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Topic: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed | |
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 10915 |
Forum 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/ ... |
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Topic: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed | |
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 10915 |
Forum 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: 10915 |
Forum 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 ... |
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Topic: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed | |
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 10915 |
Forum 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? |
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Topic: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed | |
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 10915 |
Forum 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. |
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Topic: Reducing white noise when volume pedal is depressed | |
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 10915 |
Forum 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: 596 |
Forum 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: 596 |
Forum 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: 2183 |
Forum 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 ... |
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Topic: Kacey Musgraves on Saturday Night Live | |
Curt Trisko Replies: 16 Views: 5040 |
Forum 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: 5621 |
Forum 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: 2129 |
Forum 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: 16448 |
Forum 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: 1777 |
Forum 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 ... |
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Topic: Paul Niehaus | |
Curt Trisko Replies: 4 Views: 1777 |
Forum 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: 4243 |
Forum 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: 1095 |
Forum 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: 10335 |
Forum 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!
Agreed. ... |
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Topic: Simple Question | |
Curt Trisko Replies: 25 Views: 6980 |
Forum 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 ... |
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Topic: Perfectionism | |
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 4727 |
Forum 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 ... |
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Topic: Perfectionism | |
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 4727 |
Forum 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: 4727 |
Forum 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 ... |
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Topic: ..... | |
Curt Trisko Replies: 30 Views: 5462 |
Forum 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 ... |
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Topic: Perfectionism | |
Curt Trisko Replies: 18 Views: 4727 |
Forum 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 ... |
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Topic: Why young folks are not learning steel guitar | |
Curt Trisko Replies: 91 Views: 22815 |
Forum 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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