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Topic: half stop on Carter U-12 |
Pit Lenz
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Cologne, Germany
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Posted 28 Feb 2010 7:49 am |
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Hello fellow forumites,
I play a Carter U-12, using Carter`s standard copedent.
here´s the chart
It has a half stop on LKL (which lowers my 2ndString Eb >D and raises my 9th string B>D).
I understand that the half stop on E9th tunings usually divides the full step lowering process of string 2 into two half steps.
Since my second string is lowered only a half step anyway, how should I set the half stop?
Change lowering 2nd to a full step?
Somewhere to interrupt the 9th string lowering?
Or do you use it with a different pull?
Thanks for sharing your ideas and experience...
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Sherman Willden
From:
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
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richard burton
From:
Britain
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Posted 28 Feb 2010 9:01 am
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If you are only dropping the 2nd string a semitone, a half stop is unnecessary on that string.
I notice that you are raising your 9th from B up to D, so maybe you could use it there, perhaps when the note gets to C# |
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Pit Lenz
From:
Cologne, Germany
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Posted 28 Feb 2010 5:39 pm
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Sherman and Jon, thanks for your opinions and links, some good ideas to think about.
I just wonder why Carter mounted an extra /(13th) changer finger and the open space in the endplate, if John recommends to leave it empty...
Richard, you´re right, I set it to stop at C for a try, but might as well take it off completely.
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Bill Moore
From:
Manchester, Michigan
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Posted 28 Feb 2010 6:13 pm
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| The chart shows the 1/2 step lower on one lever, the whole step lower on another lever. So you have both notes without using a half stop, maybe you can use add the half-stop to the 1st string? To get both G and G#? |
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