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Scott M2 wrote: >>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 * microtonal guitar * http://biink.com/db