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Topic: Please Help With Basic Copedent |
Don Kitch
From:
Connecticut, USA
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Posted 3 Apr 2016 9:17 am |
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| I recently got an old ZB 210. I am a rank beginner. When tuning it up, I broke a pushrod attached to the RKL lever. Now I am ready to install new one and I need help. There are two strings controlled by the lever, (I think 2 and 6). Is this correct for a basic, learners e9 copedent? |
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 3 Apr 2016 9:28 am
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2 and 6 are kinda odd. Student models often lower 2 and 8, and pro models usually lower 2 and 9.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Pat Chong
From:
New Mexico, USA
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Posted 3 Apr 2016 3:57 pm
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For what it may be worth, Don, I have seen RKL set up this way, lowering 6 from G# to F#; raising 2 from D# to E, and raising 1 from F# to G#. (Part of a recommended copedent by Frenchy Messier.) It is also possible, (assuming your 1st string is not altered) that if your 2nd string is lowered, then it may be from D# to D. Hope this helps....
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Jeff Mead
From:
London, England
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Posted 3 Apr 2016 4:20 pm
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My S10 3x5 is set up exactly the way Pat describes on RKL
Surely if it's a doubleneck there's no reason to think it would be set up as a student model? |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 3 Apr 2016 5:04 pm
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I just remembered that Terry Bethel lowered 2 and 6 together.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Tim Russell
From:
Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 3 Apr 2016 6:23 pm
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The position of the bellcrank should give some indication as to where the original pull rods were.
Is an old ZB hard to change around? The OP could set it up to his own liking at this point.
I have my Sierra set up as 1 & 2 raise, & 6 lower on the RKL. It works, but not the ideal setup.
I say, study a few copedents, ask some questions of the members on here for guidance. It would be beneficial to have the guitar set up somewhat "standard", i.e., Emmons setup to make for ease of learning for a beginner.
Not that it would make learning "easier", per se, but have a standard tuning/copedent does simplify things.
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