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Topic: My First E9th |
Bobby Lee
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Cloverdale, California, USA
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Jim Phelps
From:
Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 12 Jun 2005 5:22 pm |
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| Got any pics? |
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Bobby Lee
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Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 12 Jun 2005 5:51 pm
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| No, I've never been much of a photographer. I have no pictures of my life at all from 1967 until my daughter was born in 1974. |
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Bobby Lee
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Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 12 Jun 2005 8:06 pm
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| Here's a chart that I just made to show it a little better:  Apparently I didn't have the third pedal hooked up. I was probably using it for spare parts. |
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Howard Tate
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Leesville, Louisiana, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 15 Jun 2005 11:16 am
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Heel changes? Sorry,I'm speechless. It does sound like a workable idea if implemented correctly but you'd have to be really coordinated. I'm not. Edited after I read the original description a little better.
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[This message was edited by Howard Tate on 15 June 2005 at 12:17 PM.] |
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John Poston
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Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2005 7:19 am
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It must have been a crazy intrument.
The thing that stands out the most to me is that 3rd string raise all by it's lonesome on P4 toe. It works well with the P4 heel change, but then the 8th string raise is way over on P2 both heel and toe!
All of the changes are super useful, of course. Especially if you're two-footin' it. For some reason, an old phrase from junior high school dance class just came into my mind, "heel and toe, heel and toe, slide slide slide" |
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Bobby Lee
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Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2005 7:51 am
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My right foot stayed on pedal 4, and my left foot alternated between pedals 1 and 2 (mostly pedal 2).
I don't think it was practical to push two pedals with one foot. The pedals were large, about the size of a volume pedal, and there were big spaces between them. The little drawing is fairly accurate regarding their dimensions and relationship to each other.
Anyone know who made that instrument? (Someone told me once and I forgot.)
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 Bobby Lee - email: quasar@b0b.com - gigs - CDs, Open Hearts
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Bobby Lee
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Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2005 7:55 am
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| By the way, John, you couldn't use the heel and toe positions of a pedal at the same time. They pivoted on a axle in the middle. Push your toe for one change, your heel for another. |
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Frank Parish
From:
Nashville,Tn. USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2005 2:17 pm
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| Who made this guitar or was it a homebuilt by you? I never heard of "heel pedals". About how much did it weigh? Did you gig with it? Was it a wood body or formica, what color???? |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2005 2:28 pm
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I don't think it was "home made", but there can't have been too many like it.
This was long before I could play well enough to do play in public. I'm sure it wouldn't have worked well on stage. I had to prop it against the edge of an open door to keep the body from moving when I pressed a pedal.
I don't remember the finish or color. It was not pretty by any standard. I think maybe it was painted wood. |
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