Make steel guitar sound like organ ?

Richard Nelson · Post by **Richard Nelson** » 4 Jan 2006 12:26 pm

How do you do that ?

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 4 Jan 2006 12:37 pm

I use an H & K Rotosphere. Great sound.
Erv

Webb Kline · Post by **Webb Kline** » 4 Jan 2006 12:57 pm

I plug it into my Leslie.

Smiley Roberts · Post by **Smiley Roberts** » 4 Jan 2006 1:08 pm

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Jack Francis · Post by **Jack Francis** » 4 Jan 2006 1:58 pm

Hell I'd be happy if my steel sounded like a STEEL!

David Doggett · Post by **David Doggett** » 4 Jan 2006 9:50 pm

Use the Leslie simulation in the POD XT, and play big open triads (e.g., top down: 1, 3, 5). And don't use any slides or moving pedal stuff. But what's the point? A $200 Casio keyboard can do the same thing much better.

Richard Nelson · Post by **Richard Nelson** » 6 Jan 2006 5:36 am

Thanks for all that . This Forum really is great.

Charley Adair · Post by **Charley Adair** » 6 Jan 2006 9:05 am

Fred Jack · Post by **Fred Jack** » 6 Jan 2006 10:04 am

Why would you want to?

John McGann · Post by **John McGann** » 6 Jan 2006 10:22 am

Chris Brooks uses the Rotosphere and it sounds amazing.

Why would you want to? Because it sounds great, it's fun, and life is short.

Chris Brooks · Post by **Chris Brooks** » 6 Jan 2006 10:34 am

Thanks, John. I am still exploring different approaches for this device. Since I work a lot of small group gigs--duos, trios--I have found it effective if used tastefully (gulp).

I have found several techniques apropos for the Rotosphere:

1. chord-melody

2. fast trills on one note using thumb and a finger, a la Jimmy Smith

3. fast trills between two notes

4. comping behind a lead instrument

Also, on the Rotosphere, a small adjustment of the tone control produces a quite different sound.

I'd be interested to know how others employ the gadget.

Chris[This message was edited by Chris Brooks on 06 January 2006 at 10:38 AM.]