This subject has been debated and redabted on this forum for years. I hope that is not the case here.
As I have stated many times, I believe that the smoothest transition from one to the other is when the E's are raised and lowered on opposite knees. I would LOVE to have them that way.
Unfortunately (as I have stated many times) I can't because there are needed combinations that I must have in order to play like I like to play.
I posted the other day that I had discovered a way to get a least "half" the best of both worlds. This morning I couldn't sleep, and I got to thinking about this for some reason. And as I thought I almost fell out of bed.
I CAN do it. I cannot wait to try it. It was there ALL the time. I want to share it with you folks.
I included only the basic U-12 tuning and the pertinent knee levers below. As I stated in the other thread, I can raise and lower the E's on my left knee AND still have a smooth transition on at least string 4. This due to the fact that I located the old pedal 6 (C6) to RKR. If LKR (E to Eb) lever is not engaged, RKR creates an F note on string 4.
This then allows me to make a smooth transition on string 4 between LKR and RKR. Now the other half. IF I split LKL (E to F) with RKR it will create and Eb! This then allows a smooth transition on string 8. The only thing it would not do is to allow a smooth transition on 4 and 8. But I don't recall ever doing this anyway.
Check it out. I am excited!:
A B 5 7 LKL LKR RKR
(6)
F#
D#
G#
E F Eb* F*
B
G#
F#
E F* Eb D*
B
G#
E
B
*splits
[This message was edited by C Dixon on 13 August 2004 at 07:27 AM.]
