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Topic: Echoplex recordings? Bobbe Seymour thing? What is it? |
Steve Waltz
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Posted 5 Jan 2007 11:34 am |
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I was reading an old Steel Guitar World Magazine from oct 97' and there was an article about Bobbe Seymour. Interesteing article. I didn't know that he played with The blue caps and the Comets.
He talks a little about Exchoplex recordings as an effect. I've had an Echoplex before so I know what they are and what they do but can someone give me an idea of how it was set or used with steel? Is is set just as a reverb type thing or was it an extreme setting for a doubling over for a twin guitar sound?
Can anyone tell me a song that has the effect on it?
The article also had an interesting statement about a Bigsby copy that Bobbe built. I remember the Bigsby copy that went on ebay last year which ended up in his shop. He said it was made by a friend. It must have been a popular thing to do at that time. I know back then that it was hard to buy a real one due to back order time. If you read this Bobbe, how did that rebuild go? It would be cool to see it done with all of those sho bud parts removed.
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Chris Cummings
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Posted 5 Jan 2007 2:17 pm
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Just worth mentioning that Fulltone do a fantastic Echoplex copy Tube tape echo unit.
Managed to get a mint used one - expensive but really good
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Doug Beaumier
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Posted 5 Jan 2007 7:10 pm
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An echoplex, or any other delay unit, is often used to fatten up a steel guitar or a regular guitar. The setting would be 2 or 3 repeats set back so the repeats are barely audible.
An echoplex, or any other delay unit, may also be set to double the notes that you are playing. This creates a stunning effect for speed patterns. For this setting you want 1 repeat, and you want that repeat to be the Same Volume as the original note. In my experience, it works best when the repeat is set a beat and a half behind the original note (or a dotted quarter note). There is a formula involving the number of beats per minute of a song to figure how many ms to set your delay, but most people just do this by ear. New delay pedals like the BOSS DD-6 have a very handy tap function that lets you to stomp in the beat as the band is playing... and that's it! You're good to go. I use this for guitar every weekend in my band, but I have not yet tried it on steel. To get the effect you have to play a long stream of single notes... scales or scale licks, and it creates an amazing effect when the delay is set as described above.
Albert Lee is a master of this effect on guitar. And Bobbe Seymore is a master of this effect on Steel Guitar.
Bobbe has a Video Clip on his site of his performance years ago at Scotty's playing Orange Blossom Special, and you can clearly see and hear his awesome delay effect in action. Go to Bobbe's site: http://steelguitar.net At the top of the page there is a link under "How fast can you play?" Check it out.
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Pat Burns
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Branchville, N.J. USA
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Posted 5 Jan 2007 7:16 pm
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Can anyone tell me a song that has the effect on it?
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...Bobbe used the Echoplex when he played steel on the 70's hit "Please Come To Boston". |
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richard burton
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Britain
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Posted 6 Jan 2007 6:04 am
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| Look at Larry Bells' website, and listen to 'Uncle Phil' |
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Tiny Olson
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Mohawk River Valley, Upstate NY
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Posted 6 Jan 2007 10:10 am
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If I'm not mistaken, Bobbe Seymour also had a switch connected to a knee lever which would activate the Echoplex (as described above by Doug) when the knee lever was engaged. Cool and sneaky Bobbe !! Innovative ??... absolutely !!
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