OPEN G PEDAL STEEL, 6 STRING GBDGBD TUNING 2 PEDAL 2 KNEE

[Carl McLaughlin]

i HAVE A PEDAL STEEL Set up for open G tuning GBDGBD. The A pedal takes D to E , B pedal takes B to C ,Left knee G TO G#, Right Knee G TO F#.

I really need help. Anyone? Even how to play the scale up and down the neck using just the pedals.I can play some basic stuff,but always find i am playing most of my stuff in 2 frets using 2 pedal and no knee levers. Glad to pay someone to help me..

Carl

[David W.D. McCormick]

This is very similar to the standard e9 tuning. Think in intervals or scale degrees rather than notes and you have 1-3-5-1-3-5, which the same as standard e9 without the 9s and 7/flat 7. your pedals and levers do the same thing as the e9 equivalents.* I would just pick up some e9 learning materials and transpose everything to G major instead of E. I strongly recommend Jeff Newman’s up from the top series for learning the basic positions and harmonized scales up and down the neck. An added advantage of the open G is the ability to do hammer ons and pull offs in G major for the pentatonic.

*Press A you’ve got the 6 chord, Press AB you’ve got the 4 chord, lower you roots and press B and your got the 5 seventh. Go up two frets with A&B and your got the 5 chord.

[D Schubert]

I've played hi-bass G dobro and steel for a long time, and considered what pedals would be most useful. I'm not sure what I'd do, but I think I would look for changes that I could not already achieve by slants and behind-the-bar bends. You've got me thinking......

[Carl McLaughlin]

Thanks to all of you for your suggestions.

[David Higginbotham]

I set my 1st and 4th string lower 1/2 on RKL and lower my 2nd and 3rd strings a whole step on LKL for G major on my bottom neck of my GFI. Top neck standard Emmons E9th and it works well for what I play.