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Topic: RKL G# to F# lever |
Alan Bidmade
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Newcastle upon Tyne UK
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Posted 14 Nov 2012 1:00 pm |
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Can anyone advise on a problem/question I have?
I have an E9 set-up and have been playing for just over a year so still have much to learn and understand. I have 2 questions within this inquiry and would be grateful to receive comments and thoughts.
I understand the G# to F# lever rather 'complements' the classic psg sound of the A and B pedals, except with pedals up. Ok so far... Now, with pedals A + B engaged, a half-lever on RKL give a Maj7 chord and with lever fully engaged a dominant 7th. This doesn't seem to feature at all in tabs I have seen and I'm a bit puzzled why this should be? It seems a perfectly legitimate way of sounding the M7 and dom 7 chords and works well with a descending chord pattern, such as in the verse in My Way, for example.
My second question is allied to this. In achieving the Maj and dom 7th sound with A+B pedals engaged, the lever does not accurately sound the F# note when used with pedals up. It produces a flat-sounding F#. Is this normal? Is this what a 'tunable split' would address? Can I remedy this with adjustment to the 'throw' of the lever and the hex tuning nut? (I don't have 'splits' on the guitar.)
Advice/thoughts gratefully received. Thanks!
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Ben-Rom #017 'Lorelei', Guild D25, Epiphone 'Joe Pass', Roland 40XL, Hilton VP
First name Alan, but known as Nick |
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Alex Cattaneo
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Quebec, Canada
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Posted 14 Nov 2012 1:16 pm
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I'm only going to partially answer your question, but others will chime in for sure.
A tunable split is used to tune the note you get when activating both the B pedal AND the lever, i.e. G natural. A great example of that is in the intro to "Look At US" by Vince Gill, played by John Hughey. He gets a Bb7 chord at the first fret, strings 5 and 6, A+B pedals and G# to F# lever engaged.
Witht he tunable split, you get four usable notes: A (with B pedal), G#, G(B pedal + lever), F# (lever only).
As for the usage of the lever by itself, check out the intro to "What Do You Know About Love" by Dwight Yoakam. One of the obvious moves is in tandem with the Lower E lever (a.k.a. nut crusher move) to get a V chord on strings 6-5-4. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 14 Nov 2012 6:04 pm
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Yes, the tunable split will address the problem. You would first tune the open G# at the tuning key. Then tune your B pedal A note. With the A & B pedals down, tune the G note with the nylon tuner that is on the lowering rod. Now you will probably end up with a flat F# with just the knee lever engaged. You will then use the addition raise rod for the split to tune the F#. I find it best to engage both the G# to F# lever and the lever that lowers the E's to D# when you tune the F#, as they are very often used together.
If you have the other split tuning method on your guitar that uses the set screws behind the changer, that might be different.
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Alan Bidmade
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Newcastle upon Tyne UK
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Posted 16 Nov 2012 11:46 pm
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Thanks guys!
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Ben-Rom #017 'Lorelei', Guild D25, Epiphone 'Joe Pass', Roland 40XL, Hilton VP
First name Alan, but known as Nick |
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