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Topic: Last night a drunk told me what the pedals do. |
Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 30 Mar 2002 10:24 am |
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He "figured it out." According to him, I have 8 pedals, and there are 8 notes in the major scale, obviously each pedal changes one note in the scale. And the knee levers were for playing what he called "Asian scales." When I tried to tell him he was mistaken, he refused believe me.
You meet such colorful people on gigs. |
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John O Keeffe
From:
Co Waterford Ireland
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Posted 30 Mar 2002 10:46 am
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Gee Mike,
You mean those knee leavers aren't for those Asian Scales......geeze now I am stumped!  |
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Jim Smith
From:
Midlothian, TX, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2002 10:47 am
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Of course everyone knows that the knee levers are for playing the sharps and flats between the eight scale tones!   |
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Gene Jones
From:
Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 30 Mar 2002 11:36 am
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| ....that's what I always thought..... |
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John Cadeau
From:
Surrey,B.C. Canada
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Posted 30 Mar 2002 11:44 am
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What does the ninth peddle do.
John |
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John Cadeau
From:
Surrey,B.C. Canada
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Posted 30 Mar 2002 11:57 am
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| I just got my answer. My friend Rick Dunn just told me the ninth pedal raises all the notes one octave. |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 30 Mar 2002 12:11 pm
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| You shouldn't believe everything people tell you, John. It makes your guitar go faster. |
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C Dixon
From:
Duluth, GA USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2002 12:31 pm
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Mike,
What did he say your "wrist" lever was for?
Don't answer! 
luv you man,
carl |
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Leroy Riggs
From:
Looney Tunes, R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Mar 2002 12:38 pm
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| You're all wrong. The 9th pedal is for jacking up the steel so you can crawl under it easier. |
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Bob Bowden
From:
Vancouver, BC, Canada * R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Mar 2002 12:45 pm
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| Gee, and I thought the first three were gas, brake and clutch. |
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Michael Johnstone
From:
Sylmar,Ca. USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2002 12:58 pm
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| One time I had a guy complain that the band was too loud and requested that we "turn it down a couple octaves". |
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Bill C. Buntin
From:
Cleburne TX
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Posted 30 Mar 2002 3:11 pm
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| You guys all know better. The 9th pedal is for those 9th tunings. One guy told me that he just didn't care for the sound of those "Emmison steels". Its the same guy that likes "Shoboats". I think they are all related. |
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Bobbe Seymour
From:
Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Mar 2002 4:36 pm
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Carl Dixon! You are funny!
Mike P., I'm glad someone told you what they are for!
(kidding buddy) |
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Kenny Forbess
From:
peckerwood point, w. tn.
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Posted 30 Mar 2002 6:54 pm
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One night a guy asked me if that feller "Bubba Emmerson" ,built my guitar ?
And " what's them thangs hangin under there for, to keep your legs straight" ?
KF |
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Bill Llewellyn
From:
San Jose, CA
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Posted 30 Mar 2002 7:05 pm
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I've got 7 pedals and 4 knee levers + 1 wrist lever--effectively that's 7 pedals and 5 knee levers.
Soooo.... The 7 pedals for for the 7 white keys above the root in each octave, and the 5 knee levers are for the 5 black keys. See how all this relates to piano?
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Doug Seymour
From:
Jamestown NY USA (deceased)
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Posted 30 Mar 2002 10:18 pm
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| I thought the ninth pedal was so you could play jazz & all those 9th chords? It's not??? |
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Robert Rogers
From:
Manchester,TN
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Bob Hayes
From:
Church Hill,Tenn,USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2002 6:10 am
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I've got to go with Jon..The moere pedals the better 'cause you can play faster or...you can play FAST SONGS BETTER...or for going up the scales faster or cleaning the scales off of the FISH faster.....You ever notice how the top guys (and gals) have MORE Pedals and Knee levers...They play faster....or they can change the oil faster.....#$@%%&*** I'm NOT IN MY RIGHT MIND ANY MORE....LET ME OUT!!!!!!!!!
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Gene Jones
From:
Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 31 Mar 2002 6:34 am
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| ...someone asked me one night "if that was one of those things that someone called, The Big M plays?"...... |
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Barney Y. Miller
From:
Covington, GA, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2002 6:45 am
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Hey Mike,
I heard that pedals and levers really increases the CHORD progressions. I know I can cut a lot more wood after cranking up my old chain saw. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 31 Mar 2002 9:12 am
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| Be kind to drunks...they're the best tippers! |
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Bob Mainwaring
From:
Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island B.C. Canada
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Posted 31 Mar 2002 10:57 am
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I told one drunk years ago that "those things that hang down" are for milking those notes that make you cry!!
When he went back to his table he was telling all his friends and was making milking motions with his hands.
Bob Mainwaring. Z.Bs. and other weird things.
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Pat Burns
From:
Branchville, N.J. USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2002 7:26 pm
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| ...Doug Seymour's got the answer...my guitar has 13 pedals so I can play up to 13ths...the back neck is in case I need to go up another octave...the knee levers are to winch in the slack in the strings that you get from pushing down on them with the bar... |
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Colin Goss
From:
St.Brelade, Island of Jersey, Channel Islands, UK
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Posted 1 Apr 2002 1:38 am
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I still like Ralph Mooney's reply to "What do the pedals do?"
They make it sound real purty! |
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Geoff Cole
From:
Marrara N.T. Australia
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Posted 1 Apr 2002 1:54 am
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Yeah Mike,but did he tell you where to stick 'em ?.  I've been told a few times. Ouch!!!!! |
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