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Topic: Gibson stutter buttons |
Garry Vanderlinde
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CA
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Posted 27 Mar 2008 8:54 am |
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I had never seen this before I played a late '50's Gibson Console at the O.C. Vintage Guitar Show earlier in the year. The little black button near the vol/tone knobs acts as a treble cut-off if I remember correctly. Pressing the button as fast as you can is a real easy way to get the Speedy West stutter sound while moving the steel up or down the strings. The red button was the volume cut-off, which was pretty cool also.
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Last edited by Garry Vanderlinde on 28 Mar 2008 9:29 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 27 Mar 2008 6:48 pm "Studder Buttons".....................?
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Did those little buttons really make it sound like Speedy West?
Or was it a lazy man's hope to accomplish the more difficult without applying any practice time, technique or musical skill?
I've heard others here on the Forum discuss these little miracle buttons but when I got my BIGSBY directly from Paul A.........Speedy West WAS NOT using any of those little red and black buttons. Later? Maybe, but I truly doubt it. He did have an ash tray, however. |
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Roger Shackelton
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MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 27 Mar 2008 9:25 pm
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Speedy West didn't need any buttons to play his unique style. His method was to grip the bar as hard as he could, until his hand quivered. This is per Speedy, as I heard him explain it.
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Garry Vanderlinde
From:
CA
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Posted 27 Mar 2008 11:17 pm Re: "Studder Buttons".....................?
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| Ray Montee wrote: |
| Did those little buttons really make it sound like Speedy West? |
No, not real Speedy West. Not the original, innovator with that great flair. Nothing will ever duplicate him. I can describe it as “Speedy-like”. It hit me by accident when noodling around on this guitar and checking out the electronics and the tuning.
I think somebody at Gibson was trying to market Speedy's sound.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery they say... don't you think? |
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basilh
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United Kingdom
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Posted 28 Mar 2008 5:44 am
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On mine the red one is the "Stutter" (sic) button and the black one is a tone control bypass.
Also, they're only available on the top and bottom necks.
BTW the knobs on the twin necked Gibson Console are about as original as the ones on mine !!
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Garry Vanderlinde
From:
CA
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Posted 28 Mar 2008 9:35 am
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Basil, do you like the buttons and find them useful? If so, in what way?
It is spelled "stutter" and not "studder". I've corrected it for future reference. |
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basilh
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United Kingdom
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Posted 28 Mar 2008 2:57 pm
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well Garry I find the tone bypass the most useful for what was always called the "Boo Wah" sound, of course since those days the name has been used for a pedal change, but ORIGINALLY it referred to the sound made by quickly changing from a Bass tone to a High Treble tone, simulating the similar sound used by trombone and trumpet mutes.
The on/off button is useful to duplicate the characteristic Speedy West multiple bar slams, But the switching is sometimes slightly noisy. i.e. a click is occasionally generated by the button.
As a point of interest, the Emmons P/P has a similar tone bypass arrangement but using a latching rather than momentary switch.
Most useful to roll off the highs when access to the amplifier is problematical.
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 28 Mar 2008 10:06 pm
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Baz...Just curious...is there ANY guitar which you don't own ? I'm somewhat amazed by all the great pics you post of interesting steel guitars ! Envious is the word !  |
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 29 Mar 2008 4:09 am
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Funny you should ask that George, just the other day Pat and I were checking out the house value (as the market value of houses in the UK has risen quite substantially recently) and we discovered that the current value of our house is rapidly getting closer to the value of our guitar collection.
That IS the correct way round for priorities, isn't it ? |
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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 29 Mar 2008 7:42 am
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The value of our house in California, which rose from $300,000 to $800,000 in just a few years. which prompted us to take out student loans to put my two daughters through college, is now in free-fall. So, by the time I sell the house to retire and pay off the loans against it, my collection of instruments is about all I'll have left, assuming that the bank don't reach them first. Basil, maybe I'll send them over to you for storage !         |
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 30 Mar 2008 8:58 am
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| Though I plead guilty, when I owned only three steel guitars, I was talking with Jerry one day. He said to me, "I don't collect them, I PLAY them!" or words simi. Yet strangely, I find each guitar has a "personality" (or tone) of its own. Any of you experience that feeling ? |
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