Dan Beller-McKenna
From:
Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 12 Oct 2011 5:10 pm |
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Judy,
pretty much any available volume pedal will work. Although Dekley, like many steel manufacturers, made a volume pedal, there is no reason to use that one over another. All you need to add it is one more guitar cable (one from the steel to the pedal; another from the pedal to the amp).
People seem to like the Hilton and Goodrich pedals the most. If you search on those names under Electronics, you should get lots of information and opinions. There are other good pedals out there as well, and one very high end pedal, the Telonics, that costs a heck of a lot more than any other pedal, but it will change your strings and make breakfast for you! (Just kidding: it doesn't change the strings.)
A couple of things to keep in mind:
1) For pedal steel it's good to have the input and output jacks on the side, not the front, so that the volume pedal can be placed as close as you like to the pedal bar, allowing for maximum comfort and flexibility. Some people like to use a bracket to attach the volume pedal to the pedal bar; some don't. It's certainly not necessary.
2) You want to have a pedal with a relatively low profile, Some pedals (the old Morley comes to mind) were angled severely to be better suited to a guitarist who is standing upright, not great for a sitting steel player. The Ernie Ball pedals are somewhere in between, and some like these.
There's a lot more to say about pedals, but that should get you started.
Here are some recently sold pedals on the forum, to give you an idea of going prices:
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=212727
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=213159
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=213225
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=212669
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=210425
Dan |
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