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My F lever lowers my 12th string E to C#, an idea I got from Winnie Winston.

My 0th pedal (to the left of the A pedal) raises the 7th string F# to G#.

I recently added a 9th string lower D to C# to that 0th pedal.

Now when I hit 0+A+F I get this great big power chord. It's an open C#, but it's easier to understand as an E at the 3rd fret: <font face="monospace" size="3"><pre>
string note change
5 E +2
6 B
7 B +2
8 G# +1
9 E -1
10 E +2
11 B
12 E -3 </pre></font>As you can see, it's almost all roots and fifths, like the classic guitar power chords. Sounds really big!!

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Dang, that would be huge. When I had my D-12 p/p, I could make the power chord thing happen with the right grip open, and I usually had the 11th string tuned to A instead of G# (didn't have a B pedal pull), so when I'd hit A+B I could regrip and get the IV chord as a power chord easy too. I didn't do the practice often because it was a little too rockin' for me.

Bobby, you make me yearn for my MSA Lacquer Universal. Great sounding guitar, with a Lawrence 712 in it. I went back to standard S-10 last year after a brief time with the Universal, but reading posts like this one gets me thinking about all the possibilities I had on that 7+5, and that I probably could have switched to Extended E9 and gotten used to it.

You gotta hear it in the distortion channel! I've even taken to playing it with a hemp yarn marimba mallet on one of our more rhythmic tunes.

b0b, I also have and use that change on my 12 stringer. My 1st pedal raises my 7th string to G# but I lower my 12th string E to C# with that pedal. I tune my 9th string to C# so for that chord I only have to use the 1st pedal and my F lever. What's nice about the change is removing the F# which would be a sus4 in the chord which wouldn't be much good for power chording as in rock things. Adding in the A pedal as you've done is a cool sound and then letting off of it gives you that dominant 7th while still retaining the root on the 9th string....... JH in Va.

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<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Jerry Hayes on 24 December 2006 at 01:07 PM.]</p></FONT>

One of the reasons I prefer a uni to ext. E9 is that I get the low C# on my A pedal. That's the root for either the relative minor, or for the A-pedal/F-lever major chord. This adds lots of power chord possibilities, but also keeps the low 3rd when needed.