MSA Sidekick knee lever options

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Alfred Andersson
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MSA Sidekick knee lever options

Post by Alfred Andersson »

I have finally managed to get hold of a pedal steel! It seems to be in good shape.

Thanks to Shane Frame with Youtube demo and how to tune MSA Sidekick I dared to buy it.


Now, the knee lever is with orginal setup RKR and lowering 4th and 8th with a 1/2.
This one is instead lowering 2nd and 8th with RKL.

What's the best thing to do?
With just a few hours with learning I think I'd prefer 4th and 8th.
Should I get back to original RKR or maybe change it to LKR? (Like the one in Shane Frame demo on YouTube)

Is it possible to add a knee lever to raise 4th and 8th?
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Sam Inglis
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Re: MSA Sidekick knee lever options

Post by Sam Inglis »

More knowledgeable and experienced voices will chime in I am sure, but personally, I think that if I was going to have only one knee lever, I'd want it on the left side and I'd want it to raise, not lower, 4 and 8 by a semitone.