Guitar Pedals For Pedal Steel With Tim Marcus (Milkman Sound)

Pedal Steel is most known for country music, but today we're gonna explore how versatile it can be. I've invited my friend Tim Marcus creator of Milkman Sound to demonstrate how adding guitar pedals to the Pedal Steel can transform the instrument.

Milkman:

Check out the gear in this and past episodes here:

Gear in this video:
3:36 Milkman The Amp 50-Watt Hybrid Guitar Amp Head Pedal
3:38 Ibanez AD99 Analog Delay
3:48 JHS Unicorn V2
3:57 Mahoney Bosstone Fuzz
6:12 Boss MT-2 Metal Zone
8:16 Electro-Harmonix MEL9 Tape Replay Machine
8:26 JHS Lucky Cat Delay

Record Time:
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[Mistertbones]

I have to admit, the Metal Zone sounds great on a Pedal Steel.

[aliasdandavisofficial]

1) It's nice to see someone using a Metal Zone non-ironically. 2) Anderson Ericson whole milk kicks ass!

[samsmall]

Tim mentioned Sneaky Pete. Check out his work with the Flying Burrito Brothers (especially Gilded Palace of Sin). Not only is his playing superb, but he uses some great effects including some gnarly fuzz. "Christine's Tune" and "Wheels" immediately come to mind if you want shortcuts to the effects, but really I'd recommend getting the album. The cover is phenomenal as well. Cheers!

[iamhated]

6:26 "The Metal Zone is a shocker... sometimes" pure grace Josh ❤

[Haroldmikesizemore]

Josh, awesome episode! I’ve never been much of a steel player. But as a part time Lap Steel guy, I am big fan of fender reverb, might use a little blues driver mixed with a pedal you designed with your buddy Tim. The Milkman.

On another note, I met sneaky Pete in Northern KY years ago when he was playing in a band with Garth Hudson from the “Band” on keys called Burrito Deluxe. He was a really nice guy. Interesting note he did stop action work for “The Empire Strikes Back” when he was not doing as much with music. He told me he only ever used 1 pedal steel in his whole career.

[definitelymiami]

amazing! i also got into steel guitar in NY when i lived there 10+ years ago. And i also got into it from Bob Hoffnar. He was my first teacher and he helped me find and by a Rains double neck steel guitar. I bought it from Gary Carpenter directly. Still have it and love it. I mainly make ambient music with it. Susan Alcorn is an amazing experimental steel guitar player that i highly recommend checking out. As well as Bob - his music is amazing!

[thebreakfastmenu]

Holy mother of mellotron, that Mel9 sounded amazing on slide

[buchtravis]

Tim Marcus is so awesome. Submitted a question to the general dropbox on the milkman website when buying an amp thinking he would have some intern or shop buddy checking on those, and got a nice email back from the man himself. Truly a one-man operation, and a very humble and talented guy.

[fillmorejives]

To be kind - era swans has a lot of really great atmospheric pedal steel parts on them. That's where I first learned about the instrument tbh

[Guitar_Ted]

Gotta admit- I saw the video title and thought, "This is gonna be lame". I was wrong! Love this stuff. I never ever considered that steel guitar could be this cool. Thanks for expanding my mind a bit.

[johannesdesmedt]

This is the first time I am that captivated by Josh's playing. Great rhythm section!

[maxonmendel]

Seeing Josh playing bass is so special

[coronadofishingclub]

Zappa-One Shot Deal. Thanks for reminding me of that, I haven’t heard it for 30 years!

[photog_matt_elder]

Greg Leisz, Greg Leisz, and more Greg Leisz! Greg plays on several albums with Bill Frisell, Ryan Adams, Beck, John Mayer, Lucinda Williams, and Ray Lamontagne's "Gossip in The Grain."

[dangledstash]

Shout out for the Anderson Erickson whole milk!!!! That’s my life. I live in Des Moines, IA and that is hands down the best dairy in the nation!

[TideEyedSteve]

Garcia is my favorite steel player. His work on American Beauty, Workingman’s Dead, NRPS, and Teach Your Children, The Wheel (Garcia solo) are amazing. I like it with really deep Fender Twin reverb and some echo/delay.

[sadiqmohamed]

That was fun! I love Pretzel Logic. I've also recently discovered Larkin Poe who play blues with Megan Lowell on lap steel with a lot of pedals!

[charlesandrewmoore]

*Ya'll McCartney*! This is some fantastic programming (once again), guys! Love the milk container cameos in every frame.

I love the old Slim Whitman catalog for pedal steel X yodeling = WIN

[SeanTheOutsider]

All time favorite pedal steel song is "Squeeze" by Robert Randolph and the Family Band. Just an absolute jam. That man changed my opinion of the pedal steel forever

[LukasHugunin]

UNIVOX BASS SPOTTED - and the super fuzz woot!!