From bourniplus@yahoo.com Tue Dec 13 15:02:33 2005
Subject:Re: Fatar MP113 pedal board


> F to F could be useful for playing with horns when you're dealing
> with concert pitch - otherwise no way for most popular music like the
> classic rock, album rock/blues, and top 40 song info posted here. C
> is the normally chosen low note for a reason, and even E would be
> more useful than F.
Hi Walter,
I'll agree with you, I should have specified that F to F would be the
most useful for jazz. Somehow I just don't like to use the word
"jazz". For rock and blues E to E would be better indeed. What
happens, however, is that due to the sound of the organ/clone you're
playing, and the amp or leslie you're using, everything below the low
F might sound weaker in volume than the rest of the range. Also let's
not forget that the bass part from most songs in the last century were
recorded on 4-string basses that only go to E!

> And don't forget that the more pedals the more
> weight. The octave and a half C up to G pedals like the Roland PK7
> could easily be the largest and heaviest piece of someone's gear,
> possibly 2nd place to an 88-note fully hammer weighted piano.

I know someone who made a two octave midi pedalboard that weighs 25
pounds! (looking upwards and whistling...)

I have
> a one-octave PK5, and it's easily playable for basic low notes in any
> key with a ton of other great functions, although surprisingly wide
> at ± 40lbs.

I'll
> live w/o heel and toe, one of the things you give up - minor to some,
> major to others - when you stop hauling a full-size real (pre-CBS? <-
> a joke : ) Hammond around. Walter j
>

well the important is that we find a solution we're comfortable with!

martin