Last night a drunk told me what the pedals do.

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 30 Mar 2002 10:24 am

He "figured it out." According to him, I have 8 pedals, and there are 8 notes in the major scale, obviously each pedal changes one note in the scale. And the knee levers were for playing what he called "Asian scales." When I tried to tell him he was mistaken, he refused believe me.

You meet such colorful people on gigs.

John O Keeffe · Post by **John O Keeffe** » 30 Mar 2002 10:46 am

Gee Mike,
You mean those knee leavers aren't for those Asian Scales......geeze now I am stumped!

Jim Smith · Post by **Jim Smith** » 30 Mar 2002 10:47 am

Of course everyone knows that the knee levers are for playing the sharps and flats between the eight scale tones!

Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 30 Mar 2002 11:36 am

....that's what I always thought.....

John Cadeau · Post by **John Cadeau** » 30 Mar 2002 11:44 am

What does the ninth peddle do.
John

John Cadeau · Post by **John Cadeau** » 30 Mar 2002 11:57 am

I just got my answer. My friend Rick Dunn just told me the ninth pedal raises all the notes one octave.

Jon Light (deceased) · Post by **Jon Light (deceased)** » 30 Mar 2002 12:11 pm

You shouldn't believe everything people tell you, John. It makes your guitar go faster.

C Dixon · Post by **C Dixon** » 30 Mar 2002 12:31 pm

Mike,

What did he say your "wrist" lever was for?

Don't answer!

luv you man,

carl

Leroy Riggs · Post by **Leroy Riggs** » 30 Mar 2002 12:38 pm

You're all wrong. The 9th pedal is for jacking up the steel so you can crawl under it easier.

Bob Bowden · Post by **Bob Bowden** » 30 Mar 2002 12:45 pm

Gee, and I thought the first three were gas, brake and clutch.

Michael Johnstone · Post by **Michael Johnstone** » 30 Mar 2002 12:58 pm

One time I had a guy complain that the band was too loud and requested that we "turn it down a couple octaves".

Bill C. Buntin · Post by **Bill C. Buntin** » 30 Mar 2002 3:11 pm

You guys all know better. The 9th pedal is for those 9th tunings. One guy told me that he just didn't care for the sound of those "Emmison steels". Its the same guy that likes "Shoboats". I think they are all related.

Bobbe Seymour · Post by **Bobbe Seymour** » 30 Mar 2002 4:36 pm

Carl Dixon! You are funny!
Mike P., I'm glad someone told you what they are for!

(kidding buddy)

Kenny Forbess · Post by **Kenny Forbess** » 30 Mar 2002 6:54 pm

One night a guy asked me if that feller "Bubba Emmerson" ,built my guitar ?
And " what's them thangs hangin under there for, to keep your legs straight" ?
KF

Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 30 Mar 2002 7:05 pm

I've got 7 pedals and 4 knee levers + 1 wrist lever--effectively that's 7 pedals and 5 knee levers.

Soooo.... The 7 pedals for for the 7 white keys above the root in each octave, and the 5 knee levers are for the 5 black keys. See how all this relates to piano?

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Doug Seymour · Post by **Doug Seymour** » 30 Mar 2002 10:18 pm

I thought the ninth pedal was so you could play jazz & all those 9th chords? It's not???

Robert Rogers · Post by **Robert Rogers** » 30 Mar 2002 11:17 pm

I always thought that the knee levers were bells and the pedals were whisils

.Just Kidding.

Robert[This message was edited by Robert Rogers on 30 March 2002 at 11:21 PM.]

Bob Hayes · Post by **Bob Hayes** » 31 Mar 2002 6:10 am

I've got to go with Jon..The moere pedals the better 'cause you can play faster or...you can play FAST SONGS BETTER...or for going up the scales faster or cleaning the scales off of the FISH faster.....You ever notice how the top guys (and gals) have MORE Pedals and Knee levers...They play faster....or they can change the oil faster.....#$@%%&*** I'm NOT IN MY RIGHT MIND ANY MORE....LET ME OUT!!!!!!!!!
Grouchyvet

Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 31 Mar 2002 6:34 am

...someone asked me one night "if that was one of those things that someone called, The Big M plays?"......

Barney Y. Miller · Post by **Barney Y. Miller** » 31 Mar 2002 6:45 am

Hey Mike,
I heard that pedals and levers really increases the CHORD progressions. I know I can cut a lot more wood after cranking up my old chain saw.

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 31 Mar 2002 9:12 am

Be kind to drunks...they're the best tippers!

Bob Mainwaring · Post by **Bob Mainwaring** » 31 Mar 2002 10:57 am

I told one drunk years ago that "those things that hang down" are for milking those notes that make you cry!!
When he went back to his table he was telling all his friends and was making milking motions with his hands.

Bob Mainwaring. Z.Bs. and other weird things.

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Pat Burns · Post by **Pat Burns** » 31 Mar 2002 7:26 pm

...Doug Seymour's got the answer...my guitar has 13 pedals so I can play up to 13ths...the back neck is in case I need to go up another octave...the knee levers are to winch in the slack in the strings that you get from pushing down on them with the bar...

Colin Goss · Post by **Colin Goss** » 1 Apr 2002 1:38 am

I still like Ralph Mooney's reply to "What do the pedals do?"

They make it sound real purty!

Geoff Cole · Post by **Geoff Cole** » 1 Apr 2002 1:54 am

Yeah Mike,but did he tell you where to stick 'em ?.

I've been told a few times. Ouch!!!!!