posted 08 February 2002 09:23 AM         

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This isn't a personal vendetta, Lucky7. It's an assignment, like any other. If you can't treat it as such, coldly and objectively, Lucky8 can replace you. You've hardly distinguished yourself, have you? You were supposed to observe GOLO, not borrow his girlfriend.

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posted 08 February 2002 01:55 PM         

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Maybe you SHOULD encourage it, and maybe that would make everyone stop posting ..

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Hey-it might. I was reading the psychologist Victor Frankl, who had a treatment technique called "paradoxical intention." If someone was troubled with some kind of anxiety, he would instruct them to try and do precisely what they feared. I tried it for awhile when I was trying to hit bar slants in tune, and it actually worked pretty well!

posted 09 February 2002 04:23 AM         

My intention in the original post was to focus attention on the dilemmatic 3rd string nuisance. The very nature of its incredible pitch forfeits any expectation of hope, in terms of usability. The "Lucky 7" is a placating device, that tends to modify the severe jolting that the .011 sustains during performances.I feel that the standard universal changer is not designed to provide for pitches much above the F# note, found at the first string of the E9th chromatic tuning.

Bill H.

[This message was edited by Bill Hankey on 09 February 2002 at 11:13 PM.]

posted 14 February 2002 01:38 PM         

No Earnest, it is not designed for lowering strings. If you have the universal changer, you should be able to get any change by adding on hardware, and knee levers. There are no exceptions.

posted 17 February 2002 04:39 AM         

Could you be more specific, and let me know on which instrument you desire to facilitate the G#-G change? The change is very common. I believe that most players opt for the full tone lower, on th 3rd and 6th strings. Do you wish to lower the 3rd, or both 3 and 6? Please let me know your knee lever setup.

Bill H.

posted 17 February 2002 12:20 PM         

This is interesting since You mentioned three G sharps. This information suggests that a 12 string steel guitar is involved here. Bobby Lee has stated that it would be difficult to lower the 6th string a full tone. Your desire to lower the 3rd string 1/2 tone, should not be a problem. Viewing your copedant, would be helpful, before add-ons are considered.

Bill H.

[This message was edited by Bill Hankey on 21 February 2002 at 03:33 AM.]

posted 21 February 2002 06:58 AM         

On February 17, you replied that "Few players lower their G# to F#" but still in your Paul Franklin chart, it clearly shows that Paul does that on his pedal 4. This is
interesting, since a large number of steel guitarists have been enticed to add some of his changes to their pedal and knee lever setups. I wish that those who have found Paul's setup to be the key to musical progressiveness, would share their thoughts, and expound on this issue.

posted 21 February 2002 09:24 AM         

obfuscation

posted 21 February 2002 10:30 AM         

[This message was edited by Steve Feldman on 21 February 2002 at 10:35 AM.]

posted 21 February 2002 02:14 PM         

Please close this topic. It's apparent that it has run its course. My thanks to everyone on
The Steel Guiar Forum.