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Jeffrey McFadden
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Posted 22 Feb 2018 7:41 am |
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The first thing I notice about my new PSG is that the strings arereally close together. Learning to hit the right one,and miss its neighbors, is Challenge 1 right now.
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Rick Abbott
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Posted 22 Feb 2018 8:27 am
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Try starting with a few standard grips. 8-6-5 is what a lot of folks use as a "home" position. 10-8-6 is a good work out, too. 8-5 gets a lot of use as does 6-5-4 and 5-3.
There are lots of tips to be mined on the Forum...you'll get there!
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Jeffrey McFadden
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Missouri, USA
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Posted 22 Feb 2018 8:36 am
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I haven't gotten to the standard grips yet. I'm practicing some songs I already know on X6, w/o pedals, to begin training my fingers.
I need to look up standard grips, I hope today. So far I don't know what any are. I have a bunch of self-taught grips I use on C6 (which is A6 on my PSG, but same-o, same-o.)
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Ian Rae
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Posted 22 Feb 2018 10:16 am
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Most pedal steels have string spacing of 11/32" and you're probably used to 3/8" - only 1/32" but it feels like a foot.
I use two different trombone mouthpieces for different purposes - one is 25mm and the other is 25.4mm (1"). The wrong one completely throws me - and that's only 1/64"!
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Jeffrey McFadden
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Posted 22 Feb 2018 10:25 am
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| Ian Rae wrote: |
Most pedal steels have string spacing of 11/32" and you're probably used to 3/8" - only 1/32" but it feels like a foot.
I use two different trombone mouthpieces for different purposes - one is 25mm and the other is 25.4mm (1"). The wrong one completely throws me - and that's only 1/64"! |
I made my lap steel, string spacing is 1 cm center to center, which is real close to 3/8 but a tiny bit wider. When I look at my psg they don't look too different, but when I reach in there it's like they're almost touching.
I'll adapt, but right at the start it's crazy!
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Jack Stoner
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Posted 22 Feb 2018 11:01 am
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Although some of us still use bar slants at times, its not very often as a pedal or knee lever will do the trick.
Same way the bar is not lifted and moved to a new location like it is with a non-pedal. With Pedal, the accepted procedure is to mute the strings with the right hand and slide the bar to the new location.
As I started on lap steel, those were the things I had to "break" myself of doing.
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Jeffrey McFadden
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Missouri, USA
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Posted 22 Feb 2018 11:09 am
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[quote="Jack Stoner"...
Same way the bar is not lifted and moved to a new location like it is with a non-pedal. With Pedal, the accepted procedure is to mute the strings with the right hand and slide the bar to the new location.
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Oh. 
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Fred Treece
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California, USA
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Posted 22 Feb 2018 11:33 am
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| Same thing I experienced on the string spacing difference. Just go sloooow and be methodical with retraining your right hand, you’ll get it. |
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Rick Abbott
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 22 Feb 2018 12:47 pm
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Hey! Those grips I suggested are for E9. Please disregard them, I have led you astray 
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Jeffrey McFadden
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 22 Feb 2018 1:12 pm
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| Rick Abbott wrote: |
| Hey! Those grips I suggested are for E9. Please disregard them, I have led you astray |
No you haven't, you've helped. It's a double necker and you just got me started on the E9 neck. I've been running scales since I read your post. 
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