Re: Multibenders!

[Tim Mungenast <tmungenast@verizon.net>]

dang! i'd love to see this, but lately i haven't been able to open ANYTHING on youtube... just a black rectangle that does not respond. anyone else having this issue?

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--- On Sun, 1/6/13, mark francombe <mark@markfrancombe.com> wrote:

From: mark francombe <mark@markfrancombe.com>
Subject: Re: Multibenders!
To: "loopers-delight" <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Date: Sunday, January 6, 2013, 4:03 PM

Thanks Bill, Thats fantastic! That infos a keeper... Straight into Evernote!
I am having a lot o fun already, although the installation wasn't completely without issues, and I do need to tweak a bit.

Firstly Im installing on my Baritone, so all the strings are thicker and actually I swapped strings this time for some coated shit, (Damn that sales guy... Ive been using Ernie Ball for 20 years.. now my finger tips hurt!!!)  that I think are EVEN THICKER!!

The upshot was that some of the strings wouldnt go into the bend handles slot, wither of them, up OR down. AND the slip wheels under the bridge also caused some obstruction. I have to file out my lowest arm slot a bit.

But still.. the top two arms are working fine and Im using then the same as you on the B and G strings, ATM I have them both set to one tone up, and have accidentally come across a few pedal steel-ish licks already. My aim however is NOT to go all country on ya'all... I was intrigued by the multibend idea simply because that is very similar to how I play guitar anyway, I form a chord, and then move one finger up or down. (think Velvet Underground or Spiritulized).

However, I do like the simplicity of the county sound, that one string twangs up to a new tone and creates that shimmer. Even tho my guitar will be normal tuning (for a bari) I love how this guy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcSBKjCyXDU gets some nice variation, just out of one chord (hes tuned, I could easily just hold a chord) ...

Also when looping, one doesnt have to think about playing all the time, its nice to have some new sounds right there, made in hardware... rather than a patch!!

Thanks Bill, gonna check all these out..

M

On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 8:51 PM, William Walker <billwalker@baymoon.com> wrote:

hey Mark, that is awesome. First of all i assume its going on a regular guitar? as you know mine is on a lap steel so all of my adjustments are based on open tunings of various stripes that i use. With that said I have only used two levers , one on the G and one on the B string, and I've only set it up for string pulls, usually a 1/2 step or whole step bend on either string specific to which tuning I'm using. I have a third lever as well but I haven't even installed it yet. As I understand wound strings are better for drop tunings, and I believe a bit problematic for up bends. At some point i might add the third lever on the high E string as a drop tuner, in major tunings to drop to the major or b7. Just getting the hang of 2 levers has been occupying my time just fine:-)
here are some of the tunings I use with the pitch change settings in parenthesis

D major tuning   low to high  D,  A, D,  F# (+1/2, for sus, +1, for lydian#4), A (+1 for maj 6),  D
D sus 2 tuning                         D,  A, D,  E  (+1/2, for b3, +1, for maj 3rd),  A ( 1/2 for b6, +1 for maj 6),  D
D minor tuning                        D,  A, D,  F  (+1/2, for maj 3rd, +1, for sus 4),  A ( 1/2 for b6, +1 for maj 6),  D
D sus 4                                     D,  A, D,  G  (+1/2, for b5, +1, for 5th),  A (  +1 for maj 6),  D
 i also use variants of these in C and also in open G and its mutations as well, moving to E requires lighter gauge strings than I like to use for lap steel playing but i've gotten good results when i did,  i would recommend you start with the current gauge of strings you like to use. it seems that the heavier the gauge the less up or down maximum range you can get and the strings are under heavier tension as well so breaking them is easier and keeping the strings fresh particularly on the levered strings is important. as a general rule anythin higher tna a major second up bend is riskier for string breaking
 have fun
 Bill

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