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Topic: pedal help for an ampute |
John McGuire
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Swansea,Illinois, USA
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Posted 13 May 2010 1:01 pm |
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| This fellow lost his left foot and has a prostetic really wants to learn to play pedal steel. I let him sit behind mine to see what his range of movement is and he could not depress the pedals. I was thinking maybe he could put the a pedal say on lkl the b pedal on rkl and deceide what other changes he would want C pedal or raise or lowere the e's. He will never be able to play 3 & 4 setup but I would like to try to help this ole boy out. Any other suggestions? Thanks. ps He don't have a whole lot of money to have something special ordered brand new. |
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Bent Romnes
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London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 13 May 2010 1:05 pm
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John, you should contact Gene Fields of GFI steels. He has made several steels for special needs pickers and he will know what to do in this case. Good luck!
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Ryan Barwin
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 13 May 2010 2:44 pm
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He could move the pedals to the right side of the guitar, and play them with his right foot. If he can use a volume pedal with the prosthetic, that would be ideal...but if not, he could play without one.
Your idea for him to just use knee levers could work well. There's a lot of great music that's been made with very simple setups.
Maybe something like:
A on RKL
B on LKR
C (or just E to F#) on LKV
or alternatively, 6th string G# to F# on LKV
E lower on RKR
E raise on LKL
Most of the common combinations are possible on that setup.
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Paddy Long
From:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 13 May 2010 3:00 pm
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Yes if he moved the pedals to the right foot he could then get a Telonics volume pedal which has a facility for an actuator which can sit on your hat (for example) and you tilt your head forward to increase volume - instead of using a foot, you tilt your head back and forth ..I tried that out in Dallas and it worked a treat - admittedly it would take a bit of getting used to, but might do the job for your mate.
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Brandon Wright
From:
Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 13 May 2010 5:36 pm Thats so awesome
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that he's playing. There is the guy on the GFI website. That's in a wheel chair. He can't use his legs. So they made the levers on top of the guitar and he uses em...i guess his elbows to make the bends while he's playing. It looks weird but it works
It's awesome to see somebody really over coming their disability and still playing. And it's great that there are people out there that will engineer something special that will work for them.
Makes me kinda get all choked up. It makes the brotherhood of pedal steel guitar that much more beautiful.
It's a beautiful instrument as it is. But really the love and and friendship that is behind it, truely is special and i'm thankful that i decided to play and i'm thankful that your friend is still in good spirits and wants to rock it
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Dave Beaty
From:
Mesa, Arizona, USA
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Posted 14 May 2010 7:22 am Glad to help
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John, when you get your friend fixed up with the instrument, we will be glad to take care of the volume control problems at no charge. We put in a lot of hard hours specifically to solve this problem. Please see the thread below for more information:
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=182967&highlight=telonics
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John McGuire
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Swansea,Illinois, USA
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Posted 14 May 2010 8:21 am
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| Thanks for all the advice and offers to help! I think I will print this out and go over it with him and let him pick his options. he can use his right foot so moving the pedals could be the answer. |
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