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Topic: Hollowbody Pedal Steel? |
Bill Patton
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 9 Mar 2005 3:18 am |
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| Has there ever been such a thing as a hollowbody pedal steel? Other than cigarette ashes falling into the f-holes, I think it would be amazing, especially for feedback and sustain. |
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Jerry Hayes
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Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 9 Mar 2005 4:29 am
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The only thing I've ever seen that was hollow was the Pedabro that Franklin Steels made. It was hollow with a resonator...JH
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Livin' in the Past and Future with a 12 string Mooney Universal tuning.
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 9 Mar 2005 10:47 am
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| Franklin's "Box" was another example. I don't think it was never offered commercially though. |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 12 Mar 2005 12:58 am
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Harry Partch's "Surrogate Kithera" is basically an acoustic non pedal steel. Instead of a bar, the instument uses glass rods which are placed under the strings, so the player can push them down on them from behind, creating pedal-like sounds.
I've never seen one of these instruments. I've only read about them and seen pictures. |
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jim milewski
From:
stowe, vermont
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Posted 12 Mar 2005 3:44 am
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| I always thought that hollow necks like the aluminun necks used now served as a resonating cavity adding something different to the overall sound of the guitar, maybe it does maybe not, I had a solid neck steel along with my push pull and unplugged the push pull with the metal neck was louder and more vibrant sounding and when plugged in was a lot better sounding than the solid neck, but other things like the Emmons changer also shape the tone |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 12 Mar 2005 7:35 am
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