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Play your new guitar for 5 years then you can start to change things. Just learning the basics of music theory and gaining muscle memory in one’s mind and hands is the challenge. Sure you can change ...

I’ll be in Vegas to see Dead and Co. At the sphere July 12 but I have some more time off that I may be able to catch another show or just meet up with someone if there’s anyone in town July 11-14.

As others have said, your setup is pretty standard, except for the RKL. I've never played a guitar that lowered 5 a whole step on this lever. It seems that RKL is the lever that you see the most varia ...

So to be clear, I believe standard is:

RKL raises 1 a whole step, 2 a half step, and 6 down a whole step.

RKR lowers 2 a whole step with a half stop feel in-between, and lowers 9 a half step. An ...

Interesting that your 5th string lowers a whole tone on RKL... Perhaps that is a typo?
RKL - whole step 5 / ++ 1
Assuming this is not a typo, I think that lowering B to A on string 5 would be prett ...

Thanks for all the input you guys! I’ll carry on as is and commit to learning what my levers are. The left knee levers +/- the E’s is actually nice. It’s the right knee levers that are the wild ...

Thanks Lee, so the E’s on the left feel good to me as well. How about the RKL, am I missing out not being able to raise the 2nd string D# to E on the right like Paul? He mentions this as being a ver ...

Hi everyone, I’m new to the pedal steel, coming from guitar. I picked up a Mullen discovery 10 and I’m really happy with it. Along with that I purchased Paul Franklin’s modern music masters cour ...

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Topic: New Player here, Levers question.
Guy James Replies: 20 Views: 1730	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 7 Jul 2024 2:41 pm Subject: New Player here, Levers question.
Guy James Replies: 20 Views: 1730	Play your new guitar for 5 years then you can start to change things. Just learning the basics of music theory and gaining muscle memory in one’s mind and hands is the challenge. Sure you can change ...
Topic: Any Pedal Steel on the Vegas strip?
Guy James Replies: 3 Views: 1404	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 7 Jul 2024 12:06 am Subject: Any Pedal Steel on the Vegas strip?
Guy James Replies: 3 Views: 1404	I’ll be in Vegas to see Dead and Co. At the sphere July 12 but I have some more time off that I may be able to catch another show or just meet up with someone if there’s anyone in town July 11-14.
Topic: New Player here, Levers question.
Guy James Replies: 20 Views: 1730	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 6 Jul 2024 10:45 pm Subject: New Player here, Levers question.
Guy James Replies: 20 Views: 1730	As others have said, your setup is pretty standard, except for the RKL. I've never played a guitar that lowered 5 a whole step on this lever. It seems that RKL is the lever that you see the most varia ...
Topic: New Player here, Levers question.
Guy James Replies: 20 Views: 1730	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 6 Jul 2024 10:36 pm Subject: New Player here, Levers question.
Guy James Replies: 20 Views: 1730	So to be clear, I believe standard is: RKL raises 1 a whole step, 2 a half step, and 6 down a whole step. RKR lowers 2 a whole step with a half stop feel in-between, and lowers 9 a half step. An ...
Topic: New Player here, Levers question.
Guy James Replies: 20 Views: 1730	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 6 Jul 2024 10:26 pm Subject: New Player here, Levers question.
Guy James Replies: 20 Views: 1730	Interesting that your 5th string lowers a whole tone on RKL... Perhaps that is a typo? RKL - whole step 5 / ++ 1 Assuming this is not a typo, I think that lowering B to A on string 5 would be prett ...
Topic: New Player here, Levers question.
Guy James Replies: 20 Views: 1730	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 6 Jul 2024 2:57 am Subject: New Player here, Levers question.
Guy James Replies: 20 Views: 1730	Thanks for all the input you guys! I’ll carry on as is and commit to learning what my levers are. The left knee levers +/- the E’s is actually nice. It’s the right knee levers that are the wild ...
Topic: New Player here, Levers question.
Guy James Replies: 20 Views: 1730	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 5 Jul 2024 2:44 pm Subject: New Player here, Levers question.
Guy James Replies: 20 Views: 1730	Thanks Lee, so the E’s on the left feel good to me as well. How about the RKL, am I missing out not being able to raise the 2nd string D# to E on the right like Paul? He mentions this as being a ver ...
Topic: New Player here, Levers question.
Guy James Replies: 20 Views: 1730	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 5 Jul 2024 12:54 pm Subject: New Player here, Levers question.
Guy James Replies: 20 Views: 1730	Hi everyone, I’m new to the pedal steel, coming from guitar. I picked up a Mullen discovery 10 and I’m really happy with it. Along with that I purchased Paul Franklin’s modern music masters cour ...