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Russell Adkins
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Louisiana, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2021 10:51 am |
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| are they any steels out there with just knee levers and no pedals? |
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Ian Rae
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Redditch, England
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Posted 25 Jul 2021 3:39 pm
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My knee-jerk* reaction is "what's the point", but of course the answer is "to save weight and setup time".
Interesting idea.
*on reflection, pun intended
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Russell Adkins
From:
Louisiana, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2021 3:58 pm
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| lol Ian the idea was just that , something different |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 27 Jul 2021 6:44 pm
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Russell, interestingly enough, knee levers actually predate the floor pedals! In the early 1930's (even before the Harlin Multi-Kord), an acoustic Hawaiian steel guitar called the Hawaiian Harmolin was introduced. It featured six or seven strings, and two knee levers, and was designed to be played on one's lap. It was probably in production for almost a decade.
I'm sure a few more modern steels have been built with only knee levers, but I've yet to find a picture or get more information.
The search goes on.  |
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Andrew Goulet
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Posted 28 Jul 2021 10:49 am
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This is a really cool idea. I would have trouble hitting those Mooney-style pedal-pumps I like, but I wonder how fast one's knees could get with practice.
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Fred
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Amesbury, MA
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Posted 28 Jul 2021 11:54 am
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There's a story of Zane Beck "inventing" knee levers when he got a job with a bandleader who said "I don't want those newfangled pedals on your guitar"
He replaced the pedals with knee levers and the the bandleader was happy as a clam.
That's the gist of the story, the words are mine. |
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