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Post by creolian on Mar 14, 2017 18:51:09 GMT
Hello fellow reso's I have a vague memory of liner notes on a Canned Heat album with John Lee Hooker mentioning the building of a plywood riser for him to stomp on. This was mic-ed and used as a percussion track. I also remember John Moony had a plywood riser he would play.. I'm not a professional musician but when I'm playing with my harp buddy it's usually on wooden floors and I find myself stomping pretty loud sometimes. The recent thread about putting a strap on a reso got me thinking about this and although I usually stand while playing an electric solid body, I'm always sitting when playing an acoustic, and am stomping away most of the time. I cannot conceive myself holding the weight of this new metal body republic while standing.
Who stands or sits while playing ? any thoughts ?
Cheers
J
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Post by blinddrunk on Mar 14, 2017 19:41:00 GMT
I prefer to stand when performing, because it gives a greater stage presence. When playing at home I invariably sit and I frequently stamp my foot (I'm sometimes in time, too).
When it comes to slide guitar, I'm still a beginner and so I have yet to gig with my National. When I do, it will only be for a couple of songs - at first, anyway. The heaviness of the guitar is therefore unlikely to be a problem for quite a while - but in any event, I don't foresee a problem: I'm not sure what your Republic weighs, but my tricone comes in at 7.5 lb, which is a touch less than the 8lb of a Fender Strat and considerably less than the 10lb or so for a Gibson Les Paul.
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Post by twang1 on Mar 14, 2017 19:46:58 GMT
I've been stompin' on the same piece of plywood for the last 25 years. I have a tambourine layin' on it. I often play two different rhythms with my feet. I sometimes use the plywood for my right foot and a boomy stompbox for my left one. It is mic-ed with a Crown pcc160 layer mic. It has become part of my playin' and part of my sound. It's fun! My piece of plywood has got a nice dedication from Tommy Emmanuel when I opened for him. Actually, his number one tip to play better guitar is...stomp your foot! If I have to take a plane I ask for a piece of plywood to be there waiting for me. Frank
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Post by Michael Messer on Mar 14, 2017 20:13:33 GMT
I generally like to sit when I play resonator guitars and stand when playing electric guitars.
Stamping on a wood floor is an interesting one. While it is a very powerful percussion instrument, I think one has to be careful that the foot stomping does not take over from the guitar playing, which with some players it does.
When playing guitar, all of the energy should channel through the hands
Shine On Michael
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Post by slide496 on Mar 14, 2017 21:08:08 GMT
If I tap, I use a tap box and output through an amplifier on a table so I don't disturb the neighbors...
Harriet
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Post by creolian on Mar 14, 2017 21:50:52 GMT
I prefer to stand when performing, because it gives a greater stage presence. When playing at home I invariably sit and I frequently stamp my foot (I'm sometimes in time, too). When it comes to slide guitar, I'm still a beginner and so I have yet to gig with my National. When I do, it will only be for a couple of songs - at first, anyway. The heaviness of the guitar is therefore unlikely to be a problem for quite a while - but in any event, I don't foresee a problem: I'm not sure what your Republic weighs, but my tricone comes in at 7.5 lb, which is a touch less than the 8lb of a Fender Strat and considerably less than the 10lb or so for a Gibson Les Paul. That explains a lot... My republic is a Delta rocket which they don't use that name for any longer but I'm guessing it's around 14 lbs or 1 stone. it's noticeably heavier than a Les P Custom I once owned.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 21:51:02 GMT
I always stand to play, and use a kick pedal most of the time. I have an electric kit built onto a sack truck, and feed the hi hat & snare through a looper, and either play kick along with it, or loop the kick in too. It's tiring on the standing leg, but you get used to it. TT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2017 21:58:09 GMT
Actually, I have two sack truck set-ups - this is the busking rig. The kick drum is about 4" thick, but sounds great. The little micro-cube is just about loud enough. Only sitting down cos you can't easily stand up in that VW. TT
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Post by creolian on Mar 14, 2017 22:17:09 GMT
I generally like to sit when I play resonator guitars and stand when playing electric guitars. Stamping on a wood floor is an interesting one. While it is a very powerful percussion instrument, I think one has to be careful that the foot stomping does not take over from the guitar playing, which with some players it does. When playing guitar, all of the energy should channel through the hands Shine On Michael Leave it to the Englishman to civilize our savage ways . Seriously, living on the Mississippi river a couple hundred miles from the crossroads, my introduction to the blues was listening to Clapton, Page, Beck and John Mayall. It was only after the Howlin Wolf collaborated on the London sessions did I begin to explore the music as played by its originators. I've had the opportunity to see and hear a lot of players no longer with us and none were "purists" when it came to playing the guitar and many times had to resort to making a sound that people out at night drinking would notice. Fact is, audiences here are rude ( not always) and I think it fosters a different approach... these life songs can be told many different ways, none of them wrong if it's got a feeling Ive tried to find a video of John Moony from back when he played a reso solo... he would pack the house and that driving beat from the platform was always there
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Post by creolian on Mar 14, 2017 22:25:21 GMT
Actually, I have two sack truck set-ups - this is the busking rig. The kick drum is about 4" thick, but sounds great. The little micro-cube is just about loud enough. Only sitting down cos you can't easily stand up in that VW. TT that is too cool ! A regular "mother of invention" but as a life member of the audio visual club I'm a bit embarrassed by the camera placement...
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Post by slide496 on Mar 14, 2017 22:57:28 GMT
John Mooney -
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Post by blinddrunk on Mar 14, 2017 23:46:39 GMT
I really like this guy. There's loads of him on youtube. Song starts at 1:50
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Post by coach on Mar 16, 2017 18:54:05 GMT
I used to have a cigar box with a piezo in it that I stomped on but it must have got killed in the rush. I recently bought a purpose built stomp box but for some reason whichever foot I put it under it's the opposite foot that taps the better rhythm!
Have to be sparing as the 1 man band thing is not what I'm looking at creating, it seems to work nicely with the slower, sparser slide tunes than the finger picked stuff where it either isn't really needed or gets in the way. It's one more thing to remember to plug in and EQ too, which infringers on my dreams of simplicity 😂
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Post by erky32 on Mar 17, 2017 7:24:50 GMT
My current "one man band rig" is sitting on a cajon, with an Ortega (I think thats the name!!) back-kick beat pedal, playing my reso-tele thru a Vox mini battery amp. ...and I use a magnetic harp holder attached to my mic for the odd bit of suck and blow!!
I've found this rig to be the best to date having tried "Trio", "Beat Buddy" and Finhol electric gadgets, tried various home made stomp boxes with both active or passive pickups but the current rig gives the most satisfying sound to me in a controllable convenient package, the cajon providing a seat. Also for more small low volume cafe type gigs sitting works comfortably well for me.
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Post by Dessery on Mar 17, 2017 9:58:23 GMT
Hi erky
That sounds like an interesting setup, i cant find any info on those pedals anywhere though, any chance you could provide more info?
Many thanks David
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