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Topic: The Franklin Pedal,How To Tune! |
Raymond White
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Georgia, USA
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Posted 24 Apr 2016 6:48 am |
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| I need some help with the tuning process ,Franklin Pedal,thanks,Ray White.(steelmanplayer@yahoo.com |
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Tony Prior
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Charlotte NC
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Posted 24 Apr 2016 7:03 am
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Raymond , what are you asking ?
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 24 Apr 2016 7:41 am
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If your guitar has "split tuning" screws to give you a C note split, the screw will prevent dropping to A, and you'll need an extra rod on your X lever.
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Kyle Everson
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Nashville, Tennessee
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Posted 24 Apr 2016 10:15 am
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| If you flatten your thirds (G#), then you should flatten the F# by the same ratio (depending on the guitar). The A notes should be close to or just flat of 442, again depending on the guitar. |
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 24 Apr 2016 10:36 am
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The F# should probably be unflatted, since it's most likely to be used as a 5th.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
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Kyle Everson
From:
Nashville, Tennessee
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Posted 24 Apr 2016 2:52 pm
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To each his own, Lane. The way I use it, I like it to function as a third at times (with the A note), so unflatted wouldn't sound right to my ears in that context.
Another way of looking at it is this. When you play a 2- with E's lowered two frets back, the sixth string is your root, yet it's flatted (only 5-6 cents from 442). The chord still sounds fine.
Say the band plays a 5 major. When you engage pedal 4 at home base (no pedals), you are substituting a similar 2 minor 7 on strings 5,6,8 for that 5 major (lower the E's with it and it becomes a really cool minor 6). In my tuning, I want that chord to be without beats, therefore I use a similar ratio to tune this change.
I'm not using that F# as a root, nor is it used alone. If I want that version of F#, I choose the 7th string. |
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Bobby Boggs
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Upstate SC.
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Posted 24 Apr 2016 7:15 pm
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It depends on the guitar and how many other changes you have on that pedal.We're talking amount of cabinet drop. I have 2 other fairly light changes on the C6th. Also I tune my E9 pretty much like the Newman chart. What works for me, pedal depressed, is strings 5 and 10 five cents sharp. String 6, F# note 2 to 5 cents sharp. Should be a good starting point.
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