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ReyStick
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Joined: Mon Oct 03, 2016 6:17 am Posts: 829
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felt
so what happens if you remove the felt from the x fret?
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Captain Strings
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Joined: Thu May 30, 2013 2:45 pm Posts: 792 Location: Sylmar, California
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Re: felt
You get really annoying and generally unmusical overtones coming off the unplayed portion of the strings.
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Sun Jan 06, 2019 4:35 pm |
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earthgene
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Joined: Wed May 25, 2011 3:28 pm Posts: 4105
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Re: felt
Spoken like a true pedal player.
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Tue Jan 08, 2019 2:15 pm |
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begin again
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Joined: Wed May 25, 2016 1:38 pm Posts: 428
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Re: felt
ReyStick wrote: so what happens if you remove the felt from the x fret? Some guy tried it in 1979...they only found a scorched patch on his carpet and he was never heard from again
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Tue Jan 08, 2019 2:57 pm |
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kevin-c
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Joined: Wed Feb 02, 2011 6:57 pm Posts: 2213 Location: Brantford, Ontario, Canada
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Re: felt
Go ahead and take that pesky felt off.......we all know Emmett just puts it on there for show.
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Wed Jan 09, 2019 1:48 pm |
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ReyStick
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Joined: Mon Oct 03, 2016 6:17 am Posts: 829
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Re: felt
begin again wrote: ReyStick wrote: so what happens if you remove the felt from the x fret? Some guy tried it in 1979...they only found a scorched patch on his carpet and he was never heard from again Hahaha . I guess you have to mute the strings to a certain extent, otherwise they go crazy from crosstalk. If i remove the felt I would have to Bar the stick, with palm or fingers, or a movable felt pad. Hmmm. RoknRol
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bbacher
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Joined: Wed Oct 03, 2018 11:33 am Posts: 161 Location: Greenwood, IN
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Re: felt
There's a video I saw recently where Bob Culbertson used two capos on his stick - one for the base side and one for the melody side (at different frets). That basically took the felt out of the picture, and allowed him to strum the strings.
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Thu Jan 10, 2019 2:04 pm |
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ReyStick
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Joined: Mon Oct 03, 2016 6:17 am Posts: 829
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Re: felt
Why does fretting the strings, make a difference? If I am fretting the strings at any given Fret, why should that be any different, than when I remove the felt.? Is it a matter of lighter touch and more control? Or do you just need to dampen the strings, depending on what you are trying to do? It almost seems you don't need a capo, but a mute. Hmm.
RoknRol
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Gusset
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Joined: Sat Apr 21, 2012 3:38 pm Posts: 819 Location: SW Washington (state)
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Re: felt
If you want to run a fairly simple experiment to experience the difference, you could lower the flaps level until the strings rest on the first fret, which will bypass the felt/damper.
Just make sure you keep track of how many turns you lowered the flaps by so you can return things to where they were later.
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Fri Jan 11, 2019 1:31 pm |
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kevin-c
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Joined: Wed Feb 02, 2011 6:57 pm Posts: 2213 Location: Brantford, Ontario, Canada
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Re: felt
Hey Reystick. I think it has more to do with what happens when you take your fingers off the strings......there would be a lot of noise with those strings left to vibrate.
Cheers, Kev
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