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

Learn how to use the volume pedal for 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

[Emceetem]

Can it play metal?

[amateurbassplayer]

Wish I could play the steel.. Its way to many changes for my bass guitar mind..I love the steel

[adabuensuceso]

sound really nice

[GanjaPharmzor]

Cause everyone likes a cowboy!

K-ROSE!

[youenjoy00myself]

Wow, an expert village video that is actually helpful. Who woulda thought.

[randytelecaster]

Buck Owens !

[vinegar55]

Sounds cheesy

[Rikk303]

sublime



[JugglingUnicycler]

@Emceetem You might want to look into a lap steel for that. Mainly the only difference is there's no pedals and only six strings, but they have a better tone for heavy distortion. Amazon will sell those for around $100.00

[econoroller]

@reverbie65 Mines a regular pot (non-photo) I use it to go between two amps with different effects banks and amp settings on each side. It's really good for taming my Mu-TronIII and seamless shifts between effects/amps. I don't play pedal, (yet!) but I play an old '51 Sherwood Deluxe lap steel, and I absolutely LOVE IT! I was friends with Red Rhodes...that's the closest I got to playing Pedal steel, though!

[reverbie65]

@JugglingUnicycler a very good tecnique with right hand the pedal doesnt creat sustain it job is to creat mood left hand for bar control is what gives you the life in your playing also you put the bar over the fret but it might be in tune it might not so by going back and for with bar you give it a nice tone the frets lie thats why you use it

if you play by yourslf it might be ok but try playing without the effect pretty boring

[reverbie65]

@econoroller they have a better taper then Ernie Ball price about 65.00 to 100.00 for a pot pedal Photo are more but will alter the tone on your guitar what or make Steel do you have> mines BMI 3X5 e9th Nashville tuning you can some Hawwaii sounds by lowering your d knee lever would be on your left at least thats where mine is what level are semi pro or Pro level I am at amte