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Hmmm, I'm not sure "Perfect Pitch" has officially been defined. If it means immediately identifying any and all ET pitches at a 440 Hz standard then I agree that it is not particularly help ...

Anytime I play with a group of musicians, I always get them to play an A triad...first position on the guitar, after he has tuned up, and middle if it's a piano. I check my pedals down open fret A cho ...

Most pianos are stretch tuned to account for different pitch responses as the strings become smaller. So even ET will not put you in perfect sync. It's possible that a sample player piano could be t ...

Fred, I'm very curious to learn more about your copedent. Is there a link with more information?

One thing that surprises me about deep "Jazz" players is that some are able to take those ...

Yupp. I still continue soul searching over what it is I want to hear and portray in music and agree that many performers, no matter what style they apply themselves to, do not trigger a "must li ...

Hi Del,

That might be a very common problem. To approach this with a "Think Tank" mindset, I think there are 4 primary signal processing modifications to the sound that should help:

1 ...

Lots of really interesting perceptions, and many which I already have experienced in the last decade or two...

If I may... The ONE thing which might possibly deaden the ear of any sophisticated Jaz ...

Six string Jazz specialist Jens Larsen gives a nice explanation of why Barry Harris' concept is not the same as the "Bebop" scale that shares the same notes as the C6/D dim note pattern and ...

Yes Fred, there is so much potential for PSG to be recognized as a fantastic instrument for playing Jazz. To add to the list of players and albums would be probably my favorite: Doug Jernigan's " ...

Thanks for all of the additional comments. I'll locate and read the material you mentioned about Rick Schmidt, Bill. Thanks.

Just to clarify a bit, it's not really "the scale" from Barr ...

Fair enough Brett, Fred and Donny. But... even though Buddy's and other's work and results were unbelievably innovative and worthwhile, that never put them into arena of the real Jazz pro's, as far a ...

Actually, I like bar movement just as much as using pedals. They both take about the same time and effort to perform.

The issue is, in my mind any way, that the C6 copedent just doesn't lend itsel ...

Thanks Jon for that interesting information. I'm thinking in general that dropping the pitches rather than raising them would make a big difference in how well the guitar's structure and pulling mech ...

Right Ian. But in the last post I started to explain the potential benefits of not needing to move the bar. I figure that you need to add maybe 100 ms (a 10th of a second) to play any phrase that re ...

Thanks for the opinions so far. I kind of prefer pedals to be on the stiff side rather than too loose, so maybe I might try adding one pull at a time and stopping at the point the situation deteriora ...

Greetings all,

I would like to completely rebuild the copedent on one of my D10's so that the C6 neck functions in a way that enables Barry Harris' C6/Ddim approach to Jazz phrasing. In effect, th ...

Hi Jim, I have one of these and think it's superb for both PSG and 6 string guitar (both Fenders and Gibsons with humbuckers).

https://www.telonics.com/products/proaudio/pre-1000.php

There are ...

Hi Ian,

It's great to see the 2 amps lined up like that with comparable settings.

Yupp, I first interpreted your bass setting to be full on and that was surprising. Smile

I agree the amp can easil ...

It seems to have a thicker, weightier sound than a Twin. It would be surprising then to back off the highs and punch the lows, but doing that brings out quite a beautiful tone and low mid articulatio ...

Won't you need a centre tapped +40 0 -40 transformer or +38 0 -38 not just 0 38 as that seems to be? or are the specifications deficient and there are actually two 38v outputs which would allow for ...

The main thing you need to do is to change the power transformer. The fuse(s) need to be changed also. If you are serious I will look over the schematic diagram again and come with more details.

...

While this is true, it is really based on WHICH 15" driver. They are not all equal. Andrew is talking specifically about BASS designed speaker cabs with drivers designed for BASS response i ...

Don't think for one minute that a 15" driver has less usable treble or high mids than a 12" or 10"!

A 15" driver CAN deliver more usable and musical highs than either of the sma ...

The Source Audio EQ2 could be considered too. Its default configuration is a graphic EQ but you can vary both the frequency and Q for each of the 20 channels of the device (if I remember right). Tha ...

Hi Scott, Nicely done. Those pickups sound great. My favorite (apart from the gorgeous ZB) was the Z Series pickup which had quite a nice vintage tone and suited the Williams well.

Could you rai ...

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Topic: Re-tuning for piano
Steve Sycamore Replies: 23 Views: 6379	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 10 Nov 2023 7:11 am Subject: Re-tuning for piano
Steve Sycamore Replies: 23 Views: 6379	Hmmm, I'm not sure "Perfect Pitch" has officially been defined. If it means immediately identifying any and all ET pitches at a 440 Hz standard then I agree that it is not particularly help ...
Topic: Re-tuning for piano
Steve Sycamore Replies: 23 Views: 6379	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 10 Nov 2023 3:24 am Subject: Re-tuning for piano
Steve Sycamore Replies: 23 Views: 6379	Anytime I play with a group of musicians, I always get them to play an A triad...first position on the guitar, after he has tuned up, and middle if it's a piano. I check my pedals down open fret A cho ...
Topic: Re-tuning for piano
Steve Sycamore Replies: 23 Views: 6379	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 9 Nov 2023 12:48 am Subject: Re-tuning for piano
Steve Sycamore Replies: 23 Views: 6379	Most pianos are stretch tuned to account for different pitch responses as the strings become smaller. So even ET will not put you in perfect sync. It's possible that a sample player piano could be t ...
Topic: How many pulls is too many?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 50 Views: 37537	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 8 Nov 2023 10:43 am Subject: How many pulls is too many?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 50 Views: 37537	Fred, I'm very curious to learn more about your copedent. Is there a link with more information? One thing that surprises me about deep "Jazz" players is that some are able to take those ...
Topic: How many pulls is too many?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 50 Views: 37537	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 8 Nov 2023 3:17 am Subject: How many pulls is too many?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 50 Views: 37537	Yupp. I still continue soul searching over what it is I want to hear and portray in music and agree that many performers, no matter what style they apply themselves to, do not trigger a "must li ...
Topic: Improving Pedal Steel Sound without an amp (mixer only)
Steve Sycamore Replies: 10 Views: 4057	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 7 Nov 2023 1:48 pm Subject: Improving Pedal Steel Sound without an amp (mixer only)
Steve Sycamore Replies: 10 Views: 4057	Hi Del, That might be a very common problem. To approach this with a "Think Tank" mindset, I think there are 4 primary signal processing modifications to the sound that should help: 1 ...
Topic: How many pulls is too many?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 50 Views: 37537	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 7 Nov 2023 12:53 pm Subject: How many pulls is too many?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 50 Views: 37537	Lots of really interesting perceptions, and many which I already have experienced in the last decade or two... If I may... The ONE thing which might possibly deaden the ear of any sophisticated Jaz ...
Topic: How many pulls is too many?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 50 Views: 37537	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 6 Nov 2023 3:31 am Subject: How many pulls is too many?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 50 Views: 37537	Six string Jazz specialist Jens Larsen gives a nice explanation of why Barry Harris' concept is not the same as the "Bebop" scale that shares the same notes as the C6/D dim note pattern and ...
Topic: How many pulls is too many?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 50 Views: 37537	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 5 Nov 2023 11:42 am Subject: How many pulls is too many?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 50 Views: 37537	Yes Fred, there is so much potential for PSG to be recognized as a fantastic instrument for playing Jazz. To add to the list of players and albums would be probably my favorite: Doug Jernigan's " ...
Topic: How many pulls is too many?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 50 Views: 37537	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 5 Nov 2023 10:41 am Subject: How many pulls is too many?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 50 Views: 37537	Thanks for all of the additional comments. I'll locate and read the material you mentioned about Rick Schmidt, Bill. Thanks. Just to clarify a bit, it's not really "the scale" from Barr ...
Topic: How many pulls is too many?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 50 Views: 37537	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 28 Oct 2023 11:53 am Subject: How many pulls is too many?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 50 Views: 37537	Fair enough Brett, Fred and Donny. But... even though Buddy's and other's work and results were unbelievably innovative and worthwhile, that never put them into arena of the real Jazz pro's, as far a ...
Topic: How many pulls is too many?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 50 Views: 37537	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 26 Oct 2023 11:38 pm Subject: How many pulls is too many?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 50 Views: 37537	Actually, I like bar movement just as much as using pedals. They both take about the same time and effort to perform. The issue is, in my mind any way, that the C6 copedent just doesn't lend itsel ...
Topic: How many pulls is too many?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 50 Views: 37537	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 26 Oct 2023 1:12 pm Subject: How many pulls is too many?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 50 Views: 37537	Thanks Jon for that interesting information. I'm thinking in general that dropping the pitches rather than raising them would make a big difference in how well the guitar's structure and pulling mech ...
Topic: How many pulls is too many?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 50 Views: 37537	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 26 Oct 2023 10:27 am Subject: How many pulls is too many?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 50 Views: 37537	Right Ian. But in the last post I started to explain the potential benefits of not needing to move the bar. I figure that you need to add maybe 100 ms (a 10th of a second) to play any phrase that re ...
Topic: How many pulls is too many?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 50 Views: 37537	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 26 Oct 2023 10:08 am Subject: How many pulls is too many?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 50 Views: 37537	Thanks for the opinions so far. I kind of prefer pedals to be on the stiff side rather than too loose, so maybe I might try adding one pull at a time and stopping at the point the situation deteriora ...
Topic: How many pulls is too many?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 50 Views: 37537	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 26 Oct 2023 4:35 am Subject: How many pulls is too many?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 50 Views: 37537	Greetings all, I would like to completely rebuild the copedent on one of my D10's so that the C6 neck functions in a way that enables Barry Harris' C6/Ddim approach to Jazz phrasing. In effect, th ...
Topic: Recommendations for an amp simulator
Steve Sycamore Replies: 10 Views: 2229	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 13 Apr 2023 9:41 am Subject: Recommendations for an amp simulator
Steve Sycamore Replies: 10 Views: 2229	Hi Jim, I have one of these and think it's superb for both PSG and 6 string guitar (both Fenders and Gibsons with humbuckers). https://www.telonics.com/products/proaudio/pre-1000.php There are ...
Topic: Mesa Boogie Lonestar
Steve Sycamore Replies: 5 Views: 1268	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 5 Feb 2023 2:06 pm Subject: Mesa Boogie Lonestar
Steve Sycamore Replies: 5 Views: 1268	Hi Ian, It's great to see the 2 amps lined up like that with comparable settings. Yupp, I first interpreted your bass setting to be full on and that was surprising. I agree the amp can easil ...
Topic: Mesa Boogie Lonestar
Steve Sycamore Replies: 5 Views: 1268	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 3 Feb 2023 9:05 am Subject: Mesa Boogie Lonestar
Steve Sycamore Replies: 5 Views: 1268	It seems to have a thicker, weightier sound than a Twin. It would be surprising then to back off the highs and punch the lows, but doing that brings out quite a beautiful tone and low mid articulatio ...
Topic: Nashville 400 - Convert to 240 Volt
Steve Sycamore Replies: 17 Views: 2241	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 16 Jan 2023 9:01 am Subject: Nashville 400 - Convert to 240 Volt
Steve Sycamore Replies: 17 Views: 2241	Won't you need a centre tapped +40 0 -40 transformer or +38 0 -38 not just 0 38 as that seems to be? or are the specifications deficient and there are actually two 38v outputs which would allow for ...
Topic: Nashville 400 - Convert to 240 Volt
Steve Sycamore Replies: 17 Views: 2241	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 15 Jan 2023 3:00 pm Subject: Nashville 400 - Convert to 240 Volt
Steve Sycamore Replies: 17 Views: 2241	The main thing you need to do is to change the power transformer. The fuse(s) need to be changed also. If you are serious I will look over the schematic diagram again and come with more details. ...
Topic: pros & cons of using a bass cab?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 10 Views: 1846	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 7 Jun 2022 1:14 am Subject: pros & cons of using a bass cab?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 10 Views: 1846	While this is true, it is really based on WHICH 15" driver. They are not all equal. Andrew is talking specifically about BASS designed speaker cabs with drivers designed for BASS response i ...
Topic: pros & cons of using a bass cab?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 10 Views: 1846	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 6 Jun 2022 12:27 am Subject: pros & cons of using a bass cab?
Steve Sycamore Replies: 10 Views: 1846	Don't think for one minute that a 15" driver has less usable treble or high mids than a 12" or 10"! A 15" driver CAN deliver more usable and musical highs than either of the sma ...
Topic: Help with Para Pedal with Adjustable Q
Steve Sycamore Replies: 11 Views: 5219	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 11 Jan 2022 4:52 am Subject: Help with Para Pedal with Adjustable Q
Steve Sycamore Replies: 11 Views: 5219	The Source Audio EQ2 could be considered too. Its default configuration is a graphic EQ but you can vary both the frequency and Q for each of the 20 channels of the device (if I remember right). Tha ...
Topic: Pickup Comparison Video With Studio Level Audio Capture
Steve Sycamore Replies: 3 Views: 2902	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 29 Dec 2021 1:03 am Subject: Pickup Comparison Video With Studio Level Audio Capture
Steve Sycamore Replies: 3 Views: 2902	Hi Scott, Nicely done. Those pickups sound great. My favorite (apart from the gorgeous ZB) was the Z Series pickup which had quite a nice vintage tone and suited the Williams well. Could you rai ...