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Topic: Raising the 9th? |
Roger Rettig
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Naples, FL
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Posted 1 Feb 2024 9:16 am |
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Does anyone have this pull (D-D#) and, if so, where do you have it?
Is it combined with another pull (raising 2, for example)?
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Roger Rettig - Emmons D10s, Quilter TT-12, B-bender Teles and old Martins.
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John Swain
From:
Winchester, Va
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Posted 1 Feb 2024 10:23 am
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| My friend, Lynn Frazer(sp) tuned his 9th string to Eb and lowered it to D. I did that from 82-1988 when I quit playing. Herb Steiner said the 8th string lower lever broke on Lynn's ShoBud Super Pro during a show and Lynn tuned 9th up to Eb and never missed a beat! The Eb on 9 and F on 8 gave nice scale tones on lower strings. |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 1 Feb 2024 11:19 am
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I wonder if that was on 'Whorehouse...', John. I think it's 'Frazier', going from a forty-year-old memory.
He was tough to follow when I did that show in the West End of London (under the Broadway MD!) What a great player Lynn was! (Or should I say 'is'? Is Lynn still with us?)
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Roger Rettig - Emmons D10s, Quilter TT-12, B-bender Teles and old Martins.
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Bengt Erlandsen
From:
Brekstad, NORWAY
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Posted 1 Feb 2024 1:07 pm
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My S12extE9 7+7 has 9th string D-D# on LKV. It is possible to also combine it with 8th string E-F# altho that would require a slightly longer movement of the LKV.
8th string E-F# by itself would also work on LKV. Supercool if split with the E's to Eb lever to give a F note on the 8th string if both those levers can be used at the same time.
B.Erlandsen
Zumsteel S12extE9 7+7 |
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Dale Rottacker
From:
Walla Walla Washington, USA
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Posted 2 Feb 2024 6:57 am
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Roger I've been raising the 9th for several years now and really like it... It was on a guitar I bought from Wayne Dahl and even though I no longer have that guitar I've kept that change on every other guitar I've had.
I use it on RKL where I'm raising the 1st and 2nd string and also raising the 7th a whole. I think its a lovely change, but then I don't think you can have to many places to get a Maj7th.
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*2021 Rittenberry, "The Concord" D10 9x9
*1977 Blue Sho-Bud Pro 3 Custom 8x6
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