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Topic: Broken A pedal |
Billy Wilson
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El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 8 Sep 2005 1:37 pm |
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| What do you do when yor are playing E9th and the A pedal isn't working? This happened to me so I tried playing with no pedals. For some reason I found this to be too difficult. Then I tuned the E's down to D# and played it like a 6th tuning and that worked a little better, but not much. What would be your solution to this situation? Any comments appreciated. |
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 8 Sep 2005 2:48 pm
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If something would happen to my A pedal, I'd go with the BC pedals. Except for the E string I would still have the B string raise on string 5.
You can get a lot with the BC pedals. Still have the B pedal and the Knee that lowers the E's for the 7th chord, etc. |
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Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 8 Sep 2005 6:07 pm
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| Taking Jack's approach even further - at least on an all-pull guitar - why not disable the E-to-F# raise on the C-pedal by backing off on the tuning nut for that pull to the point where string 4 doesn't raise anymore? That at least would give you the regular A-pedal change, Day-style, on string 5. Although I use C, I find A more critical. |
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Larry Robbins
From:
Fort Edward, New York
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Posted 8 Sep 2005 6:13 pm
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Fix the "A" pedal?
Thats what I would do.
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Rick Nicklas
From:
Verona, Mo. (deceased)
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Posted 8 Sep 2005 9:19 pm
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| That happened to me years ago in a bar. I just flipped my steel over, tied 3 legs together, reached back and got my allen wrench and fixed it. I jumped up and raised my arms and all the cowboys cheered. [This message was edited by Rick Nicklas on 09 September 2005 at 07:36 AM.] |
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