Copedent Question
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Copedent Question
This is the copedent my Mullen Discovery came with. I'm new to PSG, so anyone have any thoughts on this? Is it better to learn on a certain copedent like the "standard emmons"?
Curious to hear yalls thoughts/opinions.
Thanks.
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After having had the whole lower of G# on LKR, I found it in the way ALL the time... You may want to think instead of raising the F# up a whole... Other than that you look okay... I've gone both ways with Raising and Lowering the E's on LKL & LKR, and am actually going back to that after having had them split between the knees, the way you have here. But that's really just a preference thing as I liked them in both configurations.
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Agreed!Jon Light wrote:This is as close to at least one version of 'standard' as you can get. I wouldn't touch it. Anything you don't use, don't use. The day will come when you discover what it is for. There is nothing odd there. Now is the time to play the thing and not worry about the setup.
I've been playing that exact set-up for a long time.
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+1 with everyone so far. I don't think you could get a more "standard Emmons" setup if you tried! And I love that my friends at Mullen are delivering split E's from the factory
Also...speaking as someone who wasted a lot of hours messing with copedents the first few months after getting my Mullen rather than just playing, give yourself at least a year with this configuration before even considering changing anything. Until you've logged in many hours practicing/learning/arranging/playing you won't know what to change or why. Once you get to that point, you can properly evaluate the changes you have and how crucial each is to your voice
With this copedent, you may never change anything!
Have fun!
Also...speaking as someone who wasted a lot of hours messing with copedents the first few months after getting my Mullen rather than just playing, give yourself at least a year with this configuration before even considering changing anything. Until you've logged in many hours practicing/learning/arranging/playing you won't know what to change or why. Once you get to that point, you can properly evaluate the changes you have and how crucial each is to your voice
With this copedent, you may never change anything!
Have fun!
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Hear my album, "Armistice" featuring Fender 400 on every song:
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Hear my Pedal Steel Only playlist featuring Mullen G2 SD12 on covers like Candyman, Wild Horses, Across the Universe & more...
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A lot of professional players use this exact copedent. I wouldn't change a thing.
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I, too, would raise the 7th a tone instead of lowering the 6th but, even as it is, it's as close to the modern E9 'standard' as it gets.
The foregoing remarks are, of course, made with the understanding that I think it should all be reversed and turned into the 'Day' set-up.
But that's just me....(and a couple of other guys).
The foregoing remarks are, of course, made with the understanding that I think it should all be reversed and turned into the 'Day' set-up.
But that's just me....(and a couple of other guys).
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(8+9: 'Day' pedals) Williams SD-12 (D13th: 8+6), Quilter TT-12, B-bender Teles and several old Martins.
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