Any market for a Hilton dual action pedal?
Posted: 12 Jun 2001 4:18 am
Robert Thomas, a member From: Mehama, Oregon, posted the following this morning:
"Herby, I have used a Bigsby volume and tone control pedal for over 50 years. Does Hilton make a pedal that incorporates tone also? If so I might consider trying one."
Following up on his posting in Herby Wallace's string in the Buy and Sell section of the Forum.... I'm in the same boat as him, roughly speaking, as to the Hilton pedal. Keith Hilton does not presently make such a pedal.
I use midi and steel, and found a Bigsby that someone had converted to a dual volume (one instrument up and down, the other side to side). I use midi steel side to side and regular steel up and down. That way I can mix a taste of midi horns into my section work, and when I am playing with a sax and trumpet I can fatten up the horn section unobtrusively.
I would love to be able to do the same with a Hilton pedal, but we are a minority of users and I fear that there is not enough market to make it viable-- although Fender and Bigsby both felt there was enough volume to warrant production.
I would suggest you write Keith Hilton an email or two as I did. Maybe if there is enough interest he will eventually get around to a limited production run. Wouldn't hurt, and he is a nice enough guy and obviously dedicated to the steel guitar community.
You can't expect anybody to work for nothing-- although being musicians, we're all used to doing just that! Seriously, though-- I am therefore starting a Forum string on the subject, just to run it up the flagpole. Maybe there would be more interest than we expect.
Would any other forumites be interested in such a product?
Mylos