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Topic: Pedal adjustments |
Paul Awalt
From:
Greenwich, Ct.
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Posted 2 May 2014 2:32 pm |
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| Should the pedals on a steel all be adjusted the same height and bottom out at the same level? |
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Chris Tweed
From:
Cardiff, Wales, UK
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Posted 2 May 2014 2:54 pm
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| For me, no. I have the A pedal highest, the C pedal next and the B pedal lowest. However, we are talking a few millimetres between them, not a huge difference. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 2 May 2014 2:58 pm
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Normally, no, although is is strictly a personal preference. Most players set them at different heights because they move differently, or because it's easier to "feel" where you're at when they're set at different heights.
I remind players who are fanatics about this sort of thing that the clutch, gas, and brake pedals in a car are also at different heights, and move differently, yet no one tries to make them all the same height, or make them move the same. If you can learn to handle slight adversities like this, it will really help you when you're playing a guitar other than your own!
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Mike Wheeler
From:
Delaware, Ohio, USA
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Posted 2 May 2014 3:04 pm
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In general, they are adjusted to bottom out together. Whether they are parallel to each other at that point is a matter of preference based on the player's ankle flexibility. When mine bottom out, the B pedal is a bit lower than the A pedal...but that feels right to my foot and gives me adequate ankle movement to rock on/off A or B easily. Same goes for B and C pedals.
What matters is that your ankle isn't straining to make the moves. Just adjust them till they're right for you.
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Mike |
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