If you have an older gfi with only 6 hole bell cranks use hole 6 where hole 7 is indicated on.
Pedal steel change copedent.
The second number is the hole in the bell crank used again with 1 being closest to the body.
Most pedal steel guitarists play steel guitars with two necks.
The neck nearer to the player is tuned to c6 and five more pedals change the pitches of the strings on this neck as shown below.
This can really help us in figuring out how different people play different things.
In case you haven t noticed the steel guitar is an instrument with a lot of compromises.
In the language of pedal steel guitarists the combination of string tuning and pedal knee arrangement is called a copedent pronounced ko pee dent there are nearly as many pedal steel copedents as there are steel guitarists.
I would rather have the change with the pedal traveling a little much and pushing a little harder than to do without the change.
Lloyd has pioneered many new steel sounds.
Buddy charleton s change lowering string one from f to f is very interesting.
These instruments use the e9 copedent shown above on the neck farther away from the player.
E9th is the stock configuration of all single neck 10 string s 10 pedal steels and it is the front neck of double neck d 10 instruments.
It is the sound that the general public associates with the instrument.
The e9th is the most common of all pedal steel copedents.
Each pair of numbers looks like a fraction represents a pull.
It is used in all kinds of music but it excels in country.
Something we haven t really touched on much is studying other players copedent.
Lloyd often uses the change on string one that raises f to g.
I also lower my tenth string with my c pedal.
But people set their knee levers up differently.
The first number is the hole in the changer that the pull rod is inserted through with 1 being closest to the body.
It is my hope that this web site will document the past highlight current trends and point the way to a future where the pedal steel is widely accepted in all kinds of music b0b lee 2019.
I use tommy white s change lowering strings 5 and 6 individually which sounds awesome.
Steel guitar tunings and copedents.
Note on rod charts.
We have the two common pedal setups the jimmy day setup and the buddy emmons setup.
The copedent is the steel guitarist s way of saying this is how i tune my instrument it s a diagram showing where the pedals and levers are and what action they take on the strings.
I like this change and sometimes i use it with my left left knee lever.
