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Topic: C6 pedal 6 to RKL: added bonus |
Dan Beller-McKenna
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Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 23 Oct 2013 6:37 am |
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I recently moved my C6 pedal 6 to a knee for the reasons many others have mentioned (mainly it allows me to put pedals 5 and 7 next to each other, but there are some other benefits.) Although I initially put the pedal 6 changes on the C6 LKR, I found this cumbersome and moved it to RKL, which is shared by C6 and E9. I'm happy with it there. Recently I found one more reason to like it there: if I want to jump from E9 to C6 just briefly in mid song, I have that change available without shifting over to the right in my seat. Obviously this is limited to playing things with that one set of changes, but it's an important one (I-IV7) so I find it pretty useful.
Dan
Last edited by Dan Beller-McKenna on 23 Oct 2013 7:10 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Larry Bell
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Englewood, Florida
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Posted 23 Oct 2013 6:57 am
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I've had that change on a lever since the first guitar Bud Carter built for me in 1976. I play U12 guitars and It makes another easily accessible D note and several other advantages for that 12 string setup. However, when I bought a D10 I put P6 on a lever and found it works almost as well on C6 as it did for me on the E9/B6. Having P5 and P7 adjacent to each other eliminates most of the C 6 combos requiring 2 feet on the pedals.
I like that change a LOT. 
C6 on my Emmons D10: http://www.larrybell.org/id16.htm
U12 usage explained: http://www.larrybell.org/id24.htm
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 23 Oct 2013 7:00 am
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I like this change on the knee lever too where it is always available in combination with any other pedals. It's a short, easy pull, ideal for knee lever.
Also, same knee other way (LKL for me) can do the reverse: lower high E and raise E in the middle.
Traditional P5 could be a good candidate for moving to a knee lever because it also combines with so many other pedals. But it's a very long, stiff pull (4 strings), too much for a knee lever. If you want that change on a knee lever, a good alternative would be a knee lever that pulls just one string, the G in the middle, down to F# and F. Most of the time when I use P5, it is only to lower that G in the middle to F#. |
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