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Topic: Volume Pedal Placement |
Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 16 May 2019 6:40 pm |
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Maybe I have warped shins or something (the humidity is pretty high here), but I can't play with the volume pedal pointed straight forward. My right foot naturally wants to point at the right front leg of the guitar, so I have the volume pedal pointed that way.
Not only is it more comfortable, it is easier for me to isolate the left/right movement of my knee from the up/down movement of my foot.
Anyone else have this affliction?
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 16 May 2019 7:44 pm
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| Seems perfectly normal to me. The Emmons VP, designed to be attached to the pedal bar, has its jacks splayed out at an angle, seemingly for the exact same reasons you describe. |
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 16 May 2019 11:30 pm
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I think most people have the pedal splayed to some degree. I do. The Hilton bracket is angled.
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 17 May 2019 5:38 am
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Slightly angled to the right, an about 4 inches back from the pedal bar.
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Tom Campbell
From:
Houston, Texas, USA
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Posted 17 May 2019 10:49 am
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Angled 3-4 inches to the right.
This allows me to hit that #*! RKR E to D with the "sweet" spot of my right knee. I have a half-stop on that lever...if I hit it on any other part of my leg I will "sail" through the half-stop. |
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 17 May 2019 11:05 am
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I have that same change, Tom, and I know exactly what you mean. The D# has to feel just right.
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Kevin Fix
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 17 May 2019 5:12 pm
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| Angled here also. Follows my natural foot angle. I have a bracket for my Hilton and my Goodrich. The brackets have holes that are elongated so you can adjust them for the angle of your foot. You can't beat the brackets. They keep your pedal from moving around or smacking into the pedal bar. |
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Tracy Sheehan
From:
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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Posted 17 May 2019 5:50 pm Re volume pedal.
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| I always placed my volume pedal on the floor. I know I know ,im going. |
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Bobby Nelson
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 18 May 2019 5:23 am
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| The bracket on my MSA is of the one pin pivoting type. So, if you see the front of the pedal, square to the pedal bar as 12 o'clock, it will pivot to about 2 o'clock to the right, or about 10 o'clock to the left.I prefer mine at 2 o'clock. |
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 18 May 2019 7:32 am
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Thanks for the tip, Trace - I'm pretty much self taught so always on the lookout for rookie errors.
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