Your E raise and lower on right side anybody?

Johnny Cox · Post by **Johnny Cox** » 18 May 2004 1:51 pm

Right leg, left leg, one on each. Emmons, Day, E9th, Bb6th, E9 universal. WHO CARES, it's just a copedent.

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David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 18 May 2004 2:44 pm

Johnny that's true, but it's what and how you use it that makes the difference.

Clearly Big E and Big F have a different motus operandi for the steel and each different copedent facilitates their individual styles.

It would seem Buddy spends a lot of time on the right cheek while playing E9.
Hope it doesn't fall asleep often.

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Franklin · Post by **Franklin** » 18 May 2004 2:46 pm

Paul
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David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 18 May 2004 2:58 pm

I saw that .. LOL

Franklin · Post by **Franklin** » 20 May 2004 4:47 am

David,

Its deleted because in hindsight after posting a response, knowing Johnny and every other steel guitarist cares about what tuning and where everything is placed, I decided it was probably best to smile and move on

Paul

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 20 May 2004 6:53 am

Terry's original question was:

How many have there D and F levers on the right instead of the left?

It appears that the answer is "very few". The A+F combination is a very easy movement from A+B if F is on LKL (or, in the Day setup, LKR). Almost everyone puts it there.

But even the top pros are divided on whether lowering the E's is better on the left or the right knee. I think a lot of us started out with Sho-Buds that had only one lever: RKL. Once we associated that movement with the change, we didn't want to retrain our reflexes.

Today, I think that all of the manufacturers put both changes on the left knee. It's certainly the most popular configuration among players. Very few players put them both on the right, but I don't see much of a downside to it. If you're used to it, there's no big reason to change.

Good topic, Terry. Thanks!

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Buddy Emmons · Post by **Buddy Emmons** » 20 May 2004 7:40 am

Good one, Donald. Jimmy Crawford calls the action of going forward and back with the 5 lever cluster, "the cheekage factor."

Robbie Daniels · Post by **Robbie Daniels** » 20 May 2004 7:55 am

I believe that most of knee lever placements are significant to individual taste and like Paul says this creates the individuality that is so common with the PSG.
I am somewhat of a maverick in that I lower my E once and raise my E twice on the knee levers. My RKL lowers my E half tone and my RKR raises my E a whole tone. I do not use pedal C on the floor. My LKL raises my E a half tone. It fits my style of playing. I play A MSA D12 built for me in 1974.

Terry Sneed · Post by **Terry Sneed** » 20 May 2004 8:09 am

Thanks Bobby.

after readin all the replies, and hearin Big E, Big F's and everbody elses thoughts on this, I think I may keep my RKL to lower my E's and switch from RKR to LKL to raise my E's. thanks a bunch ya'll.

Terry