The Steel Guitar Forum

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Interview transcript:

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/15/90271366 ... esse-vol-3

Interview link on NPR: https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/wesat/2020/08/20200815_wesat_jacob_collier_on_creating_the_negative_space_of_djesse_vol_3.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1105&d=551&p=7&story=902713663&dl=1&siteplayer=true&size=8807040&dl=1 Now. That said, I had c...

Forgot to mention--I play using in-ear monitors, so I plan to use just a preamp and go direct to save floor space on stage.

I'm a 'utility' player on stage in that I play piano, organ, and accordion, along with singing, depending on what's needed for the song. Now I'm adding PSG--to an already crowded stage setup. For other utility players like me out there, I'd love to hear how you lay things out on stage to make quick,...

There’s an editor to connect via usb to save patches.

With modern looping pedals, I've found it interesting to build up a drone loop myself to play over. Just something with octaves and fifths. Then you're not stuck with the same drones all the time.

Could even build up a chordal drone to improvise over for soloing.

A proper test would be a frequency sweep from a tone generator through the jack to a frequency analyzer. There are WAY too many variables in that signal chain to consider this chart as a good comparison tool, especially since it was likely a screen shot of a spectrum chart in a DAW. If the source is...

Anyone care to share their successful patch settings on a Digitech RP360? I recently bought one, and so far the most satisfying combination has been a Fender Twin amp with 2 X 12 AC British speaker cabinet to mellow things out. None of the compressor models are satisfying to my ear, or have enough c...

Jerry, I've been struggling with this ever since I bought my new Williams in May. Always thought it was my bar technique, until I noticed the problem goes away if I hit my C pedal, which naturally increases the tension on the string. So it must be a function of geometry and physics, that the combina...

Your question would make sense on a standard guitar forum, but once you put a guitar on your lap the numbering is obvious. This is a pedal steel forum. Steel players don't count from the bottom up. I would argue that all that changes from wearing a guitar to playing it horizontal (as in lap and PSG...

Paul, let me ask you a question. When you put new strings on your guitar, whether it be straight guitar or steel guitar...which string do you start with? :wink: Donny, I always start with low-E on my 6-string. Probably a lousy practice, makes for fun times getting strings stretched and tensioned ju...

I came to pedal steel from playing 6-string in addition to other fretted instruments, but the string numbering convention has never made sense to me. I suppose when looking at an instrument as worn by a player, there is some logic to thinking of numbering strings bottom-up. Granted, for those who we...

Wow, that matching burst on the pedal rail is shizzexy!

St. Paul.

Thanks for all the feedback! Ended up working with Joe Savage, 90 minutes that felt like 6 months of content. Came home, grabbed a cocktail and wrote down everything I could recall, and am currently in a state of making musical noise that's beginning to sound viable. I gotta remember next time I hav...

Any recommendations for new player lessons in the Twin Cities, preferably western metro?

When are you performing order-wise in Minneapolis, and is there any ticket information?

Gonna put the Minneapolis date on my calendar! Great interview on the Pedal Steel Podcast, BTW.

Picked up my new Willy, a creature I call "Black Beauty."

Here's a clip of the un-boxing and setup, and my first bit of noodling after an hour of farting around!

http://hackshaft.com/PSG%20Un-Boxing.mp4

Next step: Some local introductory lessons from an instructor.

Lee,
Check your spam folder. That’s where Bill’s replies to me ended up, and I thought he was ignoring me!

Great information, thanks all!

Which hilton did you end up with, standard or pro with adjustable drag?

Hey, all! I have the bug, and the only cure is...Pedal Steel Guitar! Following lots of research and advice on this forum, and having the good fortune of a job which affords me a robust budget, I have decided on a new, non-student instrument as my first axe rather than chance a student model or used ...