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Topic: Split tuning |
Gary Mcquaig
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Blackshear Georgia, USA
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Posted 29 Dec 2016 12:15 pm |
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| I have a newly aquired Emmons Legrande SD-10 4&5 that has split tuning on it. In the 42 years I have been playing I have never had this and would like some input on how this works. |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 29 Dec 2016 12:40 pm
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The split tuning function allows you to tune the intermediate note of a string that is both lowered and raised at the same time.
Example: Raise string 6 to A on a pedal, lower string 6 to F# on a KL...activate them both at the same time, resulting note is tunable to G which leaves the F# final lower flat. Use the allen screws at the end of the neck there to tune that final lowered note.
See the animated diagram links below. Takes just a second for the animation to load.
clickhere1. w/screws
clickhere 2. w/extra rod
Last edited by Jerry Overstreet on 7 Jan 2017 7:50 pm; edited 4 times in total |
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Gary Mcquaig
From:
Blackshear Georgia, USA
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Posted 29 Dec 2016 12:53 pm
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| Awesome Thanks Jerry |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 29 Dec 2016 2:37 pm
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| Sure, before you start just make sure those allen screws are backed out far enough to make all the other adjustments. A string/finger can't lower any further than that screw will allow. That's assuming there is adequate travel in the stops underneath the guitar. |
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Bill C. Buntin
From:
Cleburne TX
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Posted 31 Dec 2016 6:32 am
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Gary, those split tuners are one of the greatest additions to the all pull changer. They work so well in truly keeping the changer performing to its' maximum efficiency (response, tone, sustain). There are added benefits to using them not only as splits but as lower stops on strings you are not splitting.
amazing tone and sustain enhancement tool.
BTW is Blackshear GA near Thomasville, GA / Tallahassee area?
My company's home office hq is in Thomasville. |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 31 Dec 2016 9:01 am sticky?
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| b0b's call of course, but this topic comes up so much here it would be nice if we could make a sticky of these links somehow pending permission. I found them in an online search, then later in a SGF post from Patrick Laffratt. I'm not sure if they are in public domain or if anyone "owns" them. |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 31 Dec 2016 12:32 pm
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I played without splits for 25 years. When I got a guitar that had them, it was like a whole new instrument. (Actually, it was a whole new instrument.) Since I’ve had them, I use them so often that I’d feel handicapped if I had a guitar that did not have them.
The most common split it the 5th string lower combined with the A pedal, and its most common use is to change the pedals down A chord to an A minor. It also will change the A pedal R lever from a C# major to an F minor, and the A pedal C# minor to a C augmented.
Those who lower the 5th string from G# to F# can add a split that will yield a G natural, when used with the B pedal. (I do not lower my 6th string this way. I prefer to raise my 2 F# string to G on my vertical, and lower all 3 of my G# strings to G on a zero pedal.)
Have fun exploring the new possibilities Gary.
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Greg Cutshaw
From:
Corry, PA, USA
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