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Topic: Your E raise and lower on right side anybody?
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Franklin
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posted 20 May 2004 05:47 AM
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David, Its deleted because in hindsight after posting a response, knowing Johnny and every other steel guitarist cares about what tuning and where everything is placed, I decided it was probably best to smile and move on  Paul |
Bobby Lee
Sysop From: Cloverdale, North California, USA
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posted 20 May 2004 07:53 AM
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Terry's original question was: quote:
How many have there D and F levers on the right instead of the left?
It appears that the answer is "very few". The A+F combination is a very easy movement from A+B if F is on LKL (or, in the Day setup, LKR). Almost everyone puts it there.
But even the top pros are divided on whether lowering the E's is better on the left or the right knee. I think a lot of us started out with Sho-Buds that had only one lever: RKL. Once we associated that movement with the change, we didn't want to retrain our reflexes.
Today, I think that all of the manufacturers put both changes on the left knee. It's certainly the most popular configuration among players. Very few players put them both on the right, but I don't see much of a downside to it. If you're used to it, there's no big reason to change.
Good topic, Terry. Thanks!------------------
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Buddy Emmons
Member From: Hermitage, TN USA
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posted 20 May 2004 08:40 AM
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Good one, Donald. Jimmy Crawford calls the action of going forward and back with the 5 lever cluster, “the cheekage factor.” |
Robbie Daniels
Member From: Casper, Wyoming, USA
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posted 20 May 2004 08:55 AM
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I believe that most of knee lever placements are significant to individual taste and like Paul says this creates the individuality that is so common with the PSG.
I am somewhat of a maverick in that I lower my E once and raise my E twice on the knee levers. My RKL lowers my E half tone and my RKR raises my E a whole tone. I do not use pedal C on the floor. My LKL raises my E a half tone. It fits my style of playing. I play A MSA D12 built for me in 1974. |
Terry Sneed
Member From: El Dorado, Arkansas, USA
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posted 20 May 2004 09:09 AM
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Thanks Bobby.  after readin all the replies, and hearin Big E, Big F's and everbody elses thoughts on this, I think I may keep my RKL to lower my E's and switch from RKR to LKL to raise my E's. thanks a bunch ya'll.
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