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Topic: Ralph Mooney's Pedal Setup |
Jack Mansfield
From:
Reno, NV
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Posted 25 Jan 2007 10:48 am |
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| Could anyone help me, I would like to get Ralph Mooney's Pedal Setup from the 60's on his Fender. Would appreciate it very much! |
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J Fletcher
From:
London,Ont,Canada
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Posted 25 Jan 2007 12:01 pm
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| I've always wondered what Ralph Mooney's 8 string tuning was. The 10 string version is available, but I'm curious what he added when he went from 8 to 10 strings. I would guess the 2 lowest strings, as I think he had the high G# in the late 50's. Can't figure out what the low Bb is doing in there, though I've listened to lots and lots of Ralph Mooney....Jerry |
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Andy DePaule
From:
Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 25 Jan 2007 1:13 pm Bb
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| The Bb string is used as a palm rest when the fiddle is playing. |
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 26 Jan 2007 7:40 am
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The low Bb in Ralph's tuning can be used a couple of ways. If you've got a lever to lower the 10th string or just tune it to Bb and try this. For a dom7 change in the key of A go to the 3rd fret and play strings 6, 8, & 10. Or if you're in A and going from a D (IV) to an E (V) go to the 10th fret and play strings 5, 6, & 8, then to make the E7 change just play strings 6, 8, & 10 with the 10th string lowered a half while still at the 10th fret.........JH in Va.
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John Daugherty
From:
Rolla, Missouri, USA
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Posted 27 Jan 2007 7:42 am
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In 1960, Ralph used an 8 string, E9 tuning. The first string was G#. There was no Bb in his tuning at that time.
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pedal 1: raise 4th string 1 fret.
pedal 2: raise 4th string 1 fret and 3rd string 2 frets.
pedal 3: raise 3rd string 2 frets and 1st string 1 fret.
pedal 4: raise 2nd string 2 frets.
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This is the setup as I remember it. It has been a long time since I used that setup, so I could be wrong. It is accurate to the best of my knowledge.
I worked with Ralph and occasionally played his Fender 1000 from 1960 to 1962. I had a Fender 400 setup identical to Ralphs setup.
I was told that sometime after 1962, Ralph changed his Fender 1000 setup to pull only one string with each pedal. I have not asked him about that.
Go to this page on my website and you can hear a recording I played on during that time period, while using that setup. There is also a brief description. Listen to Norm Owens' "Lately".
http://home.earthlink.net/~johnd37/id14.html
Last edited by John Daugherty on 2 Feb 2007 1:08 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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Mike Hoover
From:
Franklin, TN, USA
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Posted 27 Jan 2007 2:29 pm
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John,
Very nice, good sound sure west coast style.
Mike |
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