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Topic: Guitar Pedals v Automobile Pedals |
Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 24 Aug 2006 2:31 pm |
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| Imagine driving a car which had the pedals directly below the steering wheel. I think most people would agree that that would be uncomfortable at best. Now look at the way the pedal steel has evolved. Wouldn't the instrument be much more comfortable to play if the pedals were further away and the seat lowered, so you would be playing in the position you would normally sit in a car ? |
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Steve Hitsman
From:
Waterloo, IL
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Posted 24 Aug 2006 4:04 pm
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| No way. I'd fall asleep like I do when I'm drivin'. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 24 Aug 2006 5:20 pm
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| Wouldn't the instrument be much more comfortable to play if the pedals were further away and the seat lowered |
Yes, ship your steel to Arkansas, while you sit on the floor in California. That oughta do it. 
On the serious side, there's barely enough room on most stages for our little instrument's footprint now. If we were to recline the seat 25 degrees, lower it, and move the pedals out 2 feet, even the Cirque du Soleil acrobats would be falling all over us. |
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Michael Johnstone
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Sylmar,Ca. USA
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Posted 24 Aug 2006 7:15 pm
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| To have the right kind of control and agility getting around the pedals and levers,you have to maintain a certain center of gravity to get some weight and leverage over the pedals and that would be seriously out of whack if set up the way you describe.There's an optimum height and angle to approach the strings also and it requires an upright posture.There's a lot more detailed activity playing pedals than working car pedals - trust me. |
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Dick Wood
From:
Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 24 Aug 2006 7:17 pm
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Let's see,you want to move the pedals further out and lower the seat back.
Are you, by any chance from East LA?
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Cops aren't paid much so I steel at night. |
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David Wren
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Placerville, California, USA
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Posted 25 Aug 2006 8:15 am
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Good one Dick!
Last night I had to setup on the top of a handicap ramp, 90% to the band, but slanting sideways about 20%.... really weird, but it shows the problems we PSG player have in tight venues. Port Wagoneer's steel player had the answer.... stand up and only use pedals.... now if you could just add wheels...
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Dave Wren
'96 Carter S12-E9/B6,7X7; Twin Session 500s; Hilton Pedal; Black Box
www.ameechapman.com
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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 25 Aug 2006 6:35 pm
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But it would make everyone pay attention ! You'd look like a hotrodder on stage.
No, I'm not from L.A., I'm from Birmingham, England, but I live in Oakland, California and work in San Francisco. To us Northern Californians L.A. is a different state ! |
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Gareth Carthew
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West Sussex, UK
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Posted 26 Aug 2006 10:30 am
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| I thought LA was a different planet!? |
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