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Topic: Tom Brumley copedent |
Fred Rushing
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Odin, IL, USA
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Posted 26 Jul 2016 1:09 pm |
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Does anyone know what Tom Brumley's normal set up was on his guitars?
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B. Greg Jones
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Middleport, Ohio USA
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Posted 26 Jul 2016 4:01 pm
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Fred, Tom was a friend of mine. I have worked on his guitars and have one of them here. I use the same set-up on all my guitars. Here is the set-up for his 11string E9th.
P1--7th string F# to G#
10th string B to C#
P2--Strings 5 and 10, B to C#
P3--Strings 3 and 6, G# to A
P4--String 5, B to C#
String 4, E to F#
LKL(inside)--Strings 4 and 8, E to F
LKL(outside)--String 4, E to F#
LKV--Strings 3 and 6, G# to G
LKR--Strings 4 and 8, E to Eb
RKL--Strings 5 and 10, B to Bb
RKR(inside) String 2, D# to D to C#
RKR(outside) strings 1 and 7, F# to G
This was his very last setup and the one he had for the longest time. All of the stuff he did with Buck Owens was either no knee levers on the Fender 1000 or only 2 on the ZB's
Hope this is what you are looking for!!!
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Fred Rushing
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Odin, IL, USA
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Posted 26 Jul 2016 7:17 pm Brumley
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Greg, Thanks for your help. I sent you an email
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John Goux
From:
California, USA
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Posted 26 Jul 2016 10:09 pm
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Thanks Greg!
Can you explain "inside" and "outside" knee levers. I've heard people with opposite terminology which is front and back of guitar.
Also, how do you use the Pedal 1? Wouldn't you want the G# and B together? And you have the C# on pedal 2, right next door.
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 27 Jul 2016 10:07 am
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Usually, the "inside lever is the one closest to the knee. The"outside" lever is usually installed farther from the knee, and you have to pull your knee either back toward you, or away from you. These are usually called "staggered" levers.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 27 Jul 2016 10:22 am
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Notice my left knee. there are 2 knee levers going left (towards the end plate). The back one is installed maybe 2 inches to the left of the front one. On this knee, I have to pull my knee back towards me.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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B. Greg Jones
From:
Middleport, Ohio USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2016 3:12 pm
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John, Mr. Sinkler is absolutely right on describing the knee levers. Tom had staggered LKL and RKR on his ZB's, Mullen and Anapeg guitars. Tom's 1st pedal pulled the 7th string up a whole tone and he did not lower his 6th string a whole tone. You should have seen him use it, nice little walk down licks, slow or fast. He was amazing to watch play. The 2d through 4th pedals were the standard A,B,C pedals.
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Mark McCornack
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California, USA
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Posted 29 Jul 2016 5:42 pm
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Hi Greg,
On Tom's setup back in the Buckeroo days, you said he was playing a ZB with three pedals, two knee levers. Was this a "standard" pedal configuration (Emmons) with one knee which raised the E's a half-step, the other lowered the E's a half step? Happen to know this copedent configuration?
Cheers,
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B. Greg Jones
From:
Middleport, Ohio USA
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Posted 29 Jul 2016 10:45 pm
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Mark, I have played Tom's black D-11 from his Buckaroo days. He had the standard A,B,C, pedal set-up. His RKR lowered his 2nd string to a D only. His LKL lowered both of the E strings. That was it. I thought it was kind of odd to have an Emmons pedal set-up and lowering the E's with LKL but, it worked for Tom. The music he got out of that set-up was amazing!!!
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Mark McCornack
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California, USA
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Posted 30 Jul 2016 8:47 am
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Hi Greg,
Thanks so much for that information. For such a spartan setup, he sure got a lot of music out of it. There are many, many wonderful players out there, but to my mind, Tom's playing just defines " the Sound " of the steel guitar like none other.
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John Goux
From:
California, USA
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Posted 30 Jul 2016 9:14 am
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I'm a big Tom Brumley fan, which is why I want to be clear about the location of his double knee levers.
If I understand this, the "outside" lever is the one closest to your hip(and player), and the "inside" lever is the one closest to your knee. Correct?
The terminology seems backwards to me. Using a baseball analogy, the infield is closer to the fans and batter, the outfield is further from the fans and batter. Should the labels "inside and outside" be from the perspective of the player?
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B. Greg Jones
From:
Middleport, Ohio USA
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Posted 30 Jul 2016 9:52 am
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On Tom's guitars, the inside lever was the one closest to the rear apron, or the player in this case. Of course the outside lever was the one closest to the front apron. Tom played with his left knee almost touching the outer LKL to raise his 4th string E to F#. He used that change a bunch. He would pull his knee back to just hit the rear LKL to raise his E's to F. Also, Tom sat at an angle when playing. His right knee was right at the front apron with his left knee pulled back a bit. All of the levers on the left knee were set at an angle to follow the "natural" movement of the left knee. Both LKL's and LKR would actually swing at an angle, kind of diagonal in proportion to the guitar.
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