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Topic: Pitch key |
Tom Campbell
From:
Houston, Texas, USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2025 7:29 am |
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Anyone using one of these?
https://www.pitch-key.com/instructions/
I've used them on regular guitar with some success. Lap steel, the strings behind the nut, are at a steeper angle. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 24 Jan 2025 7:42 am
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I’ve used them a lot in the past, especially on gigs for tuning tweaks. They always worked really well, but currently I have no need for them.
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 24 Jan 2025 8:32 am
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I have 2 or 3 of them. I use for a D drop on guitar and for a tuning change on a couple of things on dobro.
They work pretty well. Just a little slow for the D drop back and forth and sometimes a pain to install on some axes.
I've not tried them for steel. |
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Joe A. Roberts
From:
Seoul, South Korea
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Posted 24 Jan 2025 8:58 am
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I use one to go from:
E
C#
A
F#
D# -> D
C#
A
B
And it works great. It is a middle string though so it is less steep and easier to put on. |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 24 Jan 2025 10:38 am
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| Besides the steep angle of some keyheads, there is also a need for adequate length between the string posts for installation. |
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Jeff Highland
From:
New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 24 Jan 2025 12:08 pm
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I use one on my Weissencone, tuned to open D to drop the 3rd string from F# to F for minor blues
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Keith Aiken
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2025 2:30 pm pitch key
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| what about going from gbdgbd bluegrass dobro tuning to dadF#ad d tuning? would it work well? |
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Jeff Highland
From:
New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 24 Jan 2025 2:55 pm
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I don't think it would work well to drop the low G to D. As well as the string gauge it would not drop 5 semitones
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Duesenberg Fairytale
1949 Supro Supreme
1950 National New Yorker
2008 Highland Baritone Weissenborn
2020 Highland New Yorker.
2020 Highland Mohan Veena
2021 Highland Weissencone
Last edited by Jeff Highland on 24 Jan 2025 3:31 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 24 Jan 2025 3:14 pm
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There is a limitation on the string gauge. Should be stated in the instructions that were posted above somewhere.
Gauge range .009 to .054 with the lower gauges only lowering pitch.
https://www.pitch-key.com/pitch-range/ |
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