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Pedal steel direct inject?
Recording a pedal steel tonight. From what I know, pedal steels want big-wattage gutiar amos, and I've only got smaller-wattage amps here. Can I direct inject it like I would a bass into one of my pres' hi-Z inputs? Or will that not work?
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yep. I recorded a dobro and pedal steel player for a friends band with my Princeton reverb, sounded fantastic. If you do DI it, a reamp is totally recomended. But I've found the players really change their technique when they can't make the amp feedback a bit and it's hard to know when to dampen the strings without a little amp noise to guide them. Just my experience.MoreSpaceEcho wrote:the last pedal steel player i recorded had a TINY little amp. sounded great. i would give your amps a try. a totally dry DI pedal steel isn't gonna be any fun...
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Anytime I have recorded a pedal steel I have always mic'ed up the amp! I have just never felt the need to DI a pedal steel as it seems like it would take away from the organic feel of the instrument! But it seems in this business there is no right or wrong answer so experiment and have fun!
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Re: Pedal steel direct inject?
I play pedal steel and use a 500W Evans amp, the benefit of the high wattage obviously being the enormous clean headroom. Depends if your musician is looking for a classic pure, clean sound or not. I also record with a DI quite often, but it does lose some sustain without the amp feedback. If you can get a hold of a Fender Twin, that'll give you an awesome 60's/70's country sound.saintcarquinez wrote:Recording a pedal steel tonight. From what I know, pedal steels want big-wattage gutiar amos, and I've only got smaller-wattage amps here. Can I direct inject it like I would a bass into one of my pres' hi-Z inputs? Or will that not work?
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Re: Pedal steel direct inject?
Do to limitted timing and geography I just did some spot recording of a pedal steel player with PT LE with a 57 on the amp (a Deluxe Reverb) with mixed results. Good sound but pretty one dimensional.
The sound was decent but for the next session I think a second mic to capture the room sound may be more effective.
I do know that pedal steel players also often prefer solid state amps to keep the sound cleaner
The sound was decent but for the next session I think a second mic to capture the room sound may be more effective.
I do know that pedal steel players also often prefer solid state amps to keep the sound cleaner
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In that respect lap steel and pedal are VERY different instruments.slowcentury wrote:Anytime i ever record my lapsteel I tend to prefer a fender style tube amp, a twin or deluxe reverb. I tend to gravitate towards my Traynor custom reverb for it. I do like a bit of break up though. I find super clean steel sounds a bit sterile, but thats a personal preference.
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This is true my old Supro Lapsteel is a hell of a growly beast. I understand the need for cleans and power with the Pedal steels, I just often find them to be a little on the sterile side at times. When I worked in a music store all the pedal steel players came in looking for super clean high power amps. A good friend of mine runs his pedal steel through a late 60's Ampeg Reverberocket and it sounds divine. Just enough volume to get some nice tube compression and a bit of sparkle in the high end. That said it is pretty easy to push the amp into way too much break up when he uses it live. It all comes down to preference.drumsound wrote:In that respect lap steel and pedal are VERY different instruments.slowcentury wrote:Anytime i ever record my lapsteel I tend to prefer a fender style tube amp, a twin or deluxe reverb. I tend to gravitate towards my Traynor custom reverb for it. I do like a bit of break up though. I find super clean steel sounds a bit sterile, but thats a personal preference.
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