what does this pedal do????

Dave Frye · From: Atwater, CA

I play an ex E9th but I have a universal pedal on it??? but i don,t really know what it does or what chord it goves you. IT is the pedal that raies the 5th string and the sixth string. But it raise the fifth to C# anmd the sixth to A# It is"real purdy" as some one once said. Dave(what do I know)

Jon Light · From: Saugerties, NY

Hey Dave--among the things this can give you, even in E9:

With the E lower lever engaged you have a Major 7 five frets up from open-----G Maj7 at the 8th fret, root on the 10th string.

and

with the F lever engaged you have an intonationally challenged Maj7 two frets down from open----G Maj7 at the first fret, root on the 7th string.

And try that pedal with the 9th string in the root. Purty.

oooops--edited after reading Larry--my mistake calling that first example Maj7----Maj9 it is.

[This message was edited by Jon Light on 05 August 2006 at 06:49 AM.]

Larry Bell · From: Englewood, Florida

It's the next to last C6 pedal but that's only ONE use on the universal

On C6 it gives a CMa9
On B6 (lower your E's to D# and hit that pedal) 9t gives BMa9 -- a nice chord

Another use is with 1 and 7 as the root, it takes you from a I chord (or I add 9) to a II7 or II9 chord
for example to go from E to F#7
play 6,5,4 -- that's EMaj
now hit that pedal -- raises G# to A# (3rd of the F#7 chord); raises B to C# (5th of the F#7 chord) and the 4th becomes the b7
cool transition

There are other uses but those are ones that come to mind.

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Jerry Hayes · From: Virginia Beach, Va.

Hey Dave, if you've ever heard "Raisin' the Dickens" by BE that's the pedal you'd use mostly on both parts of that tune, but you'd have to lower your E's and play out of the B6th mode. Also in B6th you can play "Girl from Ipanema" using that pedal. I dont' know where it's at on your guitar but a nice country thing if it's handy is when you want to go to a dom. 7th chord from the root just play strings 4, 5, & 6 and as you slide back two frets you depress that pedal. I like it a lot as you get the sound of lowering your 4th string a whole tone as you're raising the 5th & 6th back to the original pitch.....JH in Va.

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Bobby Lee · From: Cloverdale, California, USA

With your E's lowered, it's the equivalent of P7 on the C6th neck. You can think of it as a Bmaj9, Ebm7 or Gb6.

In E9th terms, think of it as an F#7 chord.

Dave Frye · From: Atwater, CA

Hey guys, thanks a bunch, you have given me some real help!!!!!!! Now i can put it to use! Thanks again Dave Frye

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