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Topic: Taking two steel guitars on a gig. |
Paul Strojan
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California, USA
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Posted 1 Jul 2020 12:41 pm |
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| I am watching Asleep at the Wheel on the Circle and the steel player is switching between a D-8 console guitar and D-10 pedal steel. What can be on a console guitar that can't be done on a pedal steel? |
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Curt Trisko
From:
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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Posted 1 Jul 2020 12:45 pm
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| Tone, brother. |
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Ben Lawson
From:
Brooksville Florida
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Posted 1 Jul 2020 1:56 pm
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The last time I saw the "Wheel", Big Jim Murphy was playing a triple eight string, no pedal Fender. Jimmy played more on his Fender than I could ever play on my D10 Emmons with nine pedals and seven knee's.
I guess it's all in who's picking the strings. |
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 1 Jul 2020 4:29 pm
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I've done it, plenty of times. In the end, I decided that my Zum universal or any one of a number of D10s did the non-pedal B6/C6 thing just fine. I play on relatively small stages a lot, and I often don't have much time to change guitars between songs in a live situation.
However, I admit that I'd love to just shove a pair of early long-scale Stringmaster pickups or a 10-string version of the Bigsby-style pickup that's on my Clinesmith cast-aluminum 8-string lap steel on one of my D10s. |
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Paul Sutherland
From:
Placerville, California
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Posted 1 Jul 2020 6:49 pm
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I've been taking a Supro lap steel, tuned to C6th, to most gigs, along with a D10 pedal steel. The Supro just sounds different in a good way for some songs. With an overdrive pedal it really screams.
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Marc Jenkins
From:
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 1 Jul 2020 10:48 pm
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| Dave Mudgett wrote: |
I've done it, plenty of times. In the end, I decided that my Zum universal or any one of a number of D10s did the non-pedal B6/C6 thing just fine. I play on relatively small stages a lot, and I often don't have much time to change guitars between songs in a live situation.
However, I admit that I'd love to just shove a pair of early long-scale Stringmaster pickups or a 10-string version of the Bigsby-style pickup that's on my Clinesmith cast-aluminum 8-string lap steel on one of my D10s. |
Lollar has made a 10 string humbucking stringmaster-type pickup before, bet they’d do it again! I was scared off by the custom-shop price... |
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Jeff Mead
From:
London, England
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Posted 2 Jul 2020 4:59 am
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| Tone, brother. |
You are absolutely right. Even if you don't engage any pedals and don't use the top 2 strings, the sound of the C6 neck on a pedal steel is completely different tonally from the sound of a non-pedal. I'm pretty certain I could identify the difference from a recording. |
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Floyd Lowery
From:
Deland, Florida, USA
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Posted 2 Jul 2020 5:23 am
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I've always said us steel pickers look for a sound to please ourselves, not the public.
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Carter 12 string 4petals 5knees, Mullen G2 3 petals 4 knees
Alesis QuadraVerb, Goodrich Match-Bro II
Peavy Nashville 400 & Session 500 |
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K Maul
From:
Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
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Posted 2 Jul 2020 5:38 am
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I try to use the right tool for the job. However, stage space limits and aversion to hauling gear can be a factor for sure!
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Kevin Maul: Airline, Beard, Clinesmith, Decophonic, Evans, Excel, Fender, Fluger, Gibson, Hilton, Ibanez, Justice, K+K, Live Strings, MOYO, National, Oahu, Peterson, Quilter, Rickenbacher, Sho~Bud, Supro, TC, Ultimate, VHT, Williams, X-otic, Yamaha, ZKing. |
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Rich Upright
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 6 Jul 2020 8:36 pm
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With what gigs pay in Florida, they're lucky I show up at all!
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A couple D-10s,some vintage guitars & amps, & lotsa junk in the gig bag. |
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Dick Wood
From:
Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 7 Jul 2020 5:50 am
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Be smart like Fox not dumb like Ox is my motto.If I could walk into a gig with only a throw pillow and my guitar I would.
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Cops aren't paid much so I steel at night. |
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T. C. Furlong
From:
Lake County, Illinois, USA
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Posted 7 Jul 2020 9:12 am
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| If it’s Eddie Rivers playing, he plays the leg steel standing which allows him to play sax easily. He normally plays the leg steel and not pedal steel w AATW. When they did Last Of The Breed tour, I believe Eddy played pedal steel as well on some numbers. The Fender that Eddie plays (which I believe belongs to Ray) sounds great in the capable hands of Mr. Rivers. |
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