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Dag Wolf Member Posts: 646 |
posted 17 January 2001 11:04 AM
A great Cd and Paul is really shining through. He also has to me a new change: Two whole tone drop on string 6 E9th. Listen to the end of the turnaroud on "Meat and potato man". The whole turn are something else. I saw and heard him use it in St. Louis but somehow I quite didn`t figure it out even though I saw what he was doing. Paul Jr. never stop to amaze me, he`s just in a dimension of his own. Way to go Paul! BTW. If you try to put on this change on your steel you probably has to take off the helper raise spring if your steel has helper raise springs. The return might be a sligth problem. My Zum works good with this change All the best, Dag [This message was edited by Dag Wolf on 17 January 2001 at 11:05 AM.] |
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Jim Smith Member Posts: 6399 |
posted 17 January 2001 12:01 PM
Are you saying he's dropping the 6th string from G#-E? I didn't notice anything that drastic when I listened to him in St. Louis. |
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Dag Wolf Member Posts: 646 |
posted 17 January 2001 05:19 PM
Jim, the funny thing about this is that it don`t sound that drastic when you hear the change. I thought it was the whole tone drop of the "PF 4th pedal" but I saw him use the his vertical lever in St. Louis and I noticed it was lowering something. Besides the CD maybe somebody who talk with Paul from time to time can confirm this? Regards, Dag |
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Bobby Boggs Member Posts: 3623 |
posted 17 January 2001 08:11 PM
The change is 6th string G# to E.I put the change on a Carter for a few days, had a lot of tuning problems.I sold the guitar before I could work the bugs out.It will not work on an Emmons without a mod. |
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Dan Tyack Member Posts: 3552 |
posted 17 January 2001 09:02 PM
Paul is probably trying to show off his father's handiwork.... Seriously, I just put a change on several of my Franklins which lowers the low F on the C6th to the C below (yes, this is a full 5 note change). No tuning problems, it works fine. What a guitar! ------------------ |
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Dag Wolf Member Posts: 646 |
posted 18 January 2001 02:00 AM
There`s no doubt that the Franklin steels have a little different pivot point on the fingers in the changer that in some cases makes it do some changes better than any other steel. On the other hand - it`s always a price to pay for this. So one has to choose. I love that Paul is constantly trying out new ideas - and put them on records. I did try his 6 string G# to B raise but never found it to be enough useful to have it on. I guess that the G# to E will only be on my steel for awhile but I`m willin to give it a real try. Dag |
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Bobby Boggs Member Posts: 3623 |
posted 18 January 2001 07:25 AM
Dag,I love the G# to B raise.I works great by itself or with any pedal-kneepedal combination except the old B's to Bb's change.I like it better than the G# to E drop.Just my 2 cents worth. After receiving several E-mails I feel I need to clarify a couple of things.First of all, of course the G# to B change won't work with the 4th pedal change. And 2nd most of you drop your 6th string with the knee the raises strings 1 and 2.The G# to B change would not work with that knee either.However if you raise your 7th string to G# with this knee it works great.Sorry I confused some of you. bb [This message was edited by Bobby Boggs on 18 January 2001 at 07:29 AM.] [This message was edited by Bobby Boggs on 18 January 2001 at 06:21 PM.] |
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Alan Shank Member Posts: 231 |
posted 18 January 2001 09:09 AM
I got the Alan Jackson and Mark Chesnutt CD's for Christmas, and just got around to a "quickie" listen last night. I really liked the Alan Jackson, but was quite disappointed in the Mark Chesnutt, especially the title tune, "Lost in the Feeling." The steel was very limited and often drowned out by, yes, strings. I guess I just shouldn't buy anything produced by Mark Wright. He does love to mix steel and string sections, which I just cannot tolerate. Too bad, because I like Chesnutt's singing a lot. Cheers, Alan Shank |
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Larry R Member Posts: 553 |
posted 23 January 2001 12:07 PM
I too was disappointed in the song selections. As for steel, there appeared to be less steel on this one than on "Under The Influence", which did have more than just a couple of decent tunes. I wish I could have borrowed the CD from someone to see what was on it, otherwise I woundn't have wasted the money. |
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BENGT ERLANDSEN unregistered Posts: 553 |
posted 23 January 2001 01:51 PM
Ihave not tried the G# to B on my guitar, but it will do a whole lot of nice things if it is used split with G# to F# on another lever. Is there any chance that P.F. is using the Whole tone drop on 6th sliding back 2 frets and raise 5th string a whole tone at the same time. Result would sound like a 4-halftone drop on 6th string. Just wondering. Bengt [This message was edited by BENGT ERLANDSEN on 24 January 2001 at 05:09 AM.] |
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