I heard the same story Moon heard, and I believe if you look in the forum archives Buddy confirmed it. I have no idea if this is really what happened, maybe Buddy or Ernie might tell us the straight dope !! ") The story goes, he called Jimmy and told him. I read that Buddy disconnected the pull which raised both the B and G# and split them. I think they both were playing cable rigs at that time.
Regards.įrom: Kasilof, Alaska **** way up NORTH TO ALASKA Pedal Steel Guitar has as many fascinating facts as it does misconceptions. The Big "E" knows the real story you can bet. The reason I posted this was to inquire, cause I've often wondered what the "REAL DEAL" is there. Not realizing it was backward from what Buddy and Shot were doing at Sho-Bud. I was told that he just hooked up the pulls for A on C and C on A.
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Someone told me a long time ago that when Jimmy Day created his first pedal guitar, he got A and C pedals mixed up.He evidently had no written instructions on how to rod and set-up his "new" guitar. These terms generally don't say much about the knee lever arrangement, but Buddy Emmons' LKL and LKR are very common among people who play the "Emmons setup". "Day Setup" is the reverse, sort of a left-handed version. "Emmons Setup" refers to the more common arrangement of the 3 standard E9th pedals. From that day to this, players have referred to the tunings as the "Emmons" or "Day" setup.) For some reason Jimmy did it just the opposite than Buddy. Buddy Emmons "split" this one pedal into 2 pedals. (little history: when Bud Isaacs set the world on fire with his one pedal changing an E tuning to an A tuning (E, B and G# became E C# and A with one pedal). However most of what you see in this link Buddy has had for a very long time.Īlso, the term Emmons "setup" versus the Jimmy Day "setup" has to do with the A and C pedals (and possibly LKL and LKR). This topic was originally posted in this forum: Pedal SteelĬan someone tell me exactly what Emmons Setup means? Thanks.īut remember, Buddy often changes his setup). Profile | join | preferences | help | search Classic country shuffle styles for Band-in-a-Box, by BIAB guru Jim Baron.