Standard E9 setup

Roger Crawford · From: Griffin, GA USA

I see a lot of dealers that have a new guitar for sale, and with what I would think is a somewhat outdated 3X4 setup on E9. It appears that 3X5 is more the norm, and 4X5 is gaining ground. What are your thoughts?

Richard Sinkler · From: aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana

Well, I put 4 pedals and 5 knees, but it would actually be 4 pedals and 6 knee levers.
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Harry Dove · From: Michigan, USA

You didn't go far enough with your choices. I vote for 5 pedals and 6 knee levers.

Tony Prior · From: Charlotte NC

I think that if a player is going to invest, get it all ! Grow into the guitar not past it... I would like to add a 6th lever for my 4+5 I just don't know where to physically mount it. I would like to drop 6 a full tone on the 6th lever...Yes I have that on the 4th ped ( 5,6 and 10) but also want it by it's little own self.

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Rick Winfield · From: Pickin' beneath the Palmettos

If I bought a guitar today, it would be a 12 string ext E9th with 5x5, or 5x6
I guess that leaves me out of the polling stats.
sorry
However I do presently own one with 3x5
Rick

J Hollenberg · From: Vlaardingen, The Netherlands

If I would buy a new steelguitar it would be one with four pedals and five knee levers
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Jack Aldrich · From: Washington, USA

4 pedals, 5 knees for me. It'd be great for casual gigs where lugging in one of my double 10's is hard, and I wouldn't be doubling on keyboards. I'd play out of my Peavy Classic 30, since I wouldn't need my big old Vegas 400. - Jack

b0b · From: Cloverdale, CA, USA

I'd go 5+5 for personal use but I recommend 3+4 for students. I've pretty much standardized on 5+5 as the max that my brain can handle. 3+4 is plenty for anyone who's been playing 5 years or less IMHO. It takes about 5 years to get your reflexes working right for 3+4 movements. Guitars should be expandable to at least 4+5.

I voted 4+5.
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Greg Cutshaw · From: Corry, PA, USA

5 pedals, 6 knees. Need them or not to play out with, the joy of having extra pedals and knees for experimenting with is priceless. Not to mention that these will give you extra rod pullers and tuners should you want to add an extra pull and change things around.
I started playing PSG at age 17 and with a 8+5 setup and within a few weeks my dad had made me two more knee levers. Get all the hardware up front!

Greg

Richard Sinkler · From: aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana

Tony said:

Alan Brookes · From: Brummy living in Southern California

John Swindle · From: Oregon, USA

I've been playing pedal steel for a bit less than two years. From previous experience with other instruments, I knew I would want to expand as much as possible with whatever steel I ended up getting.
I settled on a D-10 with 8 pedals and 7 knee levers. One of the levers isn't even connected to anything, and still it's more than I can really play yet. I plan on having it for the rest of my life, and eventually, I'll learn how to use the whole thing. Along the way, it's more fun than I'd be having with a less loaded instrument.

Lyle Clary · From: Decatur, Illinois, KC9VCB

4x5
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Roger Shackelton · From: MINNESOTA (deceased)

How about a S-10U 7 X 5 Smile

http://b0b.com/tunings/kappen.htm

John Billings · From: Ohio, USA

I have a Shobud, 3 and 6, but would like to ditch the D string, add the low E, and pull the B to D with another lever. Love the guitar, but miss that E that's on my Uni. So,,, 3 and 7.

Ben Elder · From: La Crescenta, California, USA

3+2. I'm a realist in predicting my progress in the second 58 years.
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Georg Sørtun · From: Mandal, Agder, Norway

4+5 will do nicely on E9, but only if I ditch the "C" pedal and raise E to F# on the E to F lever.

Dennis Shearin · From: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

I'm still very new to this, but it doesn't take long to start thinking about what you'd like your steel to do.

May I be the first to suggest versatility over quantity? In other words, I would be happy with 3+4 if they did more. More half-stops, combinations (is that what they call a split?) and so on.

For starters, I'd like a half-stop on the A pedal and one on the E raise lever, so that it could raise to F &/or F#. That would free up the C to do something more useful (I agree with Georg Sørtun on that).
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Alan Brookes · From: Brummy living in Southern California

Mike Perlowin · From: Los Angeles CA

Jerry Hayes · From: Virginia Beach, Va.

My latest steel (ext. E9) came with 6 FP and 5 KL....JH in Va.
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Ben Lawson · From: Brooksville Florida

My P/P has 9 & 7. Jimmy Crawford built it and wanted me to get 10 & 10. When I said I wouldn't know what to do with all of them he said "when you get used to it, you won't know what to do without them. He was mostly right but 9 & 7 can get confusing even after 34 years. I guess I'm a slow learner.

Per Berner · From: Skovde, Sweden

I went for 4+5, but I don't really use the extra floor pedal. I would like to have 6 knee levers, but I don't see how more than 5 can be handled efficiently, at least not by me. I had 6 on my previuos AVM, but could never use the second vertical without activating the other vertical lever as well.

So 3+5 is all I need - but if you're spending 3000+ dollars, why not add another hundred or two to be on the safe side? When you feel like adding levers or pedals, the parts may not be available anymore.

Jim Hollingsworth · From: Way out West

I agree with Greg (Cutshaw) - get the hardware up front. My current #1 guitar has 9 & 9 with 4 & 6 working on the E9 neck & I use them all regularly! #2 has a mere 8 & 9 and it's the same story. If I were shopping for an SD-10 E9 guitar it'd be 5 & 6 so I'd have as many options as possible. And since Rick Schmidt is such a huge proponent of extended E9 I might even consider an SD-12! But get the changes new so you don't have to retrofit 'em later!

Jim

b0b · From: Cloverdale, CA, USA

I think that the larger market is for new players, so the question of what should be a "stock E9" configuration should be directed at them. If I were a builder, 3+4 would be my base model. Pedal and knee lever kits would be readily available, and would be easily to install.

I don't believe that 3+4 is "outdated". People like to have more, but they don't need more. From what I've seen and heard, very few people have actually mastered or outgrown the full potential of an E9th with 3+4.
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