Jon Steel
From:
Bay Area, California
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Posted 18 Oct 2018 12:50 pm |
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Anyone familiar with, or own, a Jackson EDGE lap steel with a hand pedal that raises the I to the IV?
See it at JacksonSteelGuitar site.
The EDGE® On-Board Pitch Changer lets you bend in and out of notes like a pedal steel.
Standard tuning is Open E. (E-B-G#-E-B-E)
The EDGE Pitch Changer raises strings 2, 3 and 5, changing the I chord to a IV chord.
Open E chord changes to Open A chord. (E-C#-A-E-C#-E)
This doubles your chord options up and down the fretboard.
The concept seems cool.
Only problem I see is Open E tuning has far fewer chord choices compared to C6, and there are NO chords for some notes (for example: some maj7, some dominant 7th, and a lot fewer chord choices in generalfor all chords).
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1940 Kay bass
1939 Rickenbacher Model B 6-string lap steel tuned C6
Jackson Steel Slideking LS 6-string with pitch change hand pedal, tuned Open E
Jackson Steel Sho-Bro 7-string dobro with EDGE hand pedal pitch changer, built by Buddy Emmons and Shot Jackson himself in early 70's, tuned Open E
Hand pedals above take you from the I to the IV. |
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