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  Topic: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed
Curt Trisko

Replies: 18
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PostForum Section: Recording   Posted: 2 Jan 2023 9:29 am   Subject: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed
I don't suspect the Hilton pedal - I have never had noise problems with mine.

A humbucking pickup in a budget guitar may well have a comparatively low output, which would impair the overall signal/ ...
  Topic: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed
Curt Trisko

Replies: 18
Views: 9656

PostForum Section: Recording   Posted: 26 Dec 2022 7:39 am   Subject: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed
Some good advice here already, but some misdirection as well. White noise is an artifact of active analog electronics and has nothing to do with your pickups or induced AC noise ("hum") in c ...
  Topic: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed
Curt Trisko

Replies: 18
Views: 9656

PostForum Section: Recording   Posted: 24 Dec 2022 9:00 am   Subject: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed
I think my first question - before I start replacing my equipment - is whether anyone has had any success in this situation - where you are using the volume pedal heavily to sustain harmonics.

Also ...
  Topic: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed
Curt Trisko

Replies: 18
Views: 9656

PostForum Section: Recording   Posted: 24 Dec 2022 7:34 am   Subject: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed
Get in touch and we can trouble shoot over FaceTime . I’ll be at my steel this morning

Thanks, Bob. How do I get a hold of you?
  Topic: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed
Curt Trisko

Replies: 18
Views: 9656

PostForum Section: Recording   Posted: 24 Dec 2022 7:32 am   Subject: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed
What kind of volume pedal are you using?

I have a Hilton.
  Topic: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed
Curt Trisko

Replies: 18
Views: 9656

PostForum Section: Recording   Posted: 23 Dec 2022 5:43 pm   Subject: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed
Hello, I am doing some home recording for a friend who lives far away. For one particular song, the part I play involves a lot of harmonics that I sustain with heavy volume pedal use. Putting the volu ...
  Topic: Original songs - guitar and steel
Curt Trisko

Replies: 1
Views: 590

PostForum Section: Steel on the Web   Posted: 20 Feb 2022 2:37 pm   Subject: Original songs - guitar and steel
Hmm, I guess the word "original" in the title was a turn-off. Maybe I posted this in the wrong steel guitar forum?
  Topic: Original songs - guitar and steel
Curt Trisko

Replies: 1
Views: 590

PostForum Section: Steel on the Web   Posted: 19 Feb 2022 5:33 am   Subject: Original songs - guitar and steel
Hi everyone, about a year ago I posted on here for tips about creating accompaniments for a songwriter friend's songs with only guitar and steel. We did a live recording of some of the songs last fall ...
  Topic: Bucky Baxter w/Dylan- "Forever Young"
Curt Trisko

Replies: 3
Views: 2151

PostForum Section: Steel on the Web   Posted: 26 Jan 2022 9:48 am   Subject: Re: Bucky Baxter w/Dylan-
Bucky Baxter playing perfect support for Bob Dylan on "Forever Young":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt18hi8RzHE
Never got a chance to meet Bucky, but we chatted a little on the internet ...
  Topic: Kacey Musgraves on Saturday Night Live
Curt Trisko

Replies: 16
Views: 4954

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 3 Oct 2021 6:47 pm   Subject: Kacey Musgraves on Saturday Night Live
I saw this and saw that they had the steel in a prominent place on stage behind Kacey with a spotlight on it (but not the steel player).
  Topic: Is pedal steel the most enjoyable instrument to play?
Curt Trisko

Replies: 29
Views: 5505

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 1 Oct 2021 6:05 pm   Subject: Is pedal steel the most enjoyable instrument to play?
I've played lots of instruments over the years from Bassoon to Banjo. I have to admit to a certain OCD tendency, and pedal steel is perfect for that. Occupies all four limbs, brain and eyes and ther ...
  Topic: Stage One Zum
Curt Trisko

Replies: 8
Views: 2112

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 27 Aug 2021 12:12 pm   Subject: Stage One Zum
I cannot sing its praises enough. That said, I struggle to play in pitch when really high up the neck... and it is an issue that has persisted long enough that I am starting to wonder if it might be s ...
  Topic: What was the first Steel Guitar Song you learned?
Curt Trisko

Replies: 82
Views: 16251

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 27 Aug 2021 12:09 pm   Subject: What was the first Steel Guitar Song you learned?
Johnson's Love by Dwight Yoakam. The A+B rocking and climbing up the chord inversions was loads of fun at the time.
  Topic: Paul Niehaus
Curt Trisko

Replies: 4
Views: 1762

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 12 Mar 2021 1:29 pm   Subject: Paul Niehaus
I find this solo of his from a Lambchop song to be remarkable: https://youtu.be/S0835hPFSpI. It starts at 1:58.

Here's the YouTube video I saw that made me create this thread: https://youtu.be/cB-c ...
  Topic: Paul Niehaus
Curt Trisko

Replies: 4
Views: 1762

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 26 Feb 2021 7:07 am   Subject: Paul Niehaus
I saw a YouTube video of Paul Niehaus laying down a track for a recording. It sounded great and it struck me because his musical sensibilities in it lined up really well with where I am currently at o ...
  Topic: Lady Gaga Star Spangled banner 4/4 & 3/4 analyzed
Curt Trisko

Replies: 19
Views: 4124

PostForum Section: Music   Posted: 26 Jan 2021 3:26 pm   Subject: Lady Gaga Star Spangled banner 4/4 & 3/4 analyzed
Didn't you also find it obnoxious on some level? It is very impressive to understand songs enough to manipulate them like that. That said, if you turn music into sport the songs lose what makes them e ...
  Topic: Fixing steel arrangements
Curt Trisko

Replies: 1
Views: 1093

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 23 Jan 2021 1:38 pm   Subject: Fixing steel arrangements
I have been putting steel to a series of songs written and performed on guitar by a buddy. We started about a year ago and are building a small catalog of songs with the ultimate goal of making an ama ...
  Topic: Learning Pedal Steel: Observations Year-by-Year
Curt Trisko

Replies: 21
Views: 10191

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 23 Jan 2021 1:22 pm   Subject: Learning Pedal Steel: Observations Year-by-Year
This is such a great thread, and I really appreciate your commitment to detailing the journey. I know what you mean about the "operator" feeling. Looking forward to next year! Smile

Agreed. ...
  Topic: Simple Question
Curt Trisko

Replies: 25
Views: 6918

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 23 Jan 2021 1:10 pm   Subject: Simple Question
I think professional players know they are capable and can deliver what's needed in any situation. I don't believe they're too concerned with how "good" they are.

My thoughts on reading t ...
  Topic: Perfectionism
Curt Trisko

Replies: 18
Views: 4646

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 29 Dec 2020 12:39 pm   Subject: Perfectionism
That is so well said and if you read it a couple times; you can tell that Paul is comparing his progress to HIS SELF...
That is so important. If you get caught getting down on your self playing not n ...
  Topic: Perfectionism
Curt Trisko

Replies: 18
Views: 4646

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 18 Dec 2020 12:27 pm   Subject: Perfectionism
For me after the notes and chords are learned for a phrase - then the "perfection" part of the process begins. At practice time I record myself and constantly ask myself is the Tone, Touch, ...
  Topic: Perfectionism
Curt Trisko

Replies: 18
Views: 4646

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 17 Dec 2020 7:11 am   Subject: Perfectionism
There are two things I am learning more and more when I feel perfectionism creeping in:

1) At a certain point, the quest for perfection skews your vision so much that you have to walk away to regai ...
  Topic: .....
Curt Trisko

Replies: 30
Views: 5395

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 13 Dec 2020 9:18 am   Subject: .....
as for dark and moody steel, there are plenty of examples... not sure where to begin. but this Johnny Paycheck/Lloyd Green cut comes to mind: https://youtu.be/aqunV99xBfM

I have never heard that on ...
  Topic: Perfectionism
Curt Trisko

Replies: 18
Views: 4646

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 11 Dec 2020 7:05 pm   Subject: Perfectionism
What's a good attitude to get to regarding perfectionism in steel playing?

I am nowhere near perfection. However, I can get close enough sometimes where I find myself falling into that trap. I kno ...
  Topic: Why young folks are not learning steel guitar
Curt Trisko

Replies: 91
Views: 22566

PostForum Section: Steel Players   Posted: 17 Nov 2020 8:30 am   Subject: Why young folks are not learning steel guitar
I have a suspicion that unfretted instruments like steel and fiddle may present more difficult issues with intonation both for players and listeners. Simpler music may just be more appealing to peopl ...
 
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