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Emmons

Day.

My old ZB Came with the Day set up, so thats what I have used.

Day, because my first guitar was setup like that.
I find it easier to get on and off the b&c pedal because my foot is already at that angle. (1st pedal)
I play either ,but not too fast in the heat of the battle on the Emmons setup.

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kenny
66 Emmons 8&7
D-10 Derby 9&8

I play the Day setup. By my calculations the count it is:
Emmons 26
Day 20

Emmons

Whatever the final count is, it's only a count of the ones that replied here. And, there are more steelers that are not on-line than what is on here.

Nonetheless, it looks like Emmons is ahead. I'll add one more for the Emmons side.

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Rick Richtmyer
Good News

Put me on the Emmons side too. Didn't we go through this a year or so ago? Seems like it came out to 8 or 9 to 1 in favor of the Emmons setup.

Emmons

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Steve Stallings
Bremond, Texas

All opinions on this forum represent only the ones registered. I think I realize that. Bob, you can close this thread if you want.

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Man, I'm even increasing my vocabulary !! What a place to learn new things and ideas.
Now all I have to do is figure out what to do with it.

Regards,Paul

?<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by johnnyb on 04 June 2005 at 07:18 AM.]</p></FONT>

Emmons. I've never played a Day setup. Bud Carter, on his Ask Bud page, says that the Day setup would cause more cabinet drop. Comments?

Bud's theory is that since the A pedal is more toward the center of the guitar with the Day setup, it would put more force on the body.

Lately, we've been hearing other ideas such as changer shaft flex contributing to the drop, so cabinet drop isn't the only culprit.

BTW, a good way to test cabinet drop without involving the changer shaft is to step on C6 pedals 5&6 on a double neck and see how much the E9 strings drop.

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Jim Smith jimsmith94@charter.net
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-=Fessenden Ext. E9/U-13 8&8=-

Emmons 31
Day 21

Jim, the Day setup causing more "cabinet drop" was told to me by a Nashville builder, too.

Emmons. HowdyDoody on the Universal B6 pedals. Actually, Roller, except that P6 is on a lever.

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..... really...is there just one set-up that can be attributed to each of them? <FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Gene Jones on 21 January 2002 at 04:25 PM.]</p></FONT>

I was referring to the ABC floor pedal setup being Buddy Emmons, and CBA floor pedal setup being Jimmy Day. Simple?

Simple enough Reggie....the thread has grown and taken so many turns that I'd forgotten your original post.....

EMMONS

I just went back and read through the whole thread. What caught my attention was that the statement of comfort or ease of use was mentioned by a lot of readers relating to which set up they preferred.

Could it be that there is something like left handed vs right handedness in the use of the pedal foot ?? Some say it is easier to rock one way while others prefer the opposite rotation. It also seems that the baseball term, switch hitter, also applies here since some have stated they can do it either way with ease while others are absolutely blown away in that attempt.

I'm certainly no physiologist or anything like that but I do sense something else at work (play ??) here !! I hope this is also; still On Topic........I also think we have players of Master Level Talent who use both of these set ups so it's not a one way street by any stretch of the imagination.

Regards, Paul

I've played both but I prefur Emmons I guess.

Played both I like Emmons the best.