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Sherman Willden


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Post  Posted 1 Aug 2009 5:17 am    
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In musical terms I hear of someones vocal range being something like E above C or something like that. Using that terminology the BooWah pedal is termed G# below what?

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Sherman
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Jim Cohen


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Post  Posted 1 Aug 2009 5:35 am    
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I don't know the answer to your question but would just point out that the standard boo-wah pedal isn't a G# below anything. It is a C that is lowered to an A.
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Jon Light


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Post  Posted 1 Aug 2009 6:07 am    
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Don't know if this is the question but that C is two octaves below 'middle' C. I forget how to denote that in C1, C2 etc. terms.


And, on E9/B6 it is a G# below B.
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Brian Kurlychek


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Post  Posted 1 Aug 2009 6:21 am    
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How can a G# = a C? I don't understand. Is it like how an Am can sound right in place of a C because the Am is the relative minor of C? But if the Am is the relative minor to C, then how can the G# also be?
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Jon Light


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Post  Posted 1 Aug 2009 7:54 am    
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On C6 tuning he BooWah pedal lowers C>A.
On E9/B6 tuning the BooWah pedal lowers B>G#.
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Ken Metcalf


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Post  Posted 1 Aug 2009 8:00 am    
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A G# is a Boo Wa below the B on a B6th or E9th/B6th Universal.
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Lee Baucum


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Post  Posted 1 Aug 2009 9:08 am    
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I would like to point out that on the E9/B6 tuning, the Boo Wah pedal lowers the low B string down to G#. Razz
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Joshua Grange


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Post  Posted 1 Aug 2009 9:19 am    
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Just in case no one mentions this, on an E9/ B6 the low B is lowered to a G#.
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Stu Schulman


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Post  Posted 1 Aug 2009 9:32 am    
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Jim,I call that C down to an A my Proud Mary pedal.Stu Laughing Razz
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Post  Posted 1 Aug 2009 10:37 am    
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It's the G# below the 3rd string A of an electric bass guitar or acoustic double bass. It's technically named G#1 or Ab1, and its pitch (in ET) is approximately 51.91 Hz.

On C6th it's the steak sauce pedal (A1). Winking
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Post  Posted 2 Aug 2009 10:45 am    
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I stand corrected. Of course, I was thinking C6, not B6, as I'm not too familiar with Universals.
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