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Topic: Marrs RGS Sustain |
Court Vines
From:
Quebec, Canada
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Posted 23 Feb 2020 5:55 am |
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| Does anyone know if a Marrs RGS is known for its sustain? I am thinking of purchasing one but am looking for maximum sustain in a lap steel. Since the Marrs RGS looks similar to a pedal steel I'm wondering if it has the same sound. |
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Allan Revich
From:
Victoria, BC
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Posted 23 Feb 2020 9:26 am
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My gut tells me that even if you get more than average sustain, this guitar won’t sound anything like a pedal steel. Reading about it, seems to indicate that it was designed to increase resonance, to give a more dobro-like sound.
If you want get closer to pedal steel sound, you might want to consider pedals. I think a volume pedal and a delay pedal would get you part way there.
Jerry Overstreet mentioned in his reply to your other post that he actually owned a Marss RGS at one time, hopefully he’ll chime in to relate his experience with it.
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Current Tunings:
6 String | G – G B D G B D
7 String | G6 – e G B D G B D (re-entrant)
https://papadafoe.com/lap-steel-tuning-database |
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Mitchell Smithey
From:
Dallas, USA
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Posted 23 Feb 2020 8:00 pm
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| The RGS is not known for long sustain. It has a an aluminum bridge that sits on a cat food can to simulate a reso guitar. In fact I played one last night. Wonderful sound, but limited in what it does. Anything Duane Marrs built is pretty cool. |
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