C6 Footwork

Jeff Garden · From: Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA

Just wanted some advice from you C6 players on when you're using your right foot on the pedals - i.e. only on a P7 & P5 combination? or always on a P8, etc.? It seems a little tricky to not alter the volume pedal setting while taking your right foot off it to depress a foot pedal yet some of the combinations or reaches can be awkward using only your left foot.

Donny Hinson · From: Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.

All you need is practice, and a volume pedal that stays put!

That said, long ago I took P5 off the floor and put it on a knee lever (an idea I got from Stu Basore back in '65). It just works better for me there, and most of those pesky "2-footed" chords are history!

Richard Sinkler · From: aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana

I moved pedals 7 & 8 to knee levers to stop playing with 2 feet. My main problem wasn't so much volume changes when putting my foot back on the volume pedal, but I would hit the volume pedal on the side with my foot and knock it from under my guitar.

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