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Donald Hall

 

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Post  Posted 3 Jul 2015 11:32 am    
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chris ivey


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Post  Posted 3 Jul 2015 12:14 pm    
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what is a 'd' lever? normally the E's are just lowered to Eb.
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Ian Rae


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Redditch, England
Post  Posted 3 Jul 2015 1:10 pm    
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Chris is being mischievous. I shall worry if he ever stops.

E's lower to D#. It's called the D lever by some people because historically it was the first lever to be added to the E9 setup after pedals A, B and C.

On my old D10 when I first had it, it lowered 8 to D# and 2 to D. It didn't lower 4. This was common on pull-release guitars.

When 4 got lowered too, it got called the E lever and the 2 lower kept the name D as it also came to lower 9.

Subsequent levers seem to have got named in chronological order, reinforced by the rank coincidence that the names carry a tenuous link to their function.

But that's not what this thread is about, and I haven't a clue about that.
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Donald Hall

 

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Post  Posted 3 Jul 2015 1:15 pm    
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Thanks Ian, I don't know either, It's just very hard to move, maybe my knee is going north?
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Ian Rae


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Post  Posted 3 Jul 2015 1:20 pm    
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Thinking about it logically, assuming that all the moving parts are properly lubricated and not fouling anything, then all you're left with is the tension of the return springs. They may be unnecessarily strong for some reason.
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