Sonny Treadway ("This is a Holy Church," etc.) does not use a volume pedal, nor does he manipulate the volume or tone controls on his guitar as he is playing. His steel is essentially Fender DeLuxe 8 hardware and a Sho Bud pedal steel tuner assembly fitted to a custom body he made from unidentified scrap lumber. His amp is a Fender Compact Bassman. He used the same setup and same tasty backup guitarist, Ronnie Mozee, to record his studio album "Jesus Will Fix It," Arhoolie CD 462.
Back to CD 450. We arrived at Sonny's church after services had begun , set up an 8-Track ADAT quicly and grabbed what was left of the service. Immediately after church services Sonny and the band played a few more (while the congregation went next door for fellowship and fried chicken) including Don't Let the Devil Ride, In the Garden and At the Cross.
Incidently, ALL the selections on CD450 were live field recordings. ADAT was used for everyone except Eason, who was recorded in his home using a stereo DAT and a couple of Sennheisers. His "Roosevelt," added after the initial project was completed, was recorded live at a concert at the Univ. of FL and mixed live to stereo DAT.
Concerning the other artists on CD450: Ghent plays a 50s Fender Studio DeLuxe and manipulates the guitar's volume and tone knobs while playing through a Peavy Session (400 or 500?); Nelson (Ghent's father) plays a DeLuxe 8, Dobro tuning pitched to Bb and using very heavy strings, manipulates the knobs, don't remember the amp; Glenn Lee was playing an Emmons D10 and used a giant-sized Morley wah pedal he inherited from his uncle, Lorenzo Harrison, played through a Peavy Session. Eason plays a 50s Epiphone Electar 6 and sometime softens the tone while singing. All of them except Eason use Stevens bars. He was using an old brass bar with straight cut ends.
Bob Stone[This message was edited by Bob Stone on 01 May 2000 at 06:52 AM.]
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