good Copedent or not?

Larry Ravlin · Post by **Larry Ravlin** » 30 May 2017 5:56 pm

I am a rank beginner but I do play the Piano, Bass, Guitar and a little Harmonica. Sho-Bud Pro 3 Custom is not here yet but I do have the Copedent, RKL E raise, RKR E lower, LKL D# Lower, LKR F# raise. Good/ Bad, change, leave alone? I am not sure what the open strings are but it can't be unchangeable.

Lane Gray · Post by **Lane Gray** » 30 May 2017 7:42 pm

I'd personally raise the 1st string F# to G, and, if it's an all-pull guitar (almost every guitar that's not a GFI SM-10, Stage One or Simmons), lower the 6th string to F# on the same lever. Other than that, it looks good to me.
The E9th neck is standardized and runs
F#
D#
G#
E
B
G#
F#
D
B

It can be changed around, but if you're wanting to learn from available instructional materials, I wouldn't.

Jeff Harbour · Post by **Jeff Harbour** » 31 May 2017 4:15 am

I think Lane went too fast and forgot the low E:

F#
D#
G#
E
B
G#
F#
E
D
B

Bob Hoffnar · Post by **Bob Hoffnar** » 31 May 2017 6:27 am

Did you mix up your right and left knees ?

Jim Reynolds · Post by **Jim Reynolds** » 1 Jun 2017 1:36 pm

Leave it like it is. That's a great set up.

Dave Meis · Post by **Dave Meis** » 1 Jun 2017 2:14 pm

+1 on 'leave it like it is'!. I like having my Es just like that.

Ken Pippus · Post by **Ken Pippus** » 1 Jun 2017 2:19 pm

I wouldn't change anything until you've been playing long enough to know exactly why you might want something different. Then I'd wait, and think a while longer!

Larry Ravlin · Post by **Larry Ravlin** » 1 Jun 2017 4:36 pm

I'm leaving it alone then.

Fred Treece · Post by **Fred Treece** » 2 Jun 2017 11:35 am

Bob Hoffnar wrote:Did you mix up your right and left knees ?

I was wondering about that too. Is that a Sho Bud thing, having the E levers on the right? I would be totally lost.

Tucker Jackson · Post by **Tucker Jackson** » 2 Jun 2017 11:52 am

Fred Treece wrote:I was wondering about that too. Is that a Sho Bud thing, having the E levers on the right? I would be totally lost.

Yes, I think most Sho-Buds shipped with at least the E-lower on the right knee (don't know about the E-raise). There's a generation of steelers whose first PSG was a Bud -- I bet most of them still prefer the E-lower on the right knee. It works just fine.

My understanding is that Buddy Emmons (and the Emmons guitar company) were influential in the migration of the E-lower to the left side. And the world eventually followed. Who wouldn't want to emulate the Master?

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 2 Jun 2017 1:20 pm

I was always of the opinion, based on nothing "official," that the 6139 originally came with one RKL, and the Professional came with two levers... a RKL and a LKL... because a left moving lever was less costly to manufacture due to not needing extra parts for a reversing mechanism.

Fred Treece · Post by **Fred Treece** » 2 Jun 2017 8:54 pm

Tucker Jackson wrote:Yes, I think most Sho-Buds shipped with at least the E-lower on the right knee (don't know about the E-raise). There's a generation of steelers whose first PSG was a Bud -- I bet most of them still prefer the E-lower on the right knee. It works just fine.My understanding is that Buddy Emmons (and the Emmons guitar company) were influential in the migration of the E-lower to the left side. And the world eventually followed. Who wouldn't want to emulate the Master?

Thanks Tucker, I am a newcomer so almost everything anyone says about this contraption is news to me

It might not be the end of the world if I woke up one morning and my E-lower was on the right, but if E-raise was on the right, I would suffer an estimable tragedy.