Emmons pedal steel guitar parts12/29/2022 ![]() The person that likes one may hate another. I remember Tom Morrell and I building some of the first MSAs and Tommy himself built a steel guitar with only two inches of space between them. This was horribly narrow for me and I just couldn't play it. ![]() I like two and three quarter spacing or even more if the pedals are wide.īut he wanted it that way and played it very well. I just put the pedal setup on my new Clinesmith and because of the width of the pedal, I went to three and a quarter inch spacing. This would be too much on a Sho-Bud or Emmons, but it's just perfect for Bigsby or Clinesmith. Remember here, Clinesmith and Bigsby pedals, like the first Sho-Bud pedals, are built with a very wide pad on the end so they require either thinning them down with a band saw, which I have done, or add more space between pedals overall. Most steel guitars today that are on my floor here are a good blend of width and spacing, for instance, the new Mullen guitars. It's obvious that these guitars are being designed and built by a very good player, Mr. ![]() These guitars are extremely comfortable to sit down behind and play well the first time you try. Just remember that any pedals that's too easy to push is not going to give you the control that you need of the note changing from one pitch to another. ![]()
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