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Topic: Pedal Steel Pickups and FX Pedals |
Daniel Morris
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Westlake, Ohio, USA
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Posted 23 May 2017 1:27 pm |
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For the most part, I have little trouble with guitar stompboxes. Occasionally, with everything plugged in and on (and damping the strings), there is a background noise when a pedal is engaged (pulsing with a tremolo, for instance). I have a new delay, and I'm getting some noise. Seems like it depends on how quiet (well-grounded) a place is, but I don't know.
There's an internal setting to have the input at 0, -6db or -12db. I was told I might need to switch from default (-6db) to 0, as the pickup might have less output than a guitar.
That sound correct? I had always heard a pedal steel's pickup ran hotter than a guitar's.
Can anyone clue me in on this? I can try different input settings, but I'm curious about the steel's pickup anyway. Also, does it greatly vary with the type (humbucker, single coil)?
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1979 MSA U12 Pedal Steel
1982 Kline U12 Pedal steel
2019 Sierra U12 Pedal Steel
2011 Bear Creek MK Weissenborn
Milkman 40W Mini amp w/Telonics 15" speaker.
Dr. Z Surgical Steel w/TT 15" speaker.
Frenzel MB-50 head.
Spaceman, Empress, Eventide, Pigtronix. |
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 23 May 2017 3:33 pm
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If it's after the volume pedal, it MIGHT be substantially attenuated. But it is setting off my hooey detector.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Daniel Morris
From:
Westlake, Ohio, USA
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Posted 23 May 2017 3:38 pm
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No, it's before the volume pedal, Lane.
The builder is very reputable (I have other pedals of theirs), but this wouldn't be the first time I had a guitar pedal act weird with pedal steel.
Do pedal steel pickups run hotter/have more output (or less) than guitars?
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1979 MSA U12 Pedal Steel
1982 Kline U12 Pedal steel
2019 Sierra U12 Pedal Steel
2011 Bear Creek MK Weissenborn
Milkman 40W Mini amp w/Telonics 15" speaker.
Dr. Z Surgical Steel w/TT 15" speaker.
Frenzel MB-50 head.
Spaceman, Empress, Eventide, Pigtronix. |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 23 May 2017 4:28 pm
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They are substantially hotter. Transients can often exceed 1100mV, which is getting up around line level.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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