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Topic: Any secrets to keeping track of pedal positions ? |
Gary Meyer
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Sacramento, California, USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2007 6:54 pm |
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| OK, maybe a little embarassing,but I am still a beginner on the back neck.I am still tryin to figure out wether to use my left foot or right foot. and are there any tips/shortcuts/secrets to keeping track of the pedals? (without looking at my feet). Thanks/ |
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Justin Griffith
From:
Taylor, Texas, USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2007 11:39 pm
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What little bit of 6th playing I do I find it works best for me to keep my foot above the 6th and 7th pedals. I tend to use the 5th-7th pedals the most and pedals 6 and seven give me a good home base, like hovering above the A&B pedals on the 9th neck.
You might want to adjust the pedal height of a couple pedals so you can "feel" where you are.
OR....
I know a great older 6th player here in austin that plays without a shoe on his left foot and has duct tape wrapped around his 6th pedal to help him keep track of where he is. He said he developed the habit from his old guitar that had non adjustable pedal heights.
I really wish we could get by playing more C-6th than we do. It is way to cool of a tuning to go almost unused in most of what the powers to be make us play.
Curly Chalker proved with out a doubt that most any style of music sounds great on the 6th tuning.
Good Luck,
Justin |
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2007 1:44 pm
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Curly [THE KING]could make a two by four strung with haywire sound good.
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Al Marcus
From:
Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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Posted 7 Apr 2007 6:24 pm Re: Any secrets to keeping track of pedal positions ?
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| Gary Meyer wrote: |
| OK, maybe a little embarassing,but I am still a beginner on the back neck.I am still tryin to figure out wether to use my left foot or right foot. and are there any tips/shortcuts/secrets to keeping track of the pedals? (without looking at my feet). Thanks/ |
Gary-Here is my little secret. I put my left foot over pedals 5 and 6. and I put Pedal 7 on a RL Knee lever. This way I can keep my right foot on the volume pedal. Those are the A And B pedals of the C6 tuning. "Most "amything you hear on C6 can be played on pedals 5-6-7....I am glad to see you are interested in playing the C6 neck...al.
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Bobby Snell
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 8 Apr 2007 4:50 am Pedal Radar
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| The 5 and 6 pedals provide my reference, and the heart of my approach to the tuning. Since the p6 is just the half-step pulls, I have mine adjusted closer to the floor, as I have my 2 pedal lower than 1 and 3. Gary, it'll come to you with practice. Figure out some harmonized scale runs to work on (especially using p's 5 & 6), and the beauty of the C6 tuning will seduce you. |
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Glenn Suchan
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 8 Apr 2007 8:58 am
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Both. Because I play an Emmons p/p with a very basic C6th copedant; 5p/2k, with a D on top. Pedals 4 through 8 are traditional. The RKL lowers the 3rd string a half step and the RKR raises 4th string a half step. There plenty of times I HAVE to use both feet. Ultimately, for me, there is no "rule of thumb". Sometimes I half pedal the 4th pedal with my left foot while pedaling with my right foot. When I use both feet, I'll set the pedal volume at a level appropriate for the playing either rhthym or lead, depending what I'm playing. When I don't play with both feet, I place my left foot over the 5th and 6th, or 6th and 7th depending on the chord progression of the song. During some songs my left foot will rest over pedals 5 & 6 for parts of the song and 6 & 7 parts of the song. 'Keeps things interesting. 
Keep on pickin'!
Glenn |
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