RK Levers and Volume Pedal Problem

Wally Taylor · From: Hardin, Kentucky, USA

Nobody loves grabbing a seventh chord more than me with pedals down, but most of the time I do it, I accidently increase or decrease my volume pedal with my right foot. How do I break this nasty habit, just keep practicing? Sad

Thanks in advance.

richard burton · From: Britain

You may be using excessive pressure to operate the lever if the lowering springs are too tight, this can cause smooth volume pedal operation to become difficult, but the usual way to overcome the problem is loads of practice Shocked

Jim Robbins · From: Ontario, Canada

I've had that problem & agree that practice is the answer. Isolate the movement -- do some exercises where you're just going back & forth on the knee lever while maintaining constant volume; then do the reverse: hold the knee lever engaged while doing swells or gutting with the volume pedal. If you do a few minutes of that as part of a warm up every time you play, you'll get the control you're looking for pretty quickly.

George Kimery · From: Limestone, TN, USA

Where are your knee's hitting the knee levers at? High up or down near the bottom of the lever? I have long legs and on a standard height guitar, my knee hits the levers up near the undercarriage. This gives me no leverage at all and makes it difficult for me to use the right levers wihout getting a hernia. My solution is that I have to have a guitar that has longer legs and pedal rods so that the levers are up higher and I can get some easy leverage with my knee. I don't know it this could be contributing to your problem or not, just a thought.

Jerry Hayes · From: Virginia Beach, Va.

I have long legs also and raise and lower my E's on the right. What'll help get better leverage also is a "low profile" volume pedal......JH in Va.
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Wally Taylor · From: Hardin, Kentucky, USA

Thanks everyone, I will keep practicing. Maybe it will come someday.

Larry Bell · From: Englewood, Florida

If it's a problem now, it won't go away by just practicing.
It will go away by practicing the right things.

There are some great suggestions here -- listen to them.

I assume the Dom7 chord you describe is the B pedal and Eb lever. What you need to do is CONCENTRATE ON THAT ONE MOVE -- no pedals -- G at 3rd fret -- let it sustain -- then hit the Eb lever KEEPING THE VOLUME CONSTANT -- then hit the B pedal. Next, do the same but hit both the pedal and lever at the same time. Be your own harshest critic. It won't come on its own but it will come if you isolate that one move and do it over and over until it's right. Make it the first and last thing you go over every time you sit down to your guitar.

Just a suggestion.
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Wally Taylor · From: Hardin, Kentucky, USA

I'm on it Larry, I'm on it! Very Happy

Thanks again everyone.

Jack Stoner · From: Kansas City, MO

Years ago I had considered adding a RKV lever to my Franklin. After talking to Mr Franklin he talked me out of it. He told me it wasn't a good idea because players tend to accidentally push down on the volume pedal.

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