The most common configuration is one or two necks of ten strings each, but eight-string and twelve-string necks are also popular, and even models with 14 strings on one neck can be found. Many models feature two necks, the nearest to the player most often using a C6 tuning and the farther away using an E9 tuning. These are mounted on a stand and equipped with foot pedals and usually knee levers.
Like the console steel, a pedal steel may have multiple necks, but the pedals make even a single-neck pedal steel a far more versatile instrument than any multiple-neck console steel.Ī pedal steel guitar is typically rectangular in shape, and has no resonant chamber or conventional guitar body but only one or more guitar necks. The pedal steel was developed from the console steel guitar and lap steel guitar. Aftermarket modifications to make additional copedents possible are common. The range of copedents that can be set up varies considerably from model to model. While there are some fairly standard pedal assignments, many advanced players devise their own setups, called copedents. The pedal steel, with its smooth portamenti, bending chords and complex riffs, is one of the most recognizable and characteristic instruments of American country music. The pedals below are used to change the pitch of its strings while being played the action of the pedals may either be fixed, or may be configurable by the player to select which strings are affected by the pedals. The instrument is placed horizontally on a stand, with the strings facing up towards the player, and is typically plucked with fingerpicks. Unlike other types of steel guitar, it uses foot pedals to affect the sound, hence its name. More than likely your favorite player uses a Hilton volume pedal.The pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal slide (the "steel") to stop the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. The most respected show players, and studio musicians in the world use Hilton pedals. Hilton pedals have been used on every major television production, such as the Grammy Awards, and Lincoln Center Awards.
Today the biggest recording studios, the largest concerts, and musical events use Hilton volume pedals. Hilton Pedals are manufactured in the United States, using high quality American materials. Hilton pedals are now sold all over the world. Soon people were talking about the pedal on the Internet, and sales took off. The pedal was so good news spread from musician to musician. Many said the Hilton pedal made their guitar sound better. It operated smoother, had less noise, and sounded far better than any existing guitar pedal on the market. Musicians soon discovered Keith’s new volume pedal. The Hilton pedal was granted a United States Patent for a volume pedal that operated from an infra-red control system. Keith invented a new type of operating system for musical instrument volume pedals. Those experiments totally changed the volume pedal industry.
Keith experimented with electronics to improve the volume pedal he personally used.
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Before starting Hilton Electronics Keith was a professional musician who made his living playing with many shows and touring groups. Hilton Electronics was started over 22 years ago by Keith Hilton.
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