The Beast

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=215 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="0070ce82egerdp.png"> <div>  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pedal Steel Guitar / Tunings"><U>PEDAL STEEL GUITAR / TUNINGS</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Equipment"><U>EQUIPMENT</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id9.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tunes Ive Written (and a few I Didnt)"><U>TUNES</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My CDs"><U>MY CD's</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Picture Gallery"><U>PHOTO GALLERY</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gig Schedule"><U>GIG SCHEDULE</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biographical Information"><U>BIOGRAPHICAL INFO</U></A></div> <bR> <div> ______________________</div> <bR> <div> to provide the author with feedback on this site please send EMail to <A HREF="mailto:larry@larrybell.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:larry@larrybell.org"><U>Larry Bell</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=50 BGCOLOR="#CC99CC" TEXT="#080000" background="00626611ezuady.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Welcome to LarryBell.org . . .</B></FONT><B>  </B><B> </B><B>|   </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome to LarryBell.org . . ."><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=430 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>The Beast</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.larrybell.org/images/BeastLarge.jpg" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.larrybell.org/images/BeastLar"><U><IMG SRC="01427f00.jpg" border=0 width="295" height="240" ALT="1969 Emmons Single-12 " ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> click picture to enlarge -- use BACK button  to return</div> <div> The Beast is a 1969 Emmons Single-12 on a D-12 frame.  I've owned it since December, 1998 and have done most of the work on it myself.  When it came to live with me, it had 3 pedals and 5 knee levers and an extended E9 tuning.</div> <bR> <div> The table below shows the copedent (ChOrd/PEDal arrangemENT -- thanks to Tom Bradshaw for something to call it) for the Beast.  It has 6 pedals, 6 knee levers, and a relatively standard E9/B6 universal setup that I've been using for about 25 years.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="02d0ce70.gif" border=0 width="524" height="231" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> It is noteworthy that this tuning is what I consider the minimum setup to be able to duplicate the pedal functions of a stock D-10.  </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">1,2, and 3 are the A,B,C pedals.  </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The P4 C6 changes (A to B on C6 / G# to A# on B6) are not included.  </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Pedal 6 is on LKR -- release RKL when engaging LKR to raise the 4th to E and lower the 8th to D.  </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">C6 pedals 5,7, and 8 are P4,5,6 on the Beast.  </div> <bR> <div> Knee levers are all there</div> <div> E's to F's ;  E's to Eb's ;  2nd string C#/D/D# ;  B to Bb (same function as C to B lever on C6) ; there's even 6th string G# to F# and 1st string F# to G#.  </div> <bR> <div> No Franklin pedal.  No 2nd string raise to E.  (These may be possible on the push-pull mechanism, but I prefer not to push my luck)</div> <bR> <div> You have the exact C6 tuning 1/2 step lower, with the equivalent of G or D on top (F#=1st string; C#=2nd string w/RKL engaged).  There's also a high 6th (3rd string) -- like having a high A on C6.  It's no big deal, but it's there and is useful -- you may also raise it with P2 to go from the 6th to the b7 (e.g., B6 to B7 open).</div> <bR> <div> There's a lot of stuff there, friends and neighbors.  And it's all available together.  C6 positions become E9 positions and vice versa.</div> <bR> <div> This tuning is the starting point for any other 12-string I purchase or set up for myself.  For example, <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Fessy"><U>The Fessy</U></A> has 2 more pedals and 2 more levers and doesn't have a whole lot more to offer above this simple setup.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>