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Topic: To continue -Day Vs. Emmons setup |
Al Marcus
From: Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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Posted 29 Mar 2005 11:07 am
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I wanted to post on the Day vs Emmons setup and was told it was full and no more replies were possible and to start a new thread. Ok..
If you ask a Foot specialist , he will tell you that the ankle will bend on the inside a lot more and easier than the other way arounmd.
Saying this, The Day setup should be physically easier to use.
But I use the Emmons setup, Why?, just as others on this post has said. -most of the steels etc, are geared that way. If you sit in with a band , you will usually find the Emmons setup.
Also in my case, I play a E6-9 setup and my LKR is the Eb's so that goes good with Emmons setup for me as I use it with pedals 5 and 6 for the sixth part of the tuning. That is one reason that makes the steel guitar so different from a Piano, You can change the tuning....Viva la difference...all
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Frank Estes
From: Huntsville, AL
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Posted 29 Mar 2005 11:47 am
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I agree. Another similar thing to consider is when one attends a steel guitar show and wants to jam in one of the vendor rooms on their display models, 9 times out of 10, it will have the Emmons setup.
The Carter site shows a most requested E9 setup and that would be a good one to start out with, at least.
http://www.steelguitar.com/resource/tunings/tune9c6.htm
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Earnest Bovine
From: Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 29 Mar 2005 11:59 am
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Why would ankle movement issues matter? After all, you have to bend both ways, no matter which way you order the pedals. |
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Donny Hinson
From: Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 29 Mar 2005 1:27 pm
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In normal pedal steel work, you're holding "B" down and working the "A" pedal a lot more frequently than you're holding the "A" pedal down and working the "B".  |
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