Re: pedal steels

["Scott M2" <scott@dreamstate.to>]

> >>Stephen Parsick wrote:
> >>
> >>>while talking about pedal steels and lap steels, does anyone know the 
>stuff
> >>>robert rich does with his pedal steel (e. g. "liquid air" off "below 
>zero")?
> >>>how can i get this type of singing vowely quality? do i have to use a 
>pedal
> >>>steel or could i use any other guitar for that type of sound? stupid
> >>>question, but i am no guitar player inthe traditional sense of the 
>word...
> >>>
> >>He bows the string with the slide.
> >>-- 
> >>* David Beardsley
> >
> >I believe he also sometimes uses an e-bow and definitely
> >a Line 6 Delay. There's several photos of Robert playing
> >steel on this page - in case you can glean any more hints.
> >http://www.theambientping.com/robert_rich_070402.html
> >
> You see how his left hand is muting the strings while he rubs the slide 
> back and forth
> across the high string? It's called glissando guitar and he told me he 
> picked
> the technique from Daveid Allen of Gong. Steve Hillage uses this too.
> -- 
> * David Beardsley

Ahhhh - Thanks! I love that Gong glissando guitar sound.
I seem to recall an interview a million years ago, where
Allen talked about using handles of surgical instruments
for this effect because of the quality of the metal. (?)

Cheers,
Scott M2

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