2022 4:37 pm
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A compressor can help with sustain, and smooth out the initial attack, but a volume pedal will do a lot more for that swell/sustain approach. A bar or slide helps with glissando and vibrato, but I'm not sure whether you get a lot more sustain with a bar vs. fingers and frets, I've never actually done an A/B on that. But I'll bet there's someone here who has tested it!
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Rick Abbott
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Indiana, USA
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Posted 8 May 2022 3:53 pm
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His manner of playing really reminds me of Sacred Steel. It's a vocal-like way of using the bar. Check out this video, you can skip to 1:45 to hear a real master of the style. This is done with sustain from the bar, but also volume pedals. This is just his hands, I think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bmwj64rnjY
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RICK ABBOTT
Sho~Bud D-10 Professional #7962
Remington T-8, Sehy #112
1975 Peavey Pacer 1963 Gibson Falcon |
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Jimmy Chandler
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New York, USA
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Posted 9 May 2022 6:46 pm
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| Rick Abbott wrote: |
His manner of playing really reminds me of Sacred Steel. It's a vocal-like way of using the bar. Check out this video, you can skip to 1:45 to hear a real master of the style. This is done with sustain from the bar, but also volume pedals. This is just his hands, I think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bmwj64rnjY |
I’m a big fan of the sacred steel players, who I first learned of through a friend who was a huge Robert Randolph fan. And I know Ghent and his son’s AJ music well, they’re all fantastic musicians. |
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