When I use my a b pedal, the sixth string lowers about 4 cents on my tuner.
Anyone have any ideas why?
Tuning
Re: Tuning
JC, not to be picky, but if you press your B pedal, 3 & 6 should raise, not lower.
Are you thinking of your 5 string lowering when you press the B pedal? If so, I think you will find everyone has the same experience. It's called cabinet drop. When you pull down on the bellcrank with the pedal rod, it exerts a bending force on the guitar body (cabinet). It isn't infinitely rigid, so it deflects - and the other strings all go minutely flat as a result. That's why tuning a pedal steel is such a fiddly compromise.
Your tuner will see it, but I doubt anyone's ear will hear a 4 cent change! Crack on regardless, don't worry.
Regards, Will
Are you thinking of your 5 string lowering when you press the B pedal? If so, I think you will find everyone has the same experience. It's called cabinet drop. When you pull down on the bellcrank with the pedal rod, it exerts a bending force on the guitar body (cabinet). It isn't infinitely rigid, so it deflects - and the other strings all go minutely flat as a result. That's why tuning a pedal steel is such a fiddly compromise.
Your tuner will see it, but I doubt anyone's ear will hear a 4 cent change! Crack on regardless, don't worry.
Regards, Will
Re: Tuning
thanks for the reply. I finally decided the same thing.