U12 How many pulls per pedal-4?

Tom Campbell · From: Houston, Texas, USA

I have a Sierra U12 and am thinking of repeating the 5th siting A# and 6th string C# pulls on the 9th and 10th strings also.
I already have some pedals that pull three strings successfully, but was wondering if any has used four.

Thanks for your input.

Jon Light (deceased) · From: Saugerties, NY

All steels are different--the Franklin has a rep for being able to do some extraordinary pulls, for instance. I have no idea what the Sierra's like. In my experience, if I remove the 10 string from the B pedal (I did this once, trying to diagnose some stiffness in the pedal--turned out it was something else) it removes a lot of resistance on the pedal. This suggests to me that adding a full step pull on the 10th string plus the full step pull on 9 to an already fairly loaded pedal (those two full step pulls on 5 & 6 strings have a fair amount of load on my guitars) will make for a pedal that requires a work boot to stomp. Can't hurt to try it, though.

Dave Mudgett · From: Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee

I have a Sierra U-14, high to low

Ab,F#,D#,G#,E,B,G#,F#,E,B,G#,E,B,E

I'll number my strings 0-13, so your strings are 1-12. I do have the B->A# pull on both strings 5 and 9, and the B->C# pull on strings 5, 9, and 12.

I definitely have some 4-string pulls. I can't remember exactly which ones - it's not in front of me. The Sierra does these pretty well.

Tom Campbell · From: Houston, Texas, USA

Sorry, Correction:

My 5th string (B) raises to C# and my 6th string (G#) raises to A# an the same pedal. I want to repeat these same pulls on my 9th string (B) and 10th string (G#) using the same pedal. This will result in 4 pulls on this pedal.

David Doggett · Posted 7 Dec 2006 2:06 pm

Tom, it's gonna get pretty stiff with the pulls you are asking about, but only you can say if it is TOO stiff. I have three pulls on most of my pedals and knees on my Zum and MSA Millennium S12 unis, but don't have a 4th pull on anything. The A and B pedals are fine with the 3rd pull down on strings 12 and 10. On the C pedal I have a whole step pull from E to F# on string 8, and it makes that pedal pretty stiff. You just have to try it and see.

Edit after seeing your last post: Okay, it sounds like you are talking about what is usually pedal 7 on C6. On my E9/B6 unis I have string 5, B to C#; string 6, G# to A#; and string 10, G# to A#. You will be adding a whole step pull on string 9, B to C#. That will be fairly stiff, but might be workable.

[This message was edited by David Doggett on 07 December 2006 at 02:14 PM.]

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