Multibenders!

[William Walker <billwalker@baymoon.com>]

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