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Billy Wilson
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El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 12 Jan 2006 11:50 pm |
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| I have heard that Ralph uses his right foot on the pedals alot. Do any of you folks know which change or changes he is hitting with that right foot? |
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Jussi Huhtakangas
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 13 Jan 2006 12:37 am
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| I believe his "C"-pedal is one of them, raising high E to F#. [This message was edited by Jussi Huhtakangas on 13 January 2006 at 12:37 AM.] |
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John Daugherty
From:
Rolla, Missouri, USA
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Posted 13 Jan 2006 2:39 am
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Billy, in the 1960s Ralph and I had identical pedal setups on Fender steel guitars. Pedal #2 was the only pedal which pulled 2 strings (B-C# and G#-A), the old Isaacs pedal. The other 3 pedals pulled 1 string on each pedal. Pedal #4 raised E-F#. To hit some of the Mooney licks, it was necessary to use 2 or 3 pedals, which required 2 feet.
I have an example on my website where I used 3 pedals with 2 feet. It is a recording By Norm Owens,"Lately", recorded in 1961. I used a Fender 400 and Fender Bassman amp w/4 10"Jenson speakers. By the way,my good friend Ralph Mooney was playing flat top rythmn guitar on this session. Here is the link to the song. http://www.phelpscountychoppers.com/steelguitar/images/sound/Lately.mp3
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Brandin
From:
Newport Beach CA. USA
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Posted 13 Jan 2006 9:26 am
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I believe he's using his right foot on
the last lick of the intro and turn
around of "You're For Me". Also, he
must be using both feet on "The Texas Waltz"
from the album he did with James Burton.
I hope I'm not leading anyone down the
wrong path.
GB |
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Kevin Hatton
From:
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 13 Jan 2006 9:32 am
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| John, thanks so much for providing that clip for us to hear. Thats a piece of classic country music that captures the steel guitar in it's era. I really enjoyed it. I bet you've got some stories. |
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Billy Wilson
From:
El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 13 Jan 2006 11:30 am
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| Thanks for the replys fellows. I get the feeling that the "C" pedal came about as a way to get this sound with out losing the volume pedal. A west coast contribution? |
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