The Steel Guitar Forum

hi all Two questions: 1) how many pedal / levers thw WBS student has ? The photo do not show any pedal; isn'it ? 2) how "much" the WBS Student is, technically better than a Carter Starter ? I ask because many people talk about the Carter Starter as a very bad instrument; also in comparison...

Hi all

I'm looking for a (used) pedal steel guitar, entry level (because low budget), 10 strings will be sufficients.

I'm from Italy, so I look for a most near dealer in Europe to minimize (shipping) costs.

thanks
giorgio

BTW, regarding strange tools to exite stings, see /listen teh "sizzler" by my friend Alan Fontana:

http://www.clarencethecat.com/sizzler.html

BTW, do you experienced this "technique" consiting in bowing / rubbing the (E) string with a piece of metal ? as far as I know any pice of "steel rods" cound be suitable ... I thought about a tremolo lever of a strat guitar .. I have to experiment .. Not with any intention, just...

Hi Stu, "Glissando guitar" as used and christened by Daevid Allen means cranking up the amp, adding reverb and rubbing the strings with a slide without picking. The friction causes a soft drone. The effect is wholly unlike anything associated with normal slide guitar playing." i quote...

One of Mr. Allen's cohorts is Steve Hillage, a brilliant and inventive guitarist. Steve also played glissando guitar with surgical steel rods as the bow. Fascinating stuff. Hi Loren yes I know about Steve; it seem that the idea of bow strings with a piece of metal come from "conversations"...

and who remember Gizmotron ? :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gizmotron

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsRiZlmL49o

About strange tecniques to exite strings ... Daevid Allen of Gong fame are well known guitarists that have played the "glissando guitar". "Glissando guitar" as used and christened by Daevid Allen means cranking up the amp, adding reverb and rubbing the strings with a slide withou...

indeed e-bow is not an "effect"; is a different way to make strings vibrate (in alternative to pick for example); my piece "Waves of Wanderer" is realized using e-bow and pick on a lap-steel guitar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8GJB16t--4

giorgio

Johan Jansen wrote:Carter Starter can be purchased under €800 in Europe
Venmans Music Import

ohhh! Now we are! that's could be the "correct" price, isn't it ?!

Venmans Music is this : http://www.mp-venmans.nl/ ?

WBS will be a good choice. You can also contact Jan Visser in The Netherlands. http://www.promotamusic.com He is dealer from Emmons, Excel, Derby, Mullen, Zum etc. regards, Johan mhhh...thanks Johan, even if I have some small problems to understand the language here: http://www.promotamusic.com ......

really thanks Uwe! that site is very well done (as usually .de are) with a vast set of products, interesting also the lap-steels ... as that one! : http://www.thomann.de/ie/tenayo_slider_rd.htm About the Carter entry-level pedal steel ... at least i'll probably purchase the carter Starter (if I'll p...

There used to be an E-bow that was designed for steel guitar. Is it still available? no, as far as I know. to contact builder: http://www.ebow.com/ btw, it come in my mind a possible useful info: the alternative to e-bow could be the sustainiac system http://www.sustainiac.com/ in that case all the...

Would like some informat :?: ion on the E-Bows. Is the regular e-bow or the e-bow plus best for steel guitar? Thanks J. Dean as far as I know e-bow is nowadays sold only in the "plus" version: so you have a switch where you can chose the "standard mode" or the "harmonic&quo...

Thanks Ulf! OK, I decided for that Lil Killer, the 15k version (Hot) ... I do not understand exactly the difference in sound among three models; probably the "hot" ghave a more powerful signal ... considering I'd use the lap-steel guitar mainly for "solo" notes. You probably shou...

Thanks guys, I had a DD-3 a while back and liked the sound so I got this DD-7. To be honest I have not even had a chance to try it yet as I am trying to get a steel finished for a friend. I just thought some one might have a few numbers for the different settings. This DD-7 is a new product so I do...

Could some of you guys send me some settings for slow traditional country type songs. I'm the worst person to reply, cause I play music with extreme use of delays :) but I think you can get your setting with few milliseconds so an old "cheap" delay could be suitable. Apart that, I just se...

Go for the GFS. Same content for little money. Thay do paypal and have good customer service. Thay have some "hotrail" style p-ups too. Will do a good job in a lapsteel. you are probably right Ulf! I re read the website you proposed: http://store.guitarfetish.com/singlecoil.html Thay have...

Michael, are these "EMG Select" humbuckers Pickup ? They are. Stew-Mac offers several others as well. I just chose that one as an inexpensive example. If you click the arrow to the right of the price, you can see the price in other currencies. If you follow the link at the top of the page...

Loren Claypool wrote:the DD-5 was used as a pad creator

yes, I have a DD-6: this is the delay more allow me to make drones ( = pads)...

giorgio

thanks all, Michael, are these "EMG Select" humbuckers Pickup ? Anyway I infortunately I still experience the usual problem: 99% of web dealers (see suggested site above) do not ship outside US or do not accept PAypal as payment, or both :( Someone could suggest a web site in Europe that a...

The mini-humbuckers I think are the best solution. Not only do you lose the noise, but they have more of a midrange growl that sounds great for lap steel. The "noiseless" single-coils - Lace Sensors and stuff like the newer Fender "noiseless" line - have one drawback if you like...

Hi John yes, I considereed the minihumbacking (as Duncan Hotrails you suggest) as an option. [OT] I play "my" type of music ... a sort of ambient music, probably far from "stereotypes" of this sort; anyway there are more than 4 hours of my music available for free in my website: ...

you are probably right ... but what do you mean with "two quarters from the low strings" ? Quarters----25 cent pieces, US currency ($.25) http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix0808/753_quarters004_1.jpg Translation---2 quarters = approximately 3 mm. OK! thanks for translation-by-image ;-)

It's the same p-ups but the website is a bit confusing. Check the model# and compare to the sets. They have better, or at least more detailed description in the "set" department than in the "singles". The pics do however show four-lead humbuckers. If you wanna be 250% certain yo...