Wowsers. Awesome, but I wouldn't know how to play it either. Nice work and good luck!
Thanks to Craig's List and a severe lack of will power I am now the proud owner of a Sierra D-10 pedal steel. I bought a Carter Starter and started playing pedal steel a little over a year ago. The Carter is a beginner guitar with a single E9 neck with three pedals and four knee levers. It actually sounded pretty good but it is not built to handle spending hours in the back of a van or on stage at rowdy music festivals. This Sierra has the E9 neck and a C6 neck and has eight pedals and four knee levers. Before today I didn't even know how to tune the C6. This will be a learning experience.
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Patrick
Wowsers. Awesome, but I wouldn't know how to play it either. Nice work and good luck!
Guitars: Gibson LP Studio, MIA Fender Precision, Carvin C350Originally Posted by Spudman
Amps: Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0 + Avatar B212 / Genzler 12-3, Acoustic B20
Pedals: Pod HD500X, Diamond Compressor, Tech 21 VT Bass, Sonic Research Turbo Tuner
Oh boy! That looks cool.
I just saw a band last night, The Band of Heathens, one guy played a lap steel sometimes and the other guy played a pedal steel sometimes. They look really compicated to me. Just after highschool a member of my band got one and he never did learn to play it very well. I think it was over his head.
Good luck.
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Ha! Tele-ish now inbound.
I've been looking at lap steels and they seem like they would be fun. That's a super nice looking outfit you have there. Have fun with it.
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ooooh I hope you will put up some recordings when you get comfy. I love pedal steel.
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Very nice
All those foot pedals, and knee levers, and strings. . . look complicated. . .
Awesome!
I'd love to try one of those out someday. Make some noise, and have fun with it!
My old steel guitar player in my last band used to kick in a Rat distortion pedal on some of his leads. He got a seriously wicked tone out of just that pedal and a Peavey amph.
Edit... You must have an older house, on an elevated (not a concrete slab) foundation. Not often you see electrical outlets in the floor these days! Diggin' the hardwood floor, too!
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Fender 2006 MIM Fender Stratocaster HSS in 3TS
Ibanez RG 570 with a bridge Invader
ESP M II Deluxe with a Tune-o-Matic bridge
Eleanor, the magical, mystical Road Worn wonder Tele
Blackstar HT Club 40
When I played in a bluegrass band back in college, one of the banjo players wanted to take up pedal steel. Thankfully, he didn't because I can't stand the sound of the thing in a country music context. However, Robert Randolph has seriously made me rethink my opinion of it as an instrument, viz:
Axen: Jackson DK2M, Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster, Reverend Warhawk 390, Taylor 914ce, ESP LTD Surveyor-414
Amphen: Jet City JCA22H and JCA12S cab, Carvin X-60 combo, Acoustic B20
Effecten: "Thesis 96" Overdrive/Boost (aka DVM OD2), Hardwire DL-8 Digital Delay/Looper, DigiTech Polara Reverb, DigiTech EX-7 Expression Factory and CF-7 Chorus Factory, Danelectro CF-1 Cool Cat Fuzz
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As with my guitar playing, I use a lot of effects to cover up poor playing. I'm currently running a rack system: pedal steel>Ernie Ball volume>Tube Works Blue Tube pre>Sabine rack tuner>Line 6 Filter Pro>Lexicon Jam Man>Electra analog delay>Electrix ModFX>Digitech RPM-1 rotary speaker simulator>ADA Microcab II>Tech 21 Power Engine. Here's a partial shot from a festival a couple of weeks ago.Originally Posted by Katastrophe
Patrick
Thanks man. Yep, the house was built in 1889 and it's on the historical register. The floors are white ash.Originally Posted by Katastrophe
Patrick
I love Robert Randolph. I had the pleasure of seeing him play in Northampton, MA about five years ago. I know what you mean about country steel. I'm not much of a fan of country music. The stuff I play is more like psychedelic country. Here's a little taste.Originally Posted by marnold
Patrick
wow that sure is one great looking instrument!!! Congrats!
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wow, i wouldnt know where to start, That Randolph dude rocks ! Congrats !
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