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Topic: Compensators on E9th Neck |
Ken Byng
From: Southampton, England
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Posted 10 Mar 2017 2:53 am
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John Roche wrote: |
Thanks Ken, I have three cent drop on my guitar so not that much of a problem.. |
I wouldn't bother with it then John. If you use a plain 6th, that is the string most affected especially when you press the A pedal on its own. It used to drive me round the bend years ago until I hit on the idea of putting an additional pull on pedal A to raise the 6th string just a smidgen to compensate for the drop. It's a quick and easy fix, but many will find it unnecessary as it doesn't bother them. I am a bit of an obsessive I'm afraid. _________________ Show Pro D10 - amber (8+6), MSA D10 Legend XL Signature - redburst (9+6), Sho-Bud Pro 111 Custom (8+6), Emmons black Push-Pull D10 (8+5), Zum D10 (8x8), Hudson pedal resonator. Telonics TCA-500, Webb 614-E, |
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Lane Gray
From: Topeka, KS
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Posted 10 Mar 2017 4:48 am
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For many people it's not for cabinet drop so much as truing certain chords/intervals. _________________ 2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Ken Byng
From: Southampton, England
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Posted 10 Mar 2017 5:03 am
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Lane Gray wrote: |
For many people it's not for cabinet drop so much as truing certain chords/intervals. |
On E9 I 'true' my F# strings with compensators, but the plain 6th string is the one most affected by body flex on my guitars. Could be because I play Day setup. _________________ Show Pro D10 - amber (8+6), MSA D10 Legend XL Signature - redburst (9+6), Sho-Bud Pro 111 Custom (8+6), Emmons black Push-Pull D10 (8+5), Zum D10 (8x8), Hudson pedal resonator. Telonics TCA-500, Webb 614-E, |
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Ken Metcalf
From: San Antonio Texas USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2017 5:11 am Re: Compensators on E9th Neck
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Gary Arnold wrote: |
What strings do you need a compensator on ? Thanks, Gary |
The clear answer is you don't need any compensators is just an option.
I have several friends that tune Equal temperament and sound great. |
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Josh Yenne
From: Sonoma California
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Posted 18 May 2017 5:06 pm
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have to agree with a lot of people on here.. a 7th string compensator to bump down the pitch a bit is basically a requisite for me... if not.. on every steel i've ever played... you are either out of tune open or out of tune with AB down... i put it on my B pedal and it adds no weight to the pedal since its barely dropping it... but I HATE not having it.. |
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Will Cowell
From: Cambridgeshire, UK
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Posted 19 May 2017 5:32 am
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I love my Williams 700 U12 but my 6th string is out when I use the A pedal to raise 5 & 9. It sounds bad enough that I had to devise an extra pull which raises 6 just a tad. I'm not convinced by Richard Burton's suggestion that raising 5 & 9 (or 10 on a 10-stringer) affects 6 directly. I believe it's cabinet drop, which is significant on my U12 - strange to say. It's enough that I felt I needed to put this compensator on. It really only affects the "3 up, A&F" inversion of a major chord. _________________ Williams 700 series keyless U12,
Sierra keyless U14, Eezzee-Slide & BJS bars
Moth-eaten old Marshall 150 combo
Roland Cube 80XL, Peterson Strobo+HD,
EarthQuaker Despatch Master for reverb / delay |
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Ian Rae
From: Redditch, England
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Posted 19 May 2017 7:42 am
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Back in March Ned McIntosh wrote: |
Are we in danger of over-analysing this a bit? |
and Greg Cutshaw wrote: |
Like most of you I use a combination of varying the bar pressure front to back or slanting it slightly to achieve acceptably in tune results. |
_________________ Make sleeping dogs tell the truth!
Homebuilt keyless U12 7x5, Excel keyless U12 8x8, Williams keyless U12 7x8, Telonics rack and 15" cabs |
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