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Topic: What Was Ralph Mooney's 8-String Copedent? |
Tom Olson
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Spokane, WA
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Posted 13 Oct 2007 12:28 pm |
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I was wondering if anyone knows what Ralph Mooney's pre-knee lever 8-string copedent was.
In other words, I'm assuming that there was a period of time during which Ralph used an 8-string Fender that had no knee levers.
What was his copedent for this? I am guessing that this was late 50's throughout 60's and into early 70s that he would have had such a setup, but not sure when he actually added his first knee lever.
Thanks for your help. |
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Tom Olson
From:
Spokane, WA
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Posted 16 Oct 2007 7:01 pm
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^^bump^^
Or, in the alternative, does anyone know where I could look to find the answer? About the only resource I have available is the Internet and I've searched, but have not been able to find the answer. Thanks. |
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Dave Zirbel
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Sebastopol, CA USA
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Posted 16 Oct 2007 7:32 pm
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I found this from a 1968 Tom Bradshaw PSG newsletter.
I'm not sure how accurate it is. I always heard that the G# to A pulls were on seperate pedals and he had the E to F# on a fourth pedal by itself that he used with the right foot, and a change that lowered the high G# to G.
I'm thinking it was closer to this tuning minus the last two strings, knee levers and only pedals 2 through 7.
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 16 Oct 2007 9:47 pm
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Winnie Winston's book showed Mooney's tuning as ten strings, as does Tom Bradshaw's 1980 interview in Steel Guitarist magazine:
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1 2 3 4 5 K
G# +A -G
E +F# +F
B +C#
G# +A
F#
E -Eb
D
C#
Bb
E
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Interestingly, Tom's chart has all 5 pedals in reverse order from Winnie's. Maybe he was looking at the guitar upside down. Tom does that a lot.
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