My C6 Copedent - The Pedals & Knee Levers on my Justice Steel Guitar

[@waynesteppy9532]

Thanks Aaron! I have the same exact copedent as you!

[@SteelPicking]

That's cool!

[@larrydering1598]

I like it. I can hear the changes and I love big fat chords on the c6. Thanks Aaron.

[@SteelPicking]

Yes, I love the C6 tuning, and I plan on including it in more lessons. Glad that you liked it! Keep picking!Aaron

[@ronaldlemons2836]

i dont know what amp your using but that sure sounds good.

[@SteelPicking]

Ronald, I believe on this one I am using my Roland Blues Cube Artist amp. Glad you liked it and thanks!

[@cincinnatipedalsteel4347]

That 6th string lower will also give you harmonies in 4ths. Great change

[@vinnylenci7311]

Sure seems complicated!! Thank you Aaron!! Need a metal grinder to get my legs untangled!

[@SteelPicking]

Ha ha, thanks, Vinny. I always feel like I need to keep changing it, and I probably will continue to do so. Keep picking!Aaron

[@902Steeler]

Thanks Aaron. Quentin

[@timfish9990]

Well here we go. I’ve just bought a double neck Williams guitar, hope to collect it next week. I love the back neck sound but will be starting from scratch so your videos will help enormously for which I thank you. The Justice sounds super but you seem to be playing the Mullen these days. Do you still play both? And there was a Zumsteel as well of course... all super instruments I’m sure. Thanks again and best wishes from Bristol UK.

[@SteelPicking]

Tim, I am playing a Mullen . Had the guitar built for me and have had it for about a month. Just sold the Justice and it will have a new home in Dallas Texas. All of these guitars have been great and fun to own. Let me know about your William and maybe a picture of it if you can. Keep Picking! Aaron

[@MrPatdeeee]

Awesome

[@travistruckerhunter698]

Hi Aaron, it would be nice if you could tell me what chords the pedals make, and may be in another video how to transfer it to the e9 ntuning.

[@SteelPicking]

That's a good idea, Travis. Will look into that. Keep picking!Aaron

[@brianbarrett4192]

Aaron my u12 pedals 5 thru 8 are the same pulls as yours but my 4th pedal raises what would be your 4th and 8th strings a whole tone where your knee lever raises them a half tone. Which is more common and why the difference?

[@SteelPicking]

That is a good question, Brian, I will look into it and try to get back to you. Keep picking!Aaron

[@brianbarrett4192]

My 10th and 6th strings are the same as your 8th and 4th strings just a half step below. They are both G# and the B pedal raises them a half along with the 3rd string and the 4th Pedal raises the 6th and 10th a whole but not the 3rd string. I've never really known if they were meant for the E9th or B6th. Of course my 9th string is the same as your 10th on the E9th and the same as your 7th on the B6th.

[@OldManAP]

Brian Barrett I’m not sure if you ever found an answer to this, but just in case... That pedal 4 change is most comparable to what is usually pedal 4 on the C6 neck on a D10. It’s still installed as standard on most guitars, but it’s kind of fallen out of favor these days. A lot of people who play D10s replace it with an E9 change (the Franklin change that Aaron mentions is probably the most common). The 4 and 8 whole step raise is still useful, but a lot of folks find it redundant, since in the standard C6 copedent, there are two other ways to get the higher B note (lowering 3 on a lever, and raising 4 on pedal 7), and because having the major seventh of the chord in the lower octave can get a little muddy. But the flip side is that sometimes having redundant ways to get the same note but approached from a different direction can be useful on this instrument, since we can’t use our fingers like other string players!

[@asaro41]

What does the 7th pedal change give ya chorde wise??????

[@SteelPicking]

Joe, you can get a couple things with this pedal depending on the starting tone or root note. Here are a few open no bar choices. All are with the 7 pedal down raising 4 and 3 a whole tone. Using the 7th string we have C as the root. 7,6,5,4 would be a CMaj7. 7,6,5,4,3 would be a Cmaj9. If you start on 5 than you would have G as a root. 5,4,3 would be a GMaj. 5,4,3,2 would be a G6. Using 6 as a root you would have an E as the root. If you play 6,5,4 you have an Emin play 6,5,4,3 and you have Emin7. So it will depend on your starting note or root note. Also what helped me a great deal was getting a good chord book are chord encyclopedia. I would play each note than look them up in the book to figure the voicing and chord name. Hope this helps. Keep Picking! Aaron

[@cincinnatipedalsteel4347]

Your 8th pedal, you dont lower 10 a tone and a half? I thought that was standard? (C to A, F to E, C to C#)

[@SteelPicking]

James, yes those are the pulls I have on the 8th pedal. I may have said a whole tone lower on ten , but meant 1 1/2 . C to A Thanks. Aaron