Chalker's rightmost floor pedal; Buddy? et al

bob grossman · Post by **bob grossman** » 7 Jul 2005 3:59 pm

On his earlier guitars, before the use of many knee levers, Chalker had this pedal as the last one on the right. Most of you with the "standard" C6 setup can get it.

Anyone understand it? It is an E/D polychord, but what else? Endings?

E
C B
A G#
G F#
E
C
A
F F#
D
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John Bechtel · Post by **John Bechtel** » 7 Jul 2005 7:22 pm

The 3rd-last pedal Raised str-1 & Lowered str-5 (½=tone) ea. [E to F & E to Eb] The 2nd-last pedal Lowered str-2 (½-tone) [C to B] and the last pedal lowered str-1 (1-tone) [E to D] nothing more.

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John Bechtel · Post by **John Bechtel** » 7 Jul 2005 7:30 pm

By 1980 Curly had eliminated the 8th-str. [F to F#] on that RKL.

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bob grossman · Post by **bob grossman** » 8 Jul 2005 5:59 am

No, John...

I have quite a few of Curly's setups starting with an early one from Fender. This was before knee levers. When I saw him in Las Vegas c. 1965, he was playing a Fender 2000 at the Lariat Club with about eleven pedals as I recall. He also had a ZB and thought it was the best of the custom builts "by far." I think until he got the crossover Sho-Bud and then the MSA, etc. the last floor pedal was as I described.

Then he started using knee levers, he had one to lower the A to Ab and one to both lower the A to Ab and the C to B. Then, he no longer needed the floor pedal as he could get the change another way.

John Bechtel · Post by **John Bechtel** » 8 Jul 2005 9:23 am

In 1980 I sat with Curly in Linebaugh’s Restaurant here in Nashville and we went over his C6-setup, before I ordered my 1st. Franklin. At the time it was 7-Pedals & (4)-KL's. I'm sure like a lot of greats, he made many changes over time!

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“Big John” Bechtel
’04 SD–10 Black Derby w/3 & 5 & Pad
’49-’50 Fender T–8 Custom
’65 Re-Issue Fender Twin–Reverb Custom™ 15” Eminence
web site

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 8 Jul 2005 11:13 am

I can't imagine any use for a pedal like that. I guess I don't think like Curley Chalker!