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The link that Tim Russell posted has been extremely helpful.

The first three pedals and all of the knee levers are now set to standard E9 copedents. It wasn't too much work. As it stands the fourth ...

Appreciate the thoughts on tuning. Will take them into consideration when I get the knee levers on and get it a little closer to standard E9.

My outstanding issue is that of strings not returning t ...

Unfortunately the fretboard is not consistent with the scale length of the guitar, so playing directly above the fret itâ€™s all slightly flat. Looks like the long term solution would be to adjus ...

All the pedals are tuned and the guitar is playable in the D9 tuning. My patience was tested for a while but downtuning made a big difference and I didn't have that much trouble tuning the pedals once ...

Appreciate that Tony.
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My mistake, 26" scale length** I didn't realize this was so much longer than the norm.

The first three pedals are not far from typical E9, so I didn't give much thought to it being setup for s ...

I've just purchased my first PSG on the cheap knowing it needed adjustments and setup. I'm realizing I'm not as equipped to make these adjustments as I thought I'd be! E9 tuning, 5 pedals, 4 knee leve ...

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Topic: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
Alex Hebert Replies: 38 Views: 11053	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 29 Dec 2017 3:58 pm Subject: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
Alex Hebert Replies: 38 Views: 11053	The link that Tim Russell posted has been extremely helpful. The first three pedals and all of the knee levers are now set to standard E9 copedents. It wasn't too much work. As it stands the fourth ...
Topic: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
Alex Hebert Replies: 38 Views: 11053	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 28 Dec 2017 5:51 pm Subject: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
Alex Hebert Replies: 38 Views: 11053	Appreciate the thoughts on tuning. Will take them into consideration when I get the knee levers on and get it a little closer to standard E9. My outstanding issue is that of strings not returning t ...
Topic: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
Alex Hebert Replies: 38 Views: 11053	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 28 Dec 2017 9:29 am Subject: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
Alex Hebert Replies: 38 Views: 11053	Unfortunately the fretboard is not consistent with the scale length of the guitar, so playing directly above the fret itâ€™s all slightly flat. Looks like the long term solution would be to adjus ...
Topic: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
Alex Hebert Replies: 38 Views: 11053	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 27 Dec 2017 8:35 pm Subject: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
Alex Hebert Replies: 38 Views: 11053	All the pedals are tuned and the guitar is playable in the D9 tuning. My patience was tested for a while but downtuning made a big difference and I didn't have that much trouble tuning the pedals once ...
Topic: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
Alex Hebert Replies: 38 Views: 11053	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 27 Dec 2017 4:54 pm Subject: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
Alex Hebert Replies: 38 Views: 11053	Appreciate that Tony. https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1712/17530_P15_1.jpg https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1712/17530_P5K4_1.jpg https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1712/17530_end_ ...
Topic: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
Alex Hebert Replies: 38 Views: 11053	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 27 Dec 2017 1:53 pm Subject: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
Alex Hebert Replies: 38 Views: 11053	My mistake, 26" scale length** I didn't realize this was so much longer than the norm. The first three pedals are not far from typical E9, so I didn't give much thought to it being setup for s ...
Topic: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
Alex Hebert Replies: 38 Views: 11053	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 27 Dec 2017 10:55 am Subject: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
Alex Hebert Replies: 38 Views: 11053	I've just purchased my first PSG on the cheap knowing it needed adjustments and setup. I'm realizing I'm not as equipped to make these adjustments as I thought I'd be! E9 tuning, 5 pedals, 4 knee leve ...