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Topic: Height of A B C pedals |
Scott Duckworth
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Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 11 Jun 2013 6:20 pm |
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I have a little bit of problem with my left foot when I do the AB rock to B LKR. What would be the best way to adjust to help that? Raise B? Open to suggestions...
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Jack Ritter
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Enid, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 11 Jun 2013 6:34 pm
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I like my A pedal set comfortably higher so when I get on it from the already depressed B I can get a good full down A with the B and tnen it is easy to rock off the A back to the depressed B. Also easy to just depress the A by itself when needed. Jack
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Scott Duckworth
From:
Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 11 Jun 2013 6:40 pm
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My problem is not coming off the A with B pressed.
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Paul Sutherland
From:
Placerville, California
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Posted 11 Jun 2013 8:05 pm
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Do whatever it takes so you can play the pedals cleanly. No one else has the exact same foot and ankle geometry, so their advice is not likely to work for you. My a, b and c pedals are very bizarre looking, but then so is my left ankle joint.
Don't try to make all the pedals the same height. Make the pedals feel good when depressed. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 11 Jun 2013 9:40 pm
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If you are not able to hold the B pedal down and fully release the A pedal, I would say to raise the B a little or lower the A a little.
Another thing. How long have you been playing? If you are fairly new, it may take a while to fully get your ankle conditioned to make those bends. When I was starting out, I used to sit in a chair, take both hands and hold my knee tight and just practice bending my ankles in both directions to get the muscles trained to do it. By holding the knee, it also got me to where I can bend the ankle both ways and my knee never moves and possibly hits a knee lever when it shuoldn't
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Scott Duckworth
From:
Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 12 Jun 2013 2:09 am
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I went up a couple of turns on B pedal, and it helped. I had my "clogs" on while playing, which doesn't work well either.
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Dick Sexton
From:
Greenville, Ohio
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Posted 12 Jun 2013 4:32 am Shoes?
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| In North Carolina, I mostly wore flip flops all the time in the summer. I didn't play in them but would practice in them sometimes. I now know that, for myself, I should practice in the shoes I normally play in. I've found that shoes that are very loose fitting, may activate or rest on a pedal unknowingly, and that rocking off of a pedal with your foot, may not mean coming off of the pedal with your shoe. Now, it doesn't much matter as long as they are not too loose fitting. For me, I like a shoe with a thinner sole so I can feel the pedals a little. Some play barefoot or in socks, I can not, nor want to. My hat's off to those that do. Height for me are, A slightly higher then B and C slightly higher then B. Over time you will get the adjustments just right for you. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 12 Jun 2013 7:02 am
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You need to wear a fairly soft soled shoe when playing.
This is what I finally settled on:
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Calvin Walley
From:
colorado city colorado, USA
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Posted 12 Jun 2013 7:25 am
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when I 1st started , I could only play wearing socks
it was frustrating to have to remove my boots every time I wanted to play then i tried soft soled shoes . my teacher told me to put my boots back on and play until i got used to them ...it took a while but now i can play no matter what i am wearing . the strange thing is NOW i can't play in just socks ..lol
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Mike Heugel
From:
Taylor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 12 Jun 2013 7:39 am
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I've changed my setup a couple times in regards to pedal height. One thing that I've found is that I'm more comfortable raising my heel when rolling my ankle to the left (or "out"), so my A slightly higher than my B, and B is slightly higher than the C.
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 12 Jun 2013 7:40 am
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Moving the "E" changes to the right knee completely eliminates the problem of levers and pedals not being ideally located. It also divides the bulk of the playing between both legs, rather than relegating the left leg to do the bulk of the work in normal playing.  |
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Scott Duckworth
From:
Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 12 Jun 2013 8:32 am
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Well, I wear diabetic shoes, which normally are wide, but my diabetic tennis shoes work fine. Just needed to raise B a little.
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Jim Pitman
From:
Waterbury Ctr. VT 05677 USA
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Posted 12 Jun 2013 9:20 am
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Erv - Love the shoe recommendation. They look flexible and will probably last longer than my $11.00 Walmart canvas deck shoes.
That's some nice Genuine Woose!  |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 12 Jun 2013 10:03 am
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They had to put the Woose on the endangered species list as they are getting quite rare.   |
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Jimmy Gibson
From:
Cornwall, England
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Posted 13 Jun 2013 12:01 am
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Just a thought and I know it may or may not work for you but why not Try the Day Set up you MAY find it more comfortable ,I have no problems and I find it a more natural movement of the ankle rocking the A pedal on and off.
Jimmy. |
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Johan Jansen
From:
Europe
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Will Cowell
From:
Cambridgeshire, UK
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Posted 13 Jun 2013 12:35 pm
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I'm with Jimmy Gibson on this, Scott. I started with the Nashville/Emmons setup, and I was persuaded by the logic behind the Jimmy Day setup, enough to try it. I find the transitions really suit my ankle joint much better.
What surprises me, as we're on this topic, is that no-one has mentioned comparing the relative amounts of movement between A,B & C pedals. Apart from setting up to have a tiny amount of slack,so there is no risk of accidentally leaning on the B when you mean to press A, the actual amount of pedal movement to effect the change is important, and varies from player to player. You have to be prepared to look at the lever lengths on the bellcranks etc.
I am a firm believer in spending some time under the hood, learning what all the bits do! I know your problem isn't accidentally leaning on the B, just saying. But the Day setup makes e.g B and LKR (the dominant 7th I'm guessing) so much easier. With the Day setup it would be B and LKL of course.
Will Cowell
(also a ham operator - G0OPL)
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