How often do you use a volume pedal? |
Always |
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38% |
[ 13 ] |
Sometimes |
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23% |
[ 8 ] |
50/50 |
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8% |
[ 3 ] |
Seldom |
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11% |
[ 4 ] |
Never |
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17% |
[ 6 ] |
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Total Votes : 34 |
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Topic: Volume pedal |
Jack Hanson
From: San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 2 May 2024 6:15 am
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For electric lap and/or console steel players, how often do you use a volume pedal? |
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David Knutson
From: Cowichan Valley, Canada
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Posted 2 May 2024 8:03 am
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I don't use a volume pedal at all for straight steel. My approach is about the same as when I'm playing acoustic steel, with straight up attack and natural decay. Back in the day when I was playing PSG (not very well, as I recall) volume pedal was just part of the instrument - a vital part of the sound. _________________ David K |
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Joe Cook
From: Lake Osoyoos, WA
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Posted 2 May 2024 8:37 am
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I only use it when I'm playing with others. I change guitars when I'm playing with a band. It just makes it easier. |
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Dave Mudgett
From: Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 2 May 2024 8:43 am
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For lap/console steel, depends on what kind of music I'm playing. Country/swing - generally yes. Blues/rock - generally not. But pedal steel - almost always. |
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Bob Shilling
From: Berkeley, CA, USA
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Posted 2 May 2024 9:07 am
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It's part of my pedal steel. I've only recently started learning lap steel and it's still part of the psg. When I get better at bar slants and other lap steel nuances, I may try it. But, for now, I voted "never." _________________ Bob Shilling, Berkeley, CA--MSA S10, "Classic" |
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Jerry Overstreet
From: Louisville Ky
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Posted 2 May 2024 9:13 am
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Lap steel almost never. When I used to play the Fender Dual Pro, I would use an old Ernie Ball vp with a 250K pot in it. I liked that sound pretty good, so I used it most of the time...outside and to the right front ala Kayton Roberts. |
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Nic Neufeld
From: Kansas City, Missouri
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Posted 2 May 2024 10:41 am
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As a "grandstudent" of Jerry Byrd, you'd think I might use it more but I never do. Never felt natural to me and JB was more of an exception rather than the rule with Hawaiian steel guitar styles. _________________ Waikīkī, at night when the shadows are falling
I hear the rolling surf calling
Calling and calling to me |
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Joe A. Roberts
From: Seoul, South Korea
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Posted 2 May 2024 11:50 am
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I seldom use a volume pedal, but I have always been curious about volume tone pedals.
Does anyone use one regularly? (Volume vertical axis, tone horizontal axis)
I know Fender and Bigsby made them but are there any modern ones?
Some interesting discussion on them from an old Oahu lesson from 1947:
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Madeline Dietrich
From: Virginia, USA
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Posted 2 May 2024 12:09 pm
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Joe, thanks for sharing this! I've always wondered what such a foot pedal would look like. (About what I expected, but really cool to see it!) |
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Joe A. Roberts
From: Seoul, South Korea
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Posted 2 May 2024 12:32 pm
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Two more interesting pages acquainting players new to electric instruments with the new fangled tone control and volume knob:
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Frank James Pracher
From: Michigan, USA
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Posted 3 May 2024 4:49 am
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I will use one on gigs, but just for instrument changes, and to turn down the guitar between songs. I will occasionally do volume swells with it, but not very often. _________________ "Don't be mad honey, but I bought another one" |
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David M Brown
From: California, USA
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Posted 3 May 2024 5:10 am
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I voted "sometimes"...many times I just use the controls on the steel guitar but there are times I want foot control over volume. It depends on the musical situation.
Frank James Pracher wrote: |
I will use one on gigs, but just for instrument changes, and to turn down the guitar between songs. I will occasionally do volume swells with it, but not very often. |
That would be one of those times! |
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Fred
From: Amesbury, MA
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Posted 3 May 2024 10:53 am
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I chose always because it's almost always there. I don't ride it like a pedal steel player. It's not used to enhance sustain. It's a volume knob. Adjust the volume. Adjust how hard the overdrive or amp gets hit. It's used for "violining" because it's easier than a guitar mounted volume knob. If for some reason it's not plugged in, or I'm playing a regular guitar, I use the volume knob. |
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