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Daniel Stein

 

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Post  Posted 16 Mar 2018 2:07 pm    
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ok debating what change I should...

give me some ideas please Smile
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Ian Rae


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Post  Posted 16 Mar 2018 2:27 pm    
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This crops up frequently. Why not wait until you find something you need to do that you can't with the other three? Just being logical, I think.
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Jay Carroll

 

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Post  Posted 16 Mar 2018 3:02 pm     4th pedal
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Try.... 1st string F# raise to G#
2nd string D# raise to E
Got this on my Marlin.
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Jerry Overstreet


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Louisville Ky
Post  Posted 16 Mar 2018 4:02 pm    
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Lots of players use what has come to be known as the "Franklin pedal" there. Lower 5,6&10 one whole tone.
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Dan Beller-McKenna


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Durham, New Hampshire, USA
Post  Posted 17 Mar 2018 3:13 am    
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A little less common, but I find raising string six from G# to A#, alone or together with A pedal, extremely useful. This is best to the left of the A pedal (pedal "0").

As a melodic pedal:
Gives you a nice passing tone when your open position is chord "IV" (i.e., when pedals down is your home chord ["tonic"] and you go to open two frets below).

As a Harmonic and/or lick pedal:
When open position is your home chord ("tonic"), go down two frets and use string seven as your root. Now rocking on and off "0" and A creates all kinds of possibilities, including a nice seventh chord.
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Ian Worley


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Sacramento, CA
Post  Posted 17 Mar 2018 3:50 pm    
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Dan Beller-McKenna wrote:
A little less common, but I find raising string six from G# to A#, alone or together with A pedal, extremely useful. This is best to the left of the A pedal (pedal "0")...

With this change and with the E lower engaged (B6 in open position), the O+A pedal combination is the same as pedal 7 on C6. Can be a very useful change on a single neck guitar
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Dan Beller-McKenna


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Post  Posted 17 Mar 2018 4:10 pm    
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Exactly!
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Ian Rae


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Post  Posted 17 Mar 2018 4:54 pm    
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I actually play a uni and I do use P7 sometimes when I'm thinking E9, so yes I'd vote for that too.
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Chance Wilson


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Post  Posted 17 Mar 2018 5:56 pm    
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For S10 Emmons those are good suggestions. If you play a double neck and use the 4 on your other neck, adding 3 rods can mess with your feel depending on what kind kind of steel you play. If you play Day, try 3rd string lower a 1/2, raise 5th a whole step. You can always put changes on levers too.
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