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Topic: O Pedal Question |
Gino Cecchetto
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California, USA
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Posted 27 Nov 2016 10:09 am |
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Curious about opinions for changes on the 0 pedal. I know many people have a Franklin change on the 0 pedal, but I can't say at my level with pedal steel that I know what that change sounds like and how it gets most commonly used. While I enjoy most any pedal steel, I'm not really into the "standards". Much more into stuff like Eric Heywood with Uncle Tupelo, and later with Son Volt. If I remember correctly, Eric has his 0 pedal setup to raise strings one and two.
Anyway, my question is, given the type of music I gravitate towards, what does the collective feel is the most useful 0 pedal change? |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 27 Nov 2016 10:40 am
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There are a lot of options. I lower my G# strings to G natural. Others put different changes there.
The zero pedal is the easiest one to work on. I suggest you learn how to put different changes on the pedal, and experiment with the various options and see which one you prefer.
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 27 Nov 2016 10:53 am
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I also raise 1 and 2 with mine.
Changes are less important to the style than what one does with them: to one so inclined, the E9th tuning is less a country tuning than a classical tuning, as it plays standard diatonic harmonies so well.
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Gino Cecchetto
From:
California, USA
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Posted 27 Nov 2016 11:06 am
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Thanks guys.
Lane are you raising 1 and 2 a half step? I think Eric raises 1 a whole step to G#. |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 27 Nov 2016 11:13 am
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1 goes to G#, and 2 goes to E. Many put it on a knee, but I have it on the floor so I can can combine it with the whole tone drop of 2.
I know you said you gravitated towards non-traditional country, but here's a straightforward honky-tonk demo of the change: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XUykptG6DBQ
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Gino Cecchetto
From:
California, USA
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Posted 27 Nov 2016 11:47 am
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| Thanks Lane. As soon as I heard that, I could identify where Eric uses that on a bunch of tunes I like, and remember him getting that effect bending behind the bar on his green williams back in the ealy Son Volt days. Do you also have the 1st string raise to G# on your knee lever along with the 7th string raise to G? |
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Geoff Noble
From:
Scotland
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Posted 27 Nov 2016 11:50 am
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I had a Franklin change on my 0 pedal but it got very occasional use, after reading Lane's previous posts on the 1st and 2nd string raises I changed it to this, +2 on string 1 and +1 on string 2.
I play a universal so also lowered string 7 by 2 semitones from F# to E on the same pedal. This gives a full chord over all 12 strings.
I've used this pedal more times in a day than I used the Franklin in a month, I find it be be a very useful change.
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 27 Nov 2016 12:43 pm
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| Gino Cecchetto wrote: |
| Thanks Lane. As soon as I heard that, I could identify where Eric uses that on a bunch of tunes I like, and remember him getting that effect bending behind the bar on his green williams back in the ealy Son Volt days. Do you also have the 1st string raise to G# on your knee lever along with the 7th string raise to G? |
No. String 1 goes to G on RKL, along with the 6th string drop to F# (splits with the B pedal to G, for an A7)
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
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