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Topic: Scrapping the Bb lever (X lever)
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Tony Prior
Member From: Charlotte NC
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posted 02 September 2004 05:02 AM
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I have changed to a full tone lower off the X lever on the 10 string but still use 1/2 tone lower on the 5 string. Yes I do have the PF 4th Pedal which also brings 10 down a full tone. Totally different application.the phrase..
9 natural ,9 lower, 10 natural, 10 lower full step. Very deep resolve of AB pedal chords...
I guess what it comes down to is this, and I completely agree with BS( not Barbara Streisand) You add changes according to the style you are developing and what you are looking for in tonality and phrasing.
There is no right ,wrong or whatever..the change that you add or take away is just an extension of what you are playing or trying to accomplish NOW... Personally I don't really search for the same thing all over the place, but I do look for phrasing that can be added easily in the common positions that I play out of. The great thing about this Instrument..wait..Instruments that have the ability to have configurations changed easily , is that if you try it and don't like it..back it goes..or if you hear something else that you "NEED",it can be added. See ya in St Louis..
t[This message was edited by Tony Prior on 02 September 2004 at 05:03 AM.] |
Nicholas Dedring
Member From: Brooklyn, New York, USA
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posted 02 September 2004 05:41 AM
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Hiya Bengt...For what I've got going on primarily at the moment (more traditional country stuff), I don't find a whole lot of use for the B half-step lower. However, I don't have it on a vertical anyway. The vertical is the 1st full step raise with 7th full step lower. Just got used to having it that way around, though there are reasons why it is inconvenient. I can comfortably use the LKV whith or without pedals, but it is difficult to use with the other left knees. |
Randy Beavers
Member From: Lebanon,TN 37090
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posted 02 September 2004 05:59 AM
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I can't imagine being without the Bb lever. |
Bobby Lee
Sysop From: Cloverdale, North California, USA
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posted 02 September 2004 09:36 AM
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Without it, there's a "hole" in the tuning. With it, you can get any note within the range of the strings at any fret. Without it, you'll always be missing that one note (open A#) and half-pedaling to get another (C).
If that's okay with you, so be it. Maybe we don't need to have all of the notes at every fret. Hey, Lloyd Green doesn't have a middle A# or a middle G, and he does just fine!------------------
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Nicholas Dedring
Member From: Brooklyn, New York, USA
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posted 02 September 2004 10:32 AM
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b0b: I don't have a tunable split on there, so the split A/X half-step raise (which would be very cool to have...) is not an available option anyway. It's just the one pull I could most spare, in trying to add stuff on.I was curious here whether anyone else had gotten by without this pull... since it's such a standard change, I wasn't sure whether people ALL had it. | |
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