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Topic: G-change and X-Change on E9th |
Barry Benton
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Escondido, California
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Posted 3 Sep 2009 9:13 am |
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I am just starting, so this might seem like an elementary question. But what is the difference between a G-change lever and an X-change level in the E9th tuning?
I understand that you can set these changes on any lever you want. I understand the D-lever takes your D# down to D and sometimes again down to C# (often times pulling the 9th string D down to the C#, too). I see that the E-level pulls one or more of the E-strings down to Eb while the F-level does the opposite and raises the E string (or strings) to F.
However, I am unclear about the lever that pulls the 5th string (and sometimes the 10th) from B to Bb. Some of the Tablature shows a G on string 5 (I assume for a 1/2 step pull down). Yet, some of the forum topic discussions I have seen have called this an X-change (unless I misunderstood).
I will post this and open up the flood gates to the weath of PSG education that awaits me!
Thanks,
Barry B. Benton |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 3 Sep 2009 11:00 am
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There is really no standard for naming the knee levers. I have seen the G lever used most to refer to the lever that raises strings 1 & 7 from F# to G. Don't worry about what a particular tab writer calls the lever. Just learn what it does and which lever on your guitar performs that function. I've most seen the B to Bb changes called the X lever, but a few years ago, Bobbe Seymore came out with a knee lever that I believe he called the X lever.
EDIT: Bob and I must be sharing the same brain today.
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 3 Sep 2009 11:02 am
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The "G" lever is usually a lever that raises both F# strings (1 and 7) to G. It isn't as popular as it once was. Today it's more common to lower the 6th string G# to F#, and add the second pedal to get the G note. Some tab might refer to that lever as "G".
The "X" lever is the one that lowers the 5th string (and maybe the 10th) a half step. I've never heard anyone refer to a 5th string change as the "G" lever.
| Richard Sinkler wrote: |
| I've most seen the B to Bb changes called the X lever, but a few years ago, Bobbe Seymore came out with a knee lever that I believe he called the X lever. |
I think Bobbe called his magic lever "Z". |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 3 Sep 2009 11:03 am
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Bob...
I think you are right. I didn't pay much attention to it when Bobbe developed it.
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Paddy Long
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Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 3 Sep 2009 6:13 pm
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I think it's a better idea to refer to knee-levers by what functions they perform, rather than giving them a label ... anything other than a basic 4 KL setup could have almost any change on it, in any position, and would only add confusion, especially to someone relatively new to the instrument.
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