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Topic: What does the Vertical Lever B to A# do for me? |
Kristen Bruno
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Orlando, Florida, USA
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Posted 21 Sep 2018 10:48 am |
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Can someone explain uses of a vertical lever which lowers strings 5 and 10 from B to A# in a typical E9 setup?
Still thinking of getting a vertical to lower string 7 to E, but are looking at all possibilities.
Thanks
K
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Paul Sutherland
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Placerville, California
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Kristen Bruno
From:
Orlando, Florida, USA
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Posted 21 Sep 2018 8:13 pm
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Paul,
Thanks for that..
K
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Edward Rhea
From:
Medford Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 22 Sep 2018 6:46 am
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Thanks Paul. I know you have shared this link previously in other threads, but I hadn’t visited your channel in a while, so I’m grateful to see it come back up! Of all the videos using this pedal, your demo is the most comprehensive...at least for me.
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Pete Bailey
From:
Seattle, WA
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Posted 22 Sep 2018 8:16 am
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The B->Bb pedal (X pedal) is incredibly versatile, but a little shy about revealing its secrets.
Here are some of the main obvious uses, and also a couple of non-obvious ones that I've found very handy.
AB+X : 4 -> 4m (subs for E lever at +1 fret)
X : 1 -> 29 chord (very cool, subs for B+F at -1 fret)
(bonus move: smoothly transit to F lever at -2 for a 1-29-57 progression)
AF+X (+1 fret from open) : 1 -> 2m (subs for C pedal - super useful when there's not enough time to move your foot over)
(Then move it up +2 more frets for 3m, just like C pedal again. This can also be used at -1 fret for 1m.) and my current favorite:
ABE+X (-1 fret from AB) : 1 -> 7half-dim (for that missing last step in the AB / E closed position harmonized scale) |
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Pete Burak
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Portland, OR USA
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Posted 22 Sep 2018 8:54 am
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Typically the first matter concerning the Verticle lever is, can you effectively engage it with your knee, while holding the AB pedals down.
If not, either re-adjust the lever (if possible) to make it work better, or, get out a piece of foam (or a block of wood or whatever) and tape it to the lever and find the right size to make it so you can easily engage the lever with AB down.
Once you know the size of the extension you need, you can create a more elegant attachment.
Do you have tune-able Splits on your Steel? (usually there are screws near the lowering-finger at the Changer).
That opens up the B-to-Bb levers effectiveness quite a bit.
The most basic move is sliding two frets back from open, to go to from an open G at the 3rd fret to a G7th at the first fret, for example.
Sliding 10 frets up is the same as sliding 2 frets back, so you can slide from fret 3 open, to fret 13 with B's lowered, to go from G to G7, too.
I like this sound alot on ballads like Danny Bot, etc. Very dramatic sounding.
You can also quickly lower/release the B string with the lever, then quickly raise/release the B string with the A pedal, in a chickin-pickin manner, when playing Buddy Cage style solos, for example. |
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Fred Glave
From:
McHenry, Illinois, USA
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Posted 25 Sep 2018 3:02 pm
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Some common uses: With A and B pedals down with Bs lowered you get a minor
With B and C pedals down and Bs lowered you get a diminished
With everything open, lowering the Bs gives you a 2-7th and dropping back 2 frets to get the 1-7th.
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