Mississippi By Pussycat, Wierd Instrument... |
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Feb 3 2012, 12:54 AM
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in the song Mississippi by Pussycat, which was on the Disco Rocket record by K-tel
a really long time ago, this album is often in second hand places. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDHMTzTKqVU they are using a wierd instrument , not shown in other videos of this song, in the above URL it is to be seen at 2:25 into the video and even more close up at 4:20, the latter is being played with a revolver does anyone know what this instrument is? are there any tutorials here on this? can that sound effect be done with a guitar? if you can do this with a guitar can you upload a video of that particular sound done in the song? I bought a "chromed steel slide" by Dunlop which allows smooth tone changes, but I am not sure I can produce that sound. (the song by Abba I am learning at the moment may well be what the DJ refers to at the start, Money Money Money! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETxmCCsMoD0&ob=av2e which was around that time) looking more closely it looks like it has 10 strings, This post has been edited by richardb: Feb 3 2012, 01:13 AM |
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Feb 3 2012, 03:34 AM |
in the song Mississippi by Pussycat, which was on the Disco Rocket record by K-tel a really long time ago, this album is often in second hand places. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDHMTzTKqVU they are using a wierd instrument B) , not shown in other videos of this song, in the above URL it is to be seen at 2:25 into the video and even more close up at 4:20, the latter is being played with a revolver does anyone know what this instrument is? are there any tutorials here on this? can that sound effect be done with a guitar? if you can do this with a guitar can you upload a video of that particular sound done in the song? I bought a "chromed steel slide" by Dunlop which allows smooth tone changes, but I am not sure I can produce that sound. (the song by Abba I am learning at the moment may well be what the DJ refers to at the start, Money Money Money! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETxmCCsMoD0&ob=av2e which was around that time) looking more closely it looks like it has 10 strings, It's a pedal steel guitar used for country music mostly it has more strings and tuned differently Here is an article about it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedal_steel_guitar It's pretty pricy and not easy to learn cause not that many people are using it! -------------------- |
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Feb 3 2012, 03:41 AM |
So glad I just refreshed the page before I posted.
I'm not sure how close you could get to it but I know its also widely known in blues to use the slide. A song that came to mind when you posted your first video was Eric Clapton - Running on Faith. It kind of has that sound to it just not the harmonic half. -------------------- Guitars:
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Feb 3 2012, 04:18 PM |
Here you have a Slide Blues Guitar player... it's not the same but it's how the same effect sounds in the guitar...
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Feb 3 2012, 10:14 PM
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It's a pedal steel guitar used for country music mostly it has more strings and tuned differently Here is an article about it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedal_steel_guitar It's pretty pricy and not easy to learn cause not that many people are using it! in that article they mention sho-bud, if you look at about 4:32 on the Mississippi video with full screen viewing you will see it says sho-bud! the extra strings must be because its more difficult to change fret, currently I play the guitar in a non standard way by placing the guitar in front of me on a surface with the neck pointing right, similar to how the guy is playing the sho-bud in the Mississippi video. I am right handed and I fret with the right hand and strum with the left. this makes individual notes easier to play, but it makes chords much more difficult, consequently I am focussing on music without chords, and am interested in unusual effects done with individual notes. I was trying out holding the slide with the right hand and strumming with the left hand, if I put the slide where the pickups are the notes are very high, the problem is with moving the slide as there are no markers at the pickups, also I select the first set of pickups as the slide can go to the right of the other 2 pickups, so far I havent been able to play a tune like this, with 10 strings I think I could play a tune. As I slide the slide the current notes change continuously, I can make a sound like with railway station announcements by fretting consecutive strings with the slide near the first pickups, and I can make a sound like a time signal, I was experimenting to see what sound effects I could do. maybe I will upload some examples! if I place the slide with the right hand, and then the right of the right hand presses against the strings then if I lift the slide the current notes immediately stop, that instrument looks like it may be more geared to my own unconventional playing style, Here you have a Slide Blues Guitar player... it's not the same but it's how the same effect sounds in the guitar... whats the thing attached to the second fret? is he wearing plectrums on his fingers? I was only aware of plectrums that you hold with say thumb and finger, are there wearable plectrums which attach to one finger? This post has been edited by richardb: Feb 3 2012, 10:18 PM |
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Feb 3 2012, 10:51 PM
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Here are some sound effects, done as mentioned above:
using an ordinary right handed guitar placed on a surface with neck pointing right, then with slide in right hand and fretting with left, with the slide very near the leftmost pickup with that leftmost pickup selected. the sound effects include: rail station announcement tune, digital watch signal, and a bit of experimenting eg attempts to play a tune. sounds.wav ( 19.17MB ) Number of downloads: 174 I didnt realize how large the file is, 19MB I think the instrument in the Mississippi video would be very useful for this approach This post has been edited by richardb: Feb 3 2012, 10:55 PM |
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