AB➡️BC and back

David Dorwart · From: Orlando, Florida, USA

How do you move from AB pedals to BC pedals? Do you uproot your foot and replant or do you pivot from an anchored heel?

Ken Pippus · From: Langford, BC, Canada

Pivot.

Unlike C6 pedals.

Fred Treece · From: California, USA

Yes, pivot.
It seems many players plant their pedal foot somewhere between B and C (Emmons) and pivot over to AB from there, so that’s the position I chose even though I spend more time with AB.

Roger Rettig · From: Naples, FL

Pivot, I suppose.

I wish my C pedal (actually P1 for me) wasn't so stiff! Sometimes, I'll commit to it, only to find that I haven't fully depressed the pedal and 4 and 5 aren't fully raised.

I sometimes wish it was on a KL somewhere.

I tend to use the C pedal with the 9th as the root of the chord (rather than for the three-string licks). It's a nice fat sounding maj7 or maj9.

It's only raising those two strings: why should it be stiff??

Jack Stoner · From: Kansas City, MO

Roger Rettig · From: Naples, FL

Jack

I'm pretty sure my counterforce has long since been disabled. A succession of repair guys have said that a guitar plays easier without it.

My guitar doesn't suffer from drop. I've learned from my experience that I may have wasted $280 back when I ordered the steel.

Tucker Jackson · From: Portland, Oregon, USA

Pivot-ish.

Donny Hinson · From: Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.

Pivot.

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Andrew Goulet · Posted 30 Jun 2022 6:02 pm

I think you should learn to pivot, it's the most efficient and accurate way.

I'm still learning that.

Honestly, I rarely use the C pedal. Most of the time I grab the 9th tone (or whatever) on the top string, same as I do for my missing lowered root (grab it on the next string down).
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Andrew Frost · From: Toronto, Ontario

My tendency for a long time was to crowd the left foot over AB and relocate it to use C, or BC. It worked fine enough, but it eventually hit me that if I positioned the heel in the BC position and got used to using less of my foot to activate the A pedal, then the whole foot could move like the hand of a clock.
What really weaned me off of unnecessary crowding over the AB pedals, was buckling a vertical RayBans case at the bottom of the A pedal rod, on the inside of the guitar, preventing my foot from going too far over the A pedal.
This forced me to only use as much of the foot as was necessary, ie, just the side tip for A, a little more for AB or B, and a square on approach for BC.

Zach Turner · From: Carmel Valley, California, USA

In a related question, is it possible to activate the BC pedals while keeping the AB pedals down in transition? Ie have the A and C# not change pitch while the E becomes F#?

Zach

Michael Stephens · From: South Hadley, MA

Well, I'm no pro, but definitely the exception on this one. For me to get a real solid feel on B & C (esp if I need to rock off of C), I pick up and move my foot to those 2 pedals. My ankle just won't pivot enough to get B&C from the A/B position. Took me a while, but now I have the muscle memory to nail it as needed.

Michael Stephens · From: South Hadley, MA

Well, I'm no pro, but definitely the exception on this one. For me to get a real solid feel on B & C (esp if I need to rock off of C), I pick up and move my foot to those 2 pedals. My ankle just won't pivot enough to get B&C from the A/B position. Took me a while, but now I have the muscle memory to nail it as needed.

Steve Leal · From: Orange CA, USA

Since I lower my Bs with my vertical lever, I often start in AB position (1 chord) and while notes are ringing, slide up one fret while releasing B pedal, adding the raise of Es and lowering of Bs and still stepping on A pedal …. To get the 6 minor chord smoothly, rather than shifting to BC.

Willie Sims · From: PADUCAH, KY, USA

you need to have some one to reajust the c pedal.

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