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  Topic: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
Alex Hebert

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PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 29 Dec 2017 3:58 pm   Subject: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
The link that Tim Russell posted has been extremely helpful.

The first three pedals and all of the knee levers are now set to standard E9 copedents. It wasn't too much work. As it stands the fourth ...
  Topic: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
Alex Hebert

Replies: 38
Views: 9986

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 28 Dec 2017 5:51 pm   Subject: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
Appreciate the thoughts on tuning. Will take them into consideration when I get the knee levers on and get it a little closer to standard E9.

My outstanding issue is that of strings not returning t ...
  Topic: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
Alex Hebert

Replies: 38
Views: 9986

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 28 Dec 2017 9:29 am   Subject: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
Unfortunately the fretboard is not consistent with the scale length of the guitar, so playing directly above the fret it’s all slightly flat. Looks like the long term solution would be to adjus ...
  Topic: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
Alex Hebert

Replies: 38
Views: 9986

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 27 Dec 2017 8:35 pm   Subject: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
All the pedals are tuned and the guitar is playable in the D9 tuning. My patience was tested for a while but downtuning made a big difference and I didn't have that much trouble tuning the pedals once ...
  Topic: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
Alex Hebert

Replies: 38
Views: 9986

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 27 Dec 2017 4:54 pm   Subject: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
Appreciate that Tony.
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  Topic: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
Alex Hebert

Replies: 38
Views: 9986

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 27 Dec 2017 1:53 pm   Subject: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
My mistake, 26" scale length** I didn't realize this was so much longer than the norm.

The first three pedals are not far from typical E9, so I didn't give much thought to it being setup for s ...
  Topic: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
Alex Hebert

Replies: 38
Views: 9986

PostForum Section: Pedal Steel   Posted: 27 Dec 2017 10:55 am   Subject: First Pedal Steel, a host of issues!
I've just purchased my first PSG on the cheap knowing it needed adjustments and setup. I'm realizing I'm not as equipped to make these adjustments as I thought I'd be! E9 tuning, 5 pedals, 4 knee leve ...
 
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