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Multibenders!
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