Barry Gaskell
From:
Cheshire, UK
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Posted 6 Jan 2007 12:26 pm |
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Hi.
maybe I'm re-inventing the wheel here, but in my search for maximum utilisation of knees and pedals and as a result of my formative years where necessity was the mother of invention, I developed an unusual set up. I have had this set up on my 3rd pedal for years. I'm not saying it's right or wrong , good or bad it's just a suggestion thrown on the floor for comment. It works for me and I couldn't do without it.
Most players , on their third floor pedal have the 4th and 5th strings raised a tone. Most of the moves combined with pedal two, sixths. minors etc, don't generallyinvolve strings much below the 6th string. On my guitar on the same pedal I also have string 10 flattened a tone and string 9 flattened a semi-tone. This doesn't interfere with the normal pedal 2/3 usage 95 % of the time, and gives you, open, a 6th on strings 10,9,8,7 and on up to the normal 6th on 6,5,4,3. If you have string 7 sharpened with a knee it gives you a nice 7th up to string 5. Bring in your E's to Eb, or your E's to F knees and you a lovely flattened fifth or augmented fifth. Flatten your ninth and you have minor 6ths, minor sevenths . Resolving this to pedals 1&2 and being string selective is a wonderful transition
back to open E. Playing 6th chords with your E to Eb two tones down from a pedalled E, there is great scope for movement between these two sixth positions.
What it did for me was free up a Knee lever and maximise my floor pedals and I could utilise the ninth string more, which becomes a third tone, which I know is a constant topic.
Does this push the bounderies or as I say ,am I re-inventing the wheel ?.
Barry
P.S.
Ken' I've done the nashy 4 mods with the info you gave me and it's "BRILL". Thanks a million.
Emmons SKH twin ten, Bud twin ten, session 400, nashy 4. |
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