My first pedal steel is on the truck for delivery

Chris Rice · Post by **Chris Rice** » 29 Oct 2014 8:58 am

Hard to wait...

Greg Cutshaw · Post by **Greg Cutshaw** » 29 Oct 2014 9:32 am

Congrats! What did you buy?

Chris Rice · Post by **Chris Rice** » 29 Oct 2014 9:36 am

Fender 400

Chris Rice · Post by **Chris Rice** » 29 Oct 2014 9:38 am

I'm kind of wondering what the chances are that I can learn it enough for a gig tomorrow...normally with this group I play a console with an eight string and six string, both necks in a G6 tuning.

Tony Glassman · Post by **Tony Glassman** » 29 Oct 2014 11:47 am

Chis, I have the B-Bender Tele (064) that you and Rich built. Still the best guitar I've ever owned.

Chris Rice · Post by **Chris Rice** » 29 Oct 2014 2:28 pm

Hey Tony, thanks! That one was so light.

This 400 is awesome. Got it set up to do what I need from my console, plus a few cool moves and harmonic options. I think I'll play it tomorrow!

Chris Rice · Post by **Chris Rice** » 29 Oct 2014 2:28 pm

Hey Tony, thanks! That one was so light.

This 400 is awesome. Got it set up to do what I need from my console, plus a few cool moves and harmonic options. I think I'll play it tomorrow!

Chris Rice · Post by **Chris Rice** » 30 Oct 2014 6:09 am

So I'm tuned low-high EGBEGBDG, which is my go-to 8-string lap/console tuning.

The first pedal raises the D to E, then lowers the middle E to D. I can feel the halfway stop very easily.

The second pedal raises the D to E and the high B to C.

The third pedal lowers the middle E to D and the high G to F#.

The fourth pedal lowers the low E to D.

Chris Rice · Post by **Chris Rice** » 1 Nov 2014 8:53 am

Wow. I spent a few hours last night going through the suggested copedents on the site, as well as some of the ones in the 400 manual. Ended up back with my console tuning, but changed the pedals around.

P1 P2 P3 P4
G.....................-F#
D...+E
B.........+C.....-A
G
E....-D.........+F....-D
B.........+C
G
E

Both Pedals 1&3 have a positive stop after the raise/before the lower, effectively giving me two extra moves. I don't think there's anything missing in this tuning that I'll be looking for musically.