Broken A pedal

Billy Wilson · Post by **Billy Wilson** » 8 Sep 2005 1:37 pm

What do you do when yor are playing E9th and the A pedal isn't working? This happened to me so I tried playing with no pedals. For some reason I found this to be too difficult. Then I tuned the E's down to D# and played it like a 6th tuning and that worked a little better, but not much. What would be your solution to this situation? Any comments appreciated.

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 8 Sep 2005 2:48 pm

If something would happen to my A pedal, I'd go with the BC pedals. Except for the E string I would still have the B string raise on string 5.

You can get a lot with the BC pedals. Still have the B pedal and the Knee that lowers the E's for the 7th chord, etc.

Post by **Dave Mudgett** » 8 Sep 2005 6:07 pm

Taking Jack's approach even further - at least on an all-pull guitar - why not disable the E-to-F# raise on the C-pedal by backing off on the tuning nut for that pull to the point where string 4 doesn't raise anymore? That at least would give you the regular A-pedal change, Day-style, on string 5. Although I use C, I find A more critical.

Larry Robbins · Post by **Larry Robbins** » 8 Sep 2005 6:13 pm

Fix the "A" pedal?
Thats what I would do.

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Rick Nicklas · Post by **Rick Nicklas** » 8 Sep 2005 9:19 pm

That happened to me years ago in a bar. I just flipped my steel over, tied 3 legs together, reached back and got my allen wrench and fixed it. I jumped up and raised my arms and all the cowboys cheered.<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Rick Nicklas on 09 September 2005 at 07:36 AM.]</p></FONT>