How to Play the Pedal Steel Guitar : How to Use Pitch Pedal for a Pedal Steel Guitar

Learn how to use the pitch control pedal the pedal steel guitar in this free music instruction video from our professional country and western performer.

Expert: Bill Bassett
Bio: Bill Bassett has been playing the pedal steel guitar for more than 35 years. He performs with a singing cowboy show at the Blazing M ranch near Sedona, Arizona and has a rock band, "The Retros".
Filmmaker: Chuck Tyler

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• guitar
• country
• swing
• steel
• western
• pedal
• c&w
• cowboy

[TheHeidiGame]

IIm sure this is just one of the hardest things to do in the universe

[eamonosu]

wow, and i thought it was just basically a version of bottleneck. never knew there were pedals too

[pdlsteeler1]

This guy sounds like Brian Griffin.

[openchannel01]

I would love to mess around with one of those to try and see what kinds of sounds I can make out of it. I like messing around with instruments I don't know how to play, lol.

[mturquie]

Damn... that doesn't look easy... I never imagined there were pedals!!! :O I'm quite impressed!!!! I always thought it was just like playing guitar with a slide... :-o Now I respect even more the pedal steel guitar player!!!!! Hats off!!!!

[TheJorge012345]

double d from ed eddd eddy 

[1979rickfukingjames]

johnny and santo!!!!!!! FUCK YA

[foxarasta]

@xxguitarhero48xx yeah... dont you love when you get the music under your skin & into your soul???

[xxguitarhero48xx]

@foxarasta It's music. You can do what you want. Questions like that made bands like U2 famous haha.

[foxarasta]

Can you play heavy metal on it?

[otasty]

This guy looks like Charles Bronson!

[taariqtaariq]

I am set on getting a real parsons white b string bender telecaster b/c as much as I love Pedal steel I think It must be really hard to become adapt at it even if you are a good guitarist with top slide and string bending chops .