Lever lock or not for U-12?

C Dixon · Post by **C Dixon** » 5 Mar 2003 4:53 pm

"Carl,
Do you still lower your 2nd string on the RKR?"

Frank,

Interesting you should ask. The answer is YES. But there is MORE to the story. I have two RKR's!

My regular RKR is the ole pedal 6 (C6)

RKR2 lowers 2 a whole tone, raises 9 a whole tone and lowers 12 a whole tone.

Incidently there is NO half stop on RKR. But LKL2 lowers 2 a half tone. (Along with raising 9 and 10 a tone and a half). So I have either the D OR the C# on different knee levers on opposite knees. I cannot begin to tell you how wonderful this is. I thought it would be nice. It has exceeded my desires greatly. I would never go back to a half stop after having the luxury of both.

The ONLY thing I would ocassionally want (and do not have) on this setup; is lowering the 2nd string to a C# while using the equivalent 6th pedal on RKR.

I DO have it when in the LOK position. Which is one case in which I use the LOK. In other words I do NOT lower the 2nd string to C# with the lever (LKR) that lowers the E's. BUT when I engage the LOK lever it DOES lower the 2nd string to a C#.

The reason I don't add this to LKR like Jeff Newman and some other players do, is its simply too stiff for my tastes.

Thanks for asking,

carl

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 5 Mar 2003 6:39 pm

I don't play U-12, but...

I have a few tunes on the Extended E9th that always require a C# on the 9th string. It's a real pain to hold that lever (LKR) for the whole song. I'm thinking of adding a lock to it.

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mickd · Post by **mickd** » 6 Mar 2003 12:05 pm

Larry
I used 7&8 together in my arrangement of Skylark (see Tab section a few weeks back), but the point I was trying to make was the one you made in your second para anyway

about the 2-pedal combination problem while holding LKR in. I'm going to persevere for a while anyway, as moving the e-lower lever is a big change & would probably set me back months

Mick

Larry Bell · Post by **Larry Bell** » 6 Mar 2003 3:04 pm

Mick and Carl
Thanks for pointing out that 11th chord. I guess I knew it was there (obvious when you write it out) but have never used it. I'll take a look at your arrangement.

Thanks again guys

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