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Topic: Lower 2,4, and 8 on same knee lever? |
Matthew Whelan
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West Potsdam, New York, USA
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Posted 9 Aug 2004 10:07 am |
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I am trying to add some changes to a Little Buddy that I have that had 3 pedals and 1 knee lever that lowers 2 and 8. This weekend, I added a second lever that raises 4 and 8. Since the Little buddy has solid changer fingers, I did it using a turnbuckle in series with the rod that connects the 8 string lower to the knee lever. This way I can adjust the middle position of the changer finger.
My question is, I want to add a 4 string lower on the same lever as the 8 string lower, but in order to do so, I would have to leave the 2nd string lower there too. Is there a disadvantage to having the 2 and 4 lower on the same lever? |
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Greg Vincent
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Folsom, CA USA
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Posted 9 Aug 2004 10:56 am
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| Yeah Matthew you'd want to be able to use that 2nd lower without 4 lowered. -GV |
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Matthew Whelan
From:
West Potsdam, New York, USA
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Posted 9 Aug 2004 11:23 am
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Here are my options:
1) place 2, 4, and 8 string lower on same lever
2) place 2 and 8 string lower on one lever, then place 4 and 9 string lower on second lever. Because of the solid changer and the need to get a "middle" position for the raise and lower, I need to have lowers for the 4 and 8 placed on the same change as a lower for a string that is not raised, so that this other string's changer (string 2 or 9 in this case) provides the stop.
3) Forget about the 4 string lower and study the music of Lloyd Green closely
Which of these three options is the better? |
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Greg Vincent
From:
Folsom, CA USA
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Posted 9 Aug 2004 11:45 am
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I would go with 2 & 8 lowers on one lever, 4 & 9 on another.
Or a Carter Starter!  |
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Matthew Whelan
From:
West Potsdam, New York, USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2004 6:21 am
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| Can't go Carter Starter! I love the tone of my Little Buddy, push-"bull" all the way! |
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C Dixon
From:
Duluth, GA USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2004 6:54 am
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While the following is speaking of U-12's, it applies I believe to a Single 10, E9th PSG.
When Buddy Emmons replaced his high G (1st string) on his bottom neck on his D-10's, with a D string, as usual many of us took note (no pun intended  ).
Jeff Newman being one of them "had" to have it. He was NOT alone. But Jeff had long since gone pure universal. So the only good way to pull it off was to add that note on his knee lever that lowered 4 and 8 from E to Eb. And the string he did it to was string 2. He lowered the 2nd string from D# to C# (whole tone). Remember a universal emulates C6 one fret lower. or D means C# on a universal.
There are other Uinversal players who are doing this also. One caveat. It sho nuff makes dat knee lever hard to push, IMO.
So this can be done on a single 10 E9th tuning also. Try it, ya might lack it
carl |
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