Where Are Your E’s

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Craig A Davidson
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Where Are Your E’s

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On a Day setup where do you guys put your levers to raise and lower your E’s?
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Sam Inglis
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Re: Where Are Your E’s

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I play Day and have Es lowered on LKL and raised on LKR.
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Sam Inglis wrote: 13 Jan 2026 2:27 pm I play Day and have Es lowered on LKL and raised on LKR.
Me too.
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E lower - RKR
E raise - RKL

I keep the E raise/lower on the right knee because they're my most-used levers, and it makes them easier to use with any pedal combinations. Having the E changes on the left knee makes certain A-B-L combinations very awkward with either the Emmons or Day setup.
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Michael Conway
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Another Day player here—I lower E’s on RKL, raise on LKR
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Same here. LKL lowers. LKR raises to F. LKR and A pedal gives a perfect 6 chord
I also use my
LKV to raise my F#s to G works very well with 4 chord pedals mashed
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I lower my E's with my RKR and raise them with my LKR. This works for me.
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I have played Day Setup with knee levers for over 25 years. LKL lower E's, LKR raise E's. In 2017 I went from E9th, To S12 universal. I went to Jeff Newman's S12 U for videos and lessons. I now have E's on right knee, RKL Raise E"s, RKL Lower E's. It did not take long to learn the change on the knee levers.
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RKR = Lower
RKL = Raise
...seems more versatile.
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Craig A Davidson
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Thanks guys. I am thinking of changing from Emmons to Day because of a knee/ankle issue.
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I play a U-12. I get more pedal and knee combinations with RKR to Eb and RKL to F. Holding the RKR (Eb) while using all of the other pedals and Left knees results in less contortions. I would assume the same would apply to a D-10 or S-10? I have 4 left knee levers.
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