Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 26 Apr 2024 5:48 am |
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I know I've had some daft notions in the last three years (losing the C pedal was one; I soon missed that!!!) but this one seems like a keeper.
My D10 Emmons has 8+9 - six KLs and four pedals work on E9.
LKL/LKR: Es (lower and raise)
LKV: Raises 7,2,1 with a solid half-stop as both F#s reach a G.
LKL2: Lowers 9,6,3 a half-step. Easy to reach and very useful
RKL: Lowers the Bs, split with A pedal
RKR: Lowers 2 to C#, 9 to C# and 10 to A
Pedals 1,2,3 are (Day): C,B,A
Pedal 4 raises the 6th a whole step; with P3, it puts me in F#
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So far, so good, but I had sacrificed a pull that I really liked - raising the 5th to a D, overriding the A pedal. I loved getting that movement on the 5th string B to C#, to D, then back again, all without reaching for the 2nd string with RKR engaged.
Then I recalled the late-great Russ Hicks' SD-10 guitar with an extra pedal just left of the volume pedal.
Eureka! I fitted a rod to pedal 7 and now that change is easily available with two feet.
(I picked P7 because it only has two pulls on C6; P8, of course, already has four.)
It's working really well, especially with a 9th string in the bass. Oh, what fun this all is. 
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Roger Rettig - Emmons D10s, Quilter TT-12, B-bender Teles and old Martins.
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