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Topic: Lighting on stage |
Sigi Meissner
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Duebendorf, Switzerland
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Posted 13 Feb 2010 4:06 am |
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As we all know, stages can be very dark for us steelers. Especially if the spotlight is directed to the singer.
I'm curious what lighting system for the steel guitar you recommend. Most of my lights either dazzle the audience or myself
thx for help
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Kevin Hatton
From:
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 13 Feb 2010 6:15 am
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Bo Borland
From:
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Posted 13 Feb 2010 6:37 am
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I have seen a few players use a clip on high intensity book /reading gooseneck light. Cost few bucks and lights your neck.
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Jim Lindsey (Louisiana)
From:
Greenwell Springs, Louisiana (deceased)
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Posted 13 Feb 2010 11:20 am
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Hi, Sigi,
Stage lighting has always been my Achilles heel (and sometimes nemesis) throughout my career. My friends don't call me "blind dawg" for nothing. Too little light and I can't play my way out of a paper bag.
Years ago, while at Brook May's Music in Dallas, I found these things called "Little Lites" and bought two of them (pictured below on my guitar) ...
They clip onto the steel leg with a non-slip clip, are fully adjustable and, at they're brightest (as in the photo above) are not distracting to the audience or the player.
When I bought mine there was an optional on/off foot switch with a dimmer knob that can also be leg mounted for easy reach. I purchased one for mine and it was very useful.
The thing I loved best about my Little Lites was the fact that at their brightest setting, I could see my full fret board in any lighting situation, but the Little Lites themselves were never too bright or distracting ... then, with the rheostat, for those songs where the stage needed to be as dark as possible, I could turn them down to where there was just enough glow to still see my strings and frets, yet it was almost not discernible from the audience's view.
Like the lights in Bo's suggestion above, the Little Lites might also be food for thought. 
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1986 Mullen D-10 with 8 & 7 (Dual Bill Lawrence 705 pickups each neck)
Two Peavey Nashville 400 Amps (with a Session 500 in reserve) - Yamaha SPX-90 II
Peavey ProFex II - Yamaha R-1000 Digital Reverb - Ross Time Machine Digital Delay - BBE Sonic Maximizer 422A
ProCo RAT R2DU Dual Distortion - Korg DT-1 Pro Tuner (Rack Mounted) - Furman PL-8 Power Bay
Goodrich Match-Bro by Buddy Emmons - BJS Steel Bar (Dunlop Finger Picks / Golden Gate Thumb Picks) |
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Roger Shackelton
From:
MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 13 Feb 2010 4:22 pm
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How about practicing in low light or in total darkness to train your ears and get a feel for the guitar and bar placement.  |
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Bo Borland
From:
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Posted 13 Feb 2010 4:47 pm
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| and practice smiling at the same time |
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