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Topic: good Copedent or not? |
Larry Ravlin
From:
Oregon, USA
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Posted 30 May 2017 5:56 pm |
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I am a rank beginner but I do play the Piano, Bass, Guitar and a little Harmonica. Sho-Bud Pro 3 Custom is not here yet but I do have the Copedent, RKL E raise, RKR E lower, LKL D# Lower, LKR F# raise. Good/ Bad, change, leave alone? I am not sure what the open strings are but it can't be unchangeable. 
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 30 May 2017 7:42 pm
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I'd personally raise the 1st string F# to G, and, if it's an all-pull guitar (almost every guitar that's not a GFI SM-10, Stage One or Simmons), lower the 6th string to F# on the same lever. Other than that, it looks good to me.
The E9th neck is standardized and runs
F#
D#
G#
E
B
G#
F#
D
B
It can be changed around, but if you're wanting to learn from available instructional materials, I wouldn't.
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Jeff Harbour
From:
Western Ohio, USA
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Posted 31 May 2017 4:15 am
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I think Lane went too fast and forgot the low E:
F#
D#
G#
E
B
G#
F#
E
D
B |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 31 May 2017 6:27 am
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Did you mix up your right and left knees ?
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Jim Reynolds
From:
Franklin, Pa 16323
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Posted 1 Jun 2017 1:36 pm
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Leave it like it is. That's a great set up.
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Dave Meis
From:
Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA
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Posted 1 Jun 2017 2:14 pm
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| +1 on 'leave it like it is'!. I like having my Es just like that. |
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Ken Pippus
From:
Langford, BC, Canada
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Posted 1 Jun 2017 2:19 pm
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| I wouldn't change anything until you've been playing long enough to know exactly why you might want something different. Then I'd wait, and think a while longer! |
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Larry Ravlin
From:
Oregon, USA
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Posted 1 Jun 2017 4:36 pm
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I'm leaving it alone then.
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Fender 'P' Bass USA
Gibson Les Paul Studio
Custom long scale Bass
Sho-Bud Professional 2 Custom
USA Fender Blues Deluxe modded out
Bugera V modded out
Ampeg SVT
Bergantino 2X12
Sold My Grand Piano (sob) |
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Fred Treece
From:
California, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2017 11:35 am
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| Bob Hoffnar wrote: |
| Did you mix up your right and left knees ? |
I was wondering about that too. Is that a Sho Bud thing, having the E levers on the right? I would be totally lost. |
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Tucker Jackson
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2017 11:52 am
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| Fred Treece wrote: |
| I was wondering about that too. Is that a Sho Bud thing, having the E levers on the right? I would be totally lost. |
Yes, I think most Sho-Buds shipped with at least the E-lower on the right knee (don't know about the E-raise). There's a generation of steelers whose first PSG was a Bud -- I bet most of them still prefer the E-lower on the right knee. It works just fine.
My understanding is that Buddy Emmons (and the Emmons guitar company) were influential in the migration of the E-lower to the left side. And the world eventually followed. Who wouldn't want to emulate the Master? |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 2 Jun 2017 1:20 pm
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I was always of the opinion, based on nothing "official," that the 6139 originally came with one RKL, and the Professional came with two levers... a RKL and a LKL... because a left moving lever was less costly to manufacture due to not needing extra parts for a reversing mechanism.
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Fred Treece
From:
California, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2017 8:54 pm
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| Tucker Jackson wrote: |
| Yes, I think most Sho-Buds shipped with at least the E-lower on the right knee (don't know about the E-raise). There's a generation of steelers whose first PSG was a Bud -- I bet most of them still prefer the E-lower on the right knee. It works just fine.My understanding is that Buddy Emmons (and the Emmons guitar company) were influential in the migration of the E-lower to the left side. And the world eventually followed. Who wouldn't want to emulate the Master? |
Thanks Tucker, I am a newcomer so almost everything anyone says about this contraption is news to me 
It might not be the end of the world if I woke up one morning and my E-lower was on the right, but if E-raise was on the right, I would suffer an estimable tragedy. |
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