Copedent Question

Matt Kotsianas · Post by **Matt Kotsianas** » 9 Feb 2021 10:00 am

This is the copedent my Mullen Discovery came with. I'm new to PSG, so anyone have any thoughts on this? Is it better to learn on a certain copedent like the "standard emmons"?

Curious to hear yalls thoughts/opinions.

Thanks.

Dale Rottacker · Post by **Dale Rottacker** » 9 Feb 2021 10:11 am

After having had the whole lower of G# on LKR, I found it in the way ALL the time... You may want to think instead of raising the F# up a whole... Other than that you look okay... I've gone both ways with Raising and Lowering the E's on LKL & LKR, and am actually going back to that after having had them split between the knees, the way you have here. But that's really just a preference thing as I liked them in both configurations.

Jon Light (deceased) · Post by **Jon Light (deceased)** » 9 Feb 2021 10:17 am

This is as close to at least one version of 'standard' as you can get. I wouldn't touch it. Anything you don't use, don't use. The day will come when you discover what it is for. There is nothing odd there. Now is the time to play the thing and not worry about the setup.

Larry Bressington · Post by **Larry Bressington** » 9 Feb 2021 10:19 am

Perfect set up, split knee's is nice on the Eeez.

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 9 Feb 2021 10:29 am

Jon Light wrote:This is as close to at least one version of 'standard' as you can get. I wouldn't touch it. Anything you don't use, don't use. The day will come when you discover what it is for. There is nothing odd there. Now is the time to play the thing and not worry about the setup.

Agreed!

I've been playing that exact set-up for a long time.

Matt Kotsianas · Post by **Matt Kotsianas** » 9 Feb 2021 11:37 am

Thanks fellas. I appreciate the feedback!

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 9 Feb 2021 11:43 am

+1 to Jon, Lee and Larry's comments. Leave it alone and play it. Best of luck with your steel guitar journey. You have an excellent instrument to work with. Would that I had something this nice when I started 40+ yrs. ago.

Dennis Montgomery · Post by **Dennis Montgomery** » 9 Feb 2021 12:15 pm

+1 with everyone so far. I don't think you could get a more "standard Emmons" setup if you tried! And I love that my friends at Mullen are delivering split E's from the factory

Also...speaking as someone who wasted a lot of hours messing with copedents the first few months after getting my Mullen rather than just playing, give yourself at least a year with this configuration before even considering changing anything. Until you've logged in many hours practicing/learning/arranging/playing you won't know what to change or why. Once you get to that point, you can properly evaluate the changes you have and how crucial each is to your voice

With this copedent, you may never change anything!

Have fun!

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 9 Feb 2021 12:23 pm

A lot of professional players use this exact copedent. I wouldn't change a thing.

Matt Kotsianas · Post by **Matt Kotsianas** » 10 Feb 2021 4:33 am

Thanks for all the info gents. I appreciate it! Looks like I'll keep it the way it is and get down to learning. Thanks again!

Post by **Dave Mudgett** » 10 Feb 2021 6:23 am

Yep, that is my exact core E9 setup. Exactomundo. You can play that for a lifetime.

Joel Jackson · Post by **Joel Jackson** » 10 Feb 2021 8:08 am

This is a great set up, but even better if you switch LKR and RKR, in my opinion. It's nice to be able to get the E lower and 2 string lower together, but not necessary.

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 10 Feb 2021 2:02 pm

I, too, would raise the 7th a tone instead of lowering the 6th but, even as it is, it's as close to the modern E9 'standard' as it gets.

The foregoing remarks are, of course, made with the understanding that I think it should all be reversed and turned into the 'Day' set-up.

But that's just me....(and a couple of other guys).