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Allan Thompson

 

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Scotland.
Post  Posted 21 Dec 2007 3:26 am    
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Anybody using compensators on their 3rd and 6th string E9 tuning to nudge them up a little when using the A pedal and F knee lever. Or maybe just on the 6th, if so do you have them on the A pedal or F lever.
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richard burton


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Britain
Post  Posted 21 Dec 2007 4:01 am    
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From memory, before I abandoned the plain sixth string and went to a wound, I had a compensator, activated by the A pedal.

I went to a wound sixth, and slightly altered my tuning technique, so now I don't need compensators at all.
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Ken Byng


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Southampton, England
Post  Posted 21 Dec 2007 4:12 am    
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I put a compensator on my A pedal to raise string 6 a smidgeon to help counter the effect of cabinet drop. I prefer an unwound 6th string.
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Jerry Overstreet


From:
Louisville Ky
Post  Posted 21 Dec 2007 4:07 pm     same here
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Sixth string....A pedal. Very Happy
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Lee Baucum


From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
Post  Posted 21 Dec 2007 4:23 pm    
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The way I tune my guitar, the 3rd and 6th strings don't need compensators on the A pedal.
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Bill Dobkins


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Rolla Missouri, USA
Post  Posted 21 Dec 2007 9:29 pm    
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Well Lee, we're waiting. How do you tune your's.
I am interested in you copedent.
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Lee Baucum


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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
Post  Posted 22 Dec 2007 8:52 am    
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Nothing fancy in the way I tune. It's somewhere between ET and JI. The thirds aren't as flat as they would be with JI, but they're not "straight up" as with ET. When I'm done, the C#'s sound just fine with the G#'s. No beats.
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Chris Allen Burke

 

From:
Signal Hill, CA
Post  Posted 22 Dec 2007 10:17 am     Compentators
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I have been happy w/ the F# comp. (for both 7 & 1 string),on the A pedal. I added a 6th string G# comp to the F lever since the only time it is an issue is when the F along with A are active. But it only needs a fraction of adjustment, and not all the time.

On my Carters, My D-10 yes most of the time.
SD-10 only sometimes.
Sho~Bud Super pro It's there but inactive.
Emmons pp S-10 Yes and very nesessary
Emmons pp D-10 wouldn't even know where to put it, there's so much going on.
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