Make steel guitar sound like organ ?

Micky Byrne · Post by **Micky Byrne** » 8 Jan 2006 6:24 am

Hi Richard, I too use "sparingly" on stage a Korg tone works G4. I tweek the controls towards "horn" and use a little "gain" for the slight distortion, and just play block chords, no steel guitar licks, for the Organ "effect" I do this on the lower registers of my Universal steels.I guess that is as near to getting an Organ sound on a pedal steel, same as an Organ isn't going to be able to sound like a pedal steel. It's just a simulation of a Leslie for us steelers.

Micky Byrne, England

Tommy Roten · Post by **Tommy Roten** » 8 Jan 2006 8:12 am

Can we make a Organ sound like a steel??

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Chris Bauer · Post by **Chris Bauer** » 8 Jan 2006 5:13 pm

Anyone try the Boss RT20 yet? It sure looks interesting!

Richard Nelson · Post by **Richard Nelson** » 9 Jan 2006 5:43 am

Yeah Mickey I have tried what I have .....G4 and Roland GX700 . Not convinced . I think it just sounds like a steel with an effect on it .I recorded these things with a backing track and the steel on its own actually sounds better Full circle > I have one more unit . No two . A TC electronics Wizard and YamahaFX550 But I have a feeling organ players are in the clear ,and can breathe a sigh of relief. www.ricknelson.workzsites.com

Gordon Borland · Post by **Gordon Borland** » 9 Jan 2006 6:37 pm

Play directly under a celling fan on high with a low celling. I know this works because it happend on a gig. The guitar player did not snap right away and could not figure out where my effects box was. I dont use one. That was really funny.

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Gordon Borland
MSA D10,FENDER STEEL KING, NASHVILLE 400,PEAVEY SESSIONS 2000, 1963 BROWN FENDER DELUXE NO REVERB. 1973 FENDER JAGUAR SUNBURST SIX STRING GUITAR, PEAVEY T60 SIX STRING GUITAR.

Paul Norris · Post by **Paul Norris** » 9 Jan 2006 7:43 pm

Alesis nanoverb. Set select knob to rotary ,turn mix all the way to the right,turn adjust knob all the way to the right and you have your organ sound. Good on lots of songs as back ground and very good on gospel.Has very good delay also. MSA-D10, Nashville 400 ,Alesis nanoverb.

Russ Wever · Post by **Russ Wever** » 10 Jan 2006 1:54 am

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Can we make a Organ sound like a steel?? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

A number of organ makers used to include a "Hawaiian Guitar" ( read" Steel Guitar" )
tab on their instruments soundbank.

It didn't sound any more convincing than when steelplayers add animation (Leslie or electronic chorusing) to the sound of their steelguitar to imitate an organ.

Most of the success of either disguise lies within the abilities and articulation of the player.

~Russ

[This message was edited by Russ Wever on 10 January 2006 at 06:50 AM.]

Micky Byrne · Post by **Micky Byrne** » 10 Jan 2006 2:52 am

Hi Richard, read your homepage. Seems we have something in common. I was born in Singapore too, and my dad was a Doctor also.I came to England in 1958 though. We both play steel

Micky Byrne http://mickybyrne.50webs.com/index.html

Richard Nelson · Post by **Richard Nelson** » 12 Jan 2006 5:40 am

What !!!!!!A transplant ? Micky you definitly have something important to do on this earth soon

Dave Boothroyd · Post by **Dave Boothroyd** » 12 Jan 2006 10:09 am

The Hammond organ in one of our studios attempted to catch fire last week- the big smoothing capacitor on the drive motor exploded in a cloud of smoke.
There is no way our Health and Safety people would ever allow us to ever connect it to the mains electricity again, so I have the chance to do a bit of salvage work.
There is a nice valve amp in there- very similar to an AC30, two of the most lightweight 10inch speakers you ever saw, (!)and a very good spring reverb unit.
So I think I might build myself a valve combo.
It will need a pre amp- maybe a Line 6 XT?
So I will definitely have a steel that sounds like an organ.
I rescued the baffle board and speaker cloth, along with the Hammond badge, so it will look the part too!

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Cheers!
Dave

PS We do have two more Hammonds- so it's not a disaster![This message was edited by Dave Boothroyd on 12 January 2006 at 10:10 AM.][This message was edited by Dave Boothroyd on 12 January 2006 at 10:11 AM.]

Russ Wever · Post by **Russ Wever** » 12 Jan 2006 11:03 am

We do have two more Hammonds- so it's not a disaster!

. . . not until one of your remaining Hammonds decides to catch fire - many tonewheel Hammonds were not fused - it's good to put fuses in them - click
~Russ

Dave Boothroyd · Post by **Dave Boothroyd** » 13 Jan 2006 8:27 am

Thanks for the caution Russ, but all UK electricals have fuses in the plug, and the studios have RCDs too.
That's why I used the phrase "attempted to catch fire"
I'ts amazing how much smoke it could create in the few milliseconds before the safeties cut it off!

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Cheers!
Dave