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Re the above neck diagrams...although presented in terms of four tone C chords, realize that the scale note locations are also there = pick your pockets. For those that may not realize it, each of the four tone chords shown probably has a 6th interval one string below it, and some sort of 9th one st...

Hi Georg, A lot of "speed picking" seems to be based upon the styles used by horn players = single note at a time instruments. Scale running and the likes is best done on a "non change activated basis" because as the changes are added to a P or L the ability to instantly make the changes decreases h...

To address the build aspect as affected by changer complexity as a function of coped/setup complexity...here is a shot of the changer end with the CM13EX1 changes installed. The bell cranks can be shortened, the tone rods made thinner, the body made thinner (shorter aprons)...worth considering? http...

Ahoy Richard...glad to see that you are "up and in the Buggy" to mix metaphors. Right on...two seven tone two octave chords like CM13 requires "MORE" than 14 strings as I use them. I like to have the roots and fifth on the fatest strings...in case the bass player does not make it back from the bar. ...

What prompted the questions with which this thread was opened is that I just finished assigning the P&L changes, and rodding one of my instruments for the M13 tuning structure. M13, in this case being C,E,G,B,D,F,A etc. = the line notes of the staff. In doing this, it became apparent how much the ch...

A general question on chords:

What chord types are in your arsenal?
Did chords determine your coped/setup?
What was/is your source of chord information?

What is your preferred type of music = Standards, Country, Jazz, other?

To what extent should chords influence PSG build?

Edp

Posted 16 Aug 2011 7:48 am on the other Steel Forum...E9, C6, E9/B6, CM13, etc. Same offer here. Back in 2008 (see above post dates on other Forum) folks asked for the "E9 laid out" Freebee. There are several thousand more forum members now, and some of them might be interested. Also available now a...

The previous setup was an integration of the E9 and the 13th series concepts. This approach reminds me of weaning a calf from its mother = your fingers become the teat till the calf learns to drink from the bucket. Here is our "bucket" (all 13th) without the fingers (no E9). The presentation format ...

The basic excitations for these looks at system and component response are pick, strum, and scrub. Pick is one string in most cases…Strum is a rake of all strings at some fret and read at some fret…scrub is a rake of all strings at all frets and read at all frets. Let’s look at what we can learn wit...

SUSTAIN/DECAY chart example from using the system. http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i287/edpackard/PSG/PSG%20test%20lab/BEASTDS1NECKSTRUMF2801248SECONDS.jpg Sustain, as best I can figure from the various threads etc, is the last thing heard as the sound dies out. That “last thing” will depend upon ...