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Jack Stanton


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Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey
Post  Posted 29 Sep 2018 9:46 am    
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Very cool, b0b
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Tom Gorr

 

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Three Hills, Alberta
Post  Posted 29 Sep 2018 8:47 pm    
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b0b wrote:
Tom,

I'm not saying it's impossible, just that it would be a challenge on a push-pull. The tunable splits won't work, of course, but that's no big deal. The main problems are the triple raises and the half-stop lever RKR.

LKV2 is just there for completion of the standard 4-lever C6th. Very handy in jazz, but I played for years without it. You really don't need it. Leaving it out would simplify the 4th string quite a bit.

I say go for it! Very Happy


My regular Uni coped has your LV1 on a knee as well. But thinking the "P7" (your P5) in the 6/9 uni model is basically analogous to the Mooney approach to the C pedal..

I am a two foot C6 player.. So I would never get lost going A+B + P7.. I do use the vol pedal more with E9 playing particularly on the songs where the C change is on a knee, it glides in soulfully. So not ideal, but given the 6th orientation of the coped... May be passable.

Thoughts about this condensation? I know the 6 to 7 degree change going on also with "p7"... But for E9 style playing, the grip has to avoid that string anyways.

Tough one...
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b0b


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Cloverdale, CA, USA
Post  Posted 29 Sep 2018 10:57 pm    
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I use P5 (the C6th P7) when I want the fast, Mooney-style bounce, but I've also had the E9th E to F# on LKV for over 30 years. I'm very comfortable with raising the root a full step on my vertical lever. I often use it with P2 and the half-stop on RKR (making C E G notes on the open strings).

On the middle 8 strings, P2 makes the G chord with an A in the middle: G.B.D.G.A.B.D.G. Adding the LKV and RKR raises it to a full C6th: G.C.E.G.A.C.E.G. Look familiar? Smile

Here's another interesting feature for Hawaiian players. P5+P6 produces the classic 6-string B11th tuning: B.D#.F#.A.C#.E. "Sand", anyone?


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