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Steve Schmidt


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Ramsey, MN, USA
Post  Posted 5 Dec 2012 6:19 pm    
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I purchased a guitar recently that has the same change that Paul Franklin has on his c6th 5th pedal. It does the following:

7th string raise C to D
8th string raise A to C
9th string raise F to A

I'm just looking for some ideas on what that could be used for??

thank you

steve
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John Alexander

 

Post  Posted 5 Dec 2012 6:50 pm    
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Looks like it might be designed to get easy access to pentatonic scales such as might be used in jazz, "fusion" etc.
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Jim Hollingsworth

 

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Way out West
Post  Posted 5 Dec 2012 8:16 pm     Paul's change
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I asked Paul that question and got two things in response.
1. It gives am & C major pentatonic scales. As a bonus - if used w/ pedal 5 (the D change pedal) that lowers G to F# you get the equivalent to playing the 9 - 8 - 7- 6 strings on E9 - 4 consecutive whole steps. SO all those fast E9 licks are right there for you!

2. Paul uses the C & D notes with upper notes to get quartal sounding chords & scales. I haven't spent enough time on that yet.....

Sometimes I don't engage the F to A raise in order to reduce heavy action and some cabinet drop. Raising the big ole' string 2 whole steps is a big move!

I absolutely LOVE that pedal & use it a LOT.

Jim Hollingsworth
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Steve Schmidt


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Ramsey, MN, USA
Post  Posted 8 Dec 2012 11:54 am    
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Thank you John and Jim for the explaination. That makes sense. I appreciate you taking the time to reply

steve
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Jim Hollingsworth

 

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Way out West
Post  Posted 8 Dec 2012 8:08 pm    
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Have fun!
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Chuck McGill


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An hour from Memphis and 2 from Nashville, R.I.P.
Post  Posted 14 Dec 2012 6:58 am    
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This is very cool. I really never use my 4th pedal and I think I would like to try this. Any recomendations for the 4th pedal C6
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Jim Hollingsworth

 

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Way out West
Post  Posted 14 Dec 2012 8:52 am    
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Actually I have that change on my pedal 4. 5 thru are the normal C6 changes. And P9 is my "experiment" pedal.
IF you combine P4 & P5 (the D chord change) you get the same 4 consecutive whole steps that you get on E9 (D - E _ F# G#).
Jim
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Quentin Hickey

 

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Nova Scotia, Canada
Post  Posted 28 Mar 2017 9:09 am    
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Cool!!! Ill have to try this out
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Greg Cutshaw


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Corry, PA, USA
Post  Posted 28 Mar 2017 11:02 am    
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I tried this for a while and here's what I got out of it:

http://www.gregcutshaw.com/Tab/Tab12.html
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Quentin Hickey

 

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Nova Scotia, Canada
Post  Posted 9 May 2017 11:04 am    
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Tommy has a cool change going on his pedal five as well. Ill have to check them both out, looks like Ill need to order a few pulls for my guitar
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