Not Far Enough

I've been noticing on social media and on the forum some folks talking about varioius "electronic" pedal steels. One seems to use servos to drive changers. Yet another seems to actually change string length. These would allow some kind of control (via computer or MCU) indirect pitch changes (via tension or length) on multiple strings. One could program what a pedal or knee lever does to an open string.

For example, open string pitches can't be changed, unless a servo's starting point could be reprogrammed as well. However, such a design would still be restricted to only certain interval changes, probably no more than a minor third up or down. This limits the range of copedents one could even start with.

That is all great as far as it goes. But of course, in our humble opinion, these ideas don't go far enough.

For all practical purposes, no such limits exist in the design of the OnePSG. And there are other benefits ... of going farther, only a few of which are listed here.

• Open string changes and pedal/lever changes that can be any interval up to a fifth or more up or down
• Capo up down
• Tuning adjustments of individual open strings or changes (sweetening)
• Tuning adjustment of the entire neck.
• No mechanical changers of any kind