C pedal history question

Bryan Bradfield · From: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

I understand that the first E9 pedal (which quickly became the A & B pedals) was developed on an 8 string instrument. I also understand that the C pedal did not arrive until quite a bit later. Was the instrument still commonly an 8 string instrument when the C pedal arrived?

Jerry Hayes · From: Virginia Beach, Va.

Hey Bryan, 10-4 on the steel being an 8 string instrument when the C pedal came into being. I'm probably wrong but the first person I remember hearing using it was Ralph Mooney. It would have been his 2nd string E and he only pulled it to F# with that pedal and didn't pull the B to C# along with it!....JH in Va.

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Don't matter who's in Austin (or anywhere else) Ralph Mooney is still the king!!!

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