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Topic: The Z lever .. are you using one? |
Scott Appleton
From:
Ashland, Oregon
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Posted 27 Aug 2007 7:50 pm |
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Ok steelers I am thinking of adding Bobby Seymore's Z
lever to a Push Pull Emmons 12 string. How many of you out there are using the Z lever? .. how do you like it?
and finally can it be done on a PP. |
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Bobbe Seymour
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Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 27 Aug 2007 7:57 pm
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| It was invented on a P-P, I think it will work on one, or a hundred, |
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Billy Wilson
From:
El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 27 Aug 2007 10:00 pm
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Scott Appleton
From:
Ashland, Oregon
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Posted 28 Aug 2007 9:51 am The Z
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| Check it out .. the " Z" lever lowers your 2nd string 1/2 step, raises the 7th string a whole step and lowers the 9th string a half step. incredible full chord possibilities. See Bobbe Seymour for vhs tapes of how it works and how it works against other levers & pedals. |
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Max W. Thompson
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 29 Aug 2007 2:03 pm
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My psg came set up with a lever that kinda does that. It lowers string 2 1/2 step and raises both 1 & 7 a step. I just think of it as a D lever with some extra G#s on it. It makes a big old 7th chord.
Last edited by Max W. Thompson on 31 Aug 2007 9:43 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 30 Aug 2007 9:00 pm
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Yes - not all the time, but I have a BMI E9 S10 set up like that. It's a very nice sound, a bit different than the usual E9 thing. It's a very rich sound, and fits with a lot of styles, especially when you want to move outside the usual country E9 box, but still have that pure stone-cold country thing available. I think it's worth giving a shot.
I don't see why it can't be done on a P/P. The only limitation that I know about on a P/P, copedent-wise, is that you can't split changes, since raises always dominate lowers. For example, on many all-pull guitars - especially on, e.g., a Legrande with the split screws - if you have a B => Bb lever, it can be made to split with a B => C# pedal to give C. Not on a P/P, since the raise dominates and you get C# either way. But I have never found the need to split the Z-lever. I got Bobbe's video while I was down there hanging out - it explained a bunch of cool moves. I don't use it all the time - the sounds require some sonic space - but it is very cool nonetheless, to my tastes. |
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