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Topic: sd-11 ZB custom change |
Spencer Cullum
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Posted 14 Jun 2010 11:39 am |
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hey people - would love some steelies advice on this one
i own a ZB - SD-11 - and am having the knee levers swaped around -
i usually play three knee levers but this ZB's got four.
got my e's raising and lowering and my second string "lowerin".....but any suggestions on my 4th knee lever.
maybe raising the 1st string a semitone? any suggestions?
oh and another question - my 11th string (anyone know what gauge my 11th string would be?
still getting my head around it...
spencer
Last edited by Spencer Cullum on 14 Jun 2010 3:33 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Ryan Barwin
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 14 Jun 2010 11:57 am
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There's 4 common changes for a 4th lever:
Raising string 1 to G is a cool change...if you can raise string 7 to G along with it, it's even more useful. I've got that on LKV.
Lowering string 5 to Bb...and maybe also string 10, but it's not necessary.
Another common change is to lower string 6 to F#.
Raising string 1 to G# and string 2 to E is useful. This is often on a lever with the string 6 lower.
There's a lot of cool sounds in any of these changes. But I'd recommend raising 1 and 7 to G.
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Spencer Cullum
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Posted 14 Jun 2010 11:59 am
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think i might go for the 1st and 7th
thanks ryan
still open for suggestions though! |
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Ryan Barwin
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 14 Jun 2010 1:51 pm
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You mentioned that you raise string 2...did you mean lower? That would be more common.
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Spencer Cullum
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Posted 14 Jun 2010 3:29 pm
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| sorry lower |
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Ryan Barwin
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 14 Jun 2010 3:46 pm
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What's the 11th string on the guitar? an E? G#?
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Rick Batey
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Posted 14 Jun 2010 3:58 pm
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| I think you'll like a first string semitone raise, Spencer. It's great for bringing the top pair into harmony on a IV chord played in the A/F position. Another way of looking at it: with A/F, it gives the first 5 notes of a descending major scale one fret above the I chord in the A/B position. Hope that makes sense! Anyway, I don't think I could do without it. |
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Paul Frank Bloomfield
From:
Greece
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Posted 14 Jun 2010 10:43 pm
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Hey Spencer !
How about some photo's of your ZB for us guys to
drool over, oh, and the serial number as well.
All the best
Frank. Corfu
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Micky Byrne
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Posted 14 Jun 2010 11:42 pm Re: sd-11 ZB custom change
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Hi Spencer...1st string to G# is quite the norm these days. Have it on both my 'Bud and Carter universals
Micky Byrne U.K.
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Spencer Cullum
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Posted 15 Jun 2010 3:49 pm
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will get some pics up asap
in nashville at the mo and the steel is in london but ill throw some decent ones up when i get back late june |
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