vibrator for steel?

Keith Cordell · Post by **Keith Cordell** » 6 Jan 2007 10:56 am

The trick is finding the quietest one you can find with the hardest surface. The hard surface will transfer vibration better, the quieter the motor is the better you will be able to hear the strings. Mine is medium quiet but has a chromed plastic surface that is almost as hard as metal.

Bo Borland · Post by **Bo Borland** » 6 Jan 2007 1:11 pm

and the sisters sing.. I can't get no..... satisfaction

Keith Cordell · Post by **Keith Cordell** » 6 Jan 2007 1:18 pm

Wondered how long it would take.

Roman Sonnleitner · Post by **Roman Sonnleitner** » 6 Jan 2007 1:51 pm

James Mayer wrote:Actually, not really. I'm curious as to what it would sound like. I love my eBow and and my salt-shaker sitar bar. I'm always looking for new sounds. Forget it's conventional use for now, what would a vibrating slide sound like? Would it make any difference? Would it be unusable?

Kinda OT, but James, I see that you have an EBow now (incidentally, I just borrowed one from a friend today to try on lap steel) - did that get you any closer to the Bill Elm / FODM sound you were looking for?

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 6 Jan 2007 6:01 pm

I wouldn't touch this post with a ten foot... vibrator!

Greg Simmons · Post by **Greg Simmons** » 6 Jan 2007 7:33 pm

So, I guess, using this technique, you get tone <i>like</i> a bone?

Colby Tipton · Post by **Colby Tipton** » 6 Jan 2007 8:07 pm

I don't know about playing steel with one, but I know how you could use one to have some real fun with some one. You could tape it under a mic. stand base and they would have fits trying to figure out whats going on when they turn on the mic.
I just hope you all practice safe steel playing.

Don Discher · Post by **Don Discher** » 6 Jan 2007 8:28 pm

Honey, when you go to Walmart would you pick me up some batteries, lets see, I need 1 for my tuner, 1 for my wireless mic, oh yeah and 1 for my vibrator I took from your top drawer.
I can see it all now !!! he,he.

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 6 Jan 2007 10:00 pm

edited... again!

Colby Tipton · Post by **Colby Tipton** » 6 Jan 2007 10:21 pm

Man this is crazy.

Pat Irvin · Post by **Pat Irvin** » 6 Jan 2007 10:51 pm

don't get the model my ex-girlfriend had, it had a kickstart on it

HWHYoYo · Post by **HWHYoYo** » 7 Jan 2007 1:47 am

I tried a black one.....sounded just like RR.

Post by **Joey Ace** » 7 Jan 2007 5:36 am

Enough.