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Topic: what is a good choice for a 4th floor pedal? |
William Johnson
From:
Statesboro, Georgia, USA
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Charlie McDonald
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out of the blue
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Bill Rowlett
From:
Russellville, AR, USA
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Posted 15 Feb 2006 10:48 am |
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I made one that opens a trap door in front of me. Now when some drunk annoys me I just step on the fourth pedal and shazamm. . .. 
Bill |
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Jerry Hayes
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Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 15 Feb 2006 12:07 pm
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Hey Billy, the logical place to put a 4th E9th pedal is in the 1st position next to your A pedal as your foot is usually resting over the A & B pedals and moves to the right (Emmons) or to the left (Day) to activate the C pedal. This way it only has to move a little the other direction to use the 4th pedal....... I use a 4th pedal in position one but mine is the Tom Brumley thing of raising the 7th F# to G#....JH in Va.
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Don't matter who's in Austin (or anywhere else) Ralph Mooney is still the king!!!
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Bobby Boggs
From:
Upstate SC.
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 15 Feb 2006 11:38 pm
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Like my friend Jerry Hayes says, the best place to put it is adjascent to the A pedal, on the far left of you're using an Emmons set up.
A lot of players have this pedal lower the G# strings to G natural. (I have the change in a knee lever.) There are several good reasons for this, the main on is that when used with the A pedal, you get a diminished chord that also functions as a 7th chord (assuming the bass player is playing the root.) |
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Chris Brooks
From:
Providence, Rhode Island
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Posted 16 Feb 2006 4:53 am
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I have this one, Mike. Works great.
Chris
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Carter SD-12 Extended E-9 with 5 & 6; Peavey N 112; Small Stone, Hughes & Kettner Rotosphere. |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 16 Feb 2006 5:31 am
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I've had the Bs lowering to As on this pedal for a while now, but I'm not very excited by it. I think I'll change to lowering the G#s - that sounds more useful.
It'll also mean I can get a reliable 'split-tune' with my 'C' pedal ('Day' set-up) and my B to Bb lower (RKL) once again - that whole-tone lower has been screwing that split-tune up, and I've missed it!
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John Poston
From:
Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Posted 16 Feb 2006 11:30 am
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The 3 most popular uses I see around here are
Lower 5 and 10 to A, lower G# to F# (or put the G# to F# on it's own lever)
Lower both G# to G
Raise sting 6 from G# to A#.
Also, some people put the common knee lever change F#s to G# and D# to E on the floor.
They're all good changes.
BTW - Whatever happened to raising 5 and 6 to C# and A with pedal 4? |
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Jim Eaton
From:
Santa Susana, Ca
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Posted 16 Feb 2006 1:09 pm
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I have both the "0" pedal and the "Franklin pedal" on my 12 stg extended E9th set up and find that I use the "0" pedal more than I do the "PF" pedal, but I've had a "0" pedal a lot longer so I've found more uses for it, but both have lots of great applications when you get comfortable with how to use them.
JE:-)>
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Emmons D10 8/4 P/P -75'
Fessenden SD-10 3/5
Zum SD-12 7/5 - 91'
76'Session 400
86'Nashville 400
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Larry Allen
From:
Kapaa, Kauai,Hawaii
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Posted 17 Feb 2006 11:02 am
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Billy here's the way I set up my 4th pedal to get a cool E9 chord. Lower the 2nd 1/2 step to D, 3rd 1 step to F#, 4th 1 step to D. Good blues chord with easy scales. You can also quickly tune the 3rd up 1/2 step to G for a E7+9 chord. I use this on an extended E9 set up. Larry
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If the Franklin 4th pedal bugs you with an Emmons set-up? You suggest moving it to pedal one.Then the 4th pedal slot is the perfect place for it. If, you play a Day set-up?
