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Joey Gaskins
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New Bern, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 24 Apr 2002 5:19 pm |
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| Someone asked if my Carter Starter had a Emmons or Day setup. What's the difference. Also, I have a Peavey Stereo Chorus 400 Amp. Is anyone familiar with its use for a steel?It has lots of power with a six stringer. |
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 24 Apr 2002 5:27 pm
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The Carter Starter has the EMMONS setup.
It's common to call the pedals A, B, C.
(Left to right).
With the DAY setup the pedals have the same function, only the order is changed to C, B, A.
Look at Jimmy Day and Buddy Emmons setups at http://www.b0b.com/tunings/stars.html#E9jd
The Pedals are called P1, P2, P3 there.
That amp is OK to practice with. |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 24 Apr 2002 5:30 pm
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Your guitar has the Emmons setup. Emmons has the 5th and 10th string B>C# raises on the "A" pedal, the pedal farthest to the left. The B pedal raises the 3rd and 6th strings G#>A and the C pedal raises the 4th and 5th strings, E>F# and B>C# respectively.
The Day setup switches the A and C pedals----the C pedal raises 5 & 10 B>C#.
BTW---Emmons = Buddy Emmons. Day = Jimmy Day.
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Joey Gaskins
From:
New Bern, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 24 Apr 2002 5:35 pm
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| Thanks for the info. Trying hard to learn not only to play but the mechanics of it also. |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 24 Apr 2002 5:38 pm
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Ooops.
Well then, let me add the history. As told by Buddy Emmons (here on the forum) and as mangled by me. There was originally one pedal--A & B pedals were combined into one. This was used on the famous Webb Pierce recording of "Slowly" played by Bud Isaacs (Isaac?--forgive me). Buddy's idea was to split this change into two pedals for more expressive and harmonic possibilities. He tried it, it was cool, he told his pal Jimmy Day. He did not mention which pedal did what, though. So Jimmy did it as he saw fit. It happened to be the reverse of Buddy's. To this day there are the two schools of setup, with the Emmons setup on perhaps 80% of steels. Just my guess. Any better guess-timates out there? |
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