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Topic: She Will Be Mine! |
Andy DePaule
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Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 28 May 2017 9:39 pm |
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Nice, but that car is cool too.
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Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
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Tom Campbell
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Houston, Texas, USA
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Posted 29 May 2017 6:25 am
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Stunning...absolutely beautiful!!!
b0b; Did your gold mine start producing some high grade ore...or did you have to part with some of your other equipment?
My gold mine played out sometime ago...so, I am contemplating the alternative. (economics 101 for us septuagenarians)  |
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Ross Shafer
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Petaluma, California
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Posted 29 May 2017 6:39 am
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Sonny Jenkins
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Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
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Posted 1 Jul 2017 9:50 am
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| Man I REALLY like the looks of this tuning (and the guitar!!!) I wish some "copedent" guru would convert this to a "Day" set up,,,pedal and levers to work in conjunction with a Day arrangement??? Someone?? |
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 1 Jul 2017 12:02 pm
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Just reverse pedals 1&2 and the left knee levers, Sonny. I almost never use 2&3 together anyway. Day pedals would make that combination into a "split" on the 5th string, raising the A to A#. Very useful!
Here's my chart again for reference. Swap P1 with P2, and also swap LKL with LKR. It would work beautifully.
By the way, LKV2 is totally optional. The main LKV is used to get "C pedal" licks. On country/Americana/folk gigs, I don't even activate LKV2.
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Sonny Jenkins
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Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
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Posted 1 Jul 2017 4:28 pm
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| I'm trying to see if any problem reaching pedals 5-6 if or when (if a need) left knee is active on levers??? |
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 2 Jul 2017 4:19 am
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It's set up so that the knee levers are centered over the P3/P4 home position. That way there's no problem reaching them when the left foot is over P1/P2 or P5/P6. I often use P6 with LKL - no problem.
I've learned not to mess with the ordering of C6th pedals. There's a good reason that they have survived as a standard for 60 years. Brilliant!
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Charlie McDonald
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Posted 3 Jul 2017 4:51 am
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The more I look at the floating deck, the more I think it sounds good. I would think that removing the 'soundboard'
from the damping effects of the cabinet would release the upper end of the spectrum, allow it to sing better.
The scalloped underside of the neck might even assist.
I gather that the four screws aren't ordinary screws and are used to set the 'bearing' (if the soundboard analogy applies).
It would be fun to see the working drawings... but I guess there's good reason for proprietary secrets. |
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Ross Shafer
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Petaluma, California
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Posted 3 Jul 2017 6:23 am
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Glad you like the "floating" top idea Charlie....the 4 bolts holding it to the frame are nothing fancy, just regular socket head cap screws. Nothing secret here.
No soundboard "bearing" adjustment as per pianos where "bearing" (down and side) as I understand it, is the string's down or side force determined by the bridge height and tuning pin location. Different beast from a steel fo sho. |
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Charlie McDonald
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Posted 3 Jul 2017 11:24 am
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So, no secret torque settings or anything. Yeah, different animal.
I think it's to be recommended that a steel builder who has your grasp of pianos would be a good thing.
I do wonder if the design would reduce cabinet drop. Or is it now a thing of the past like slotted bell cranks? Kudos on the design. |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 3 Jul 2017 2:22 pm
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I'm not hearing any cabinet drop. My Peterson StrobeHD tuner doesn't show cents  but the deflection of the strobe display is less than on my Desert Rose. The tuning of unaltered strings barely changes when I press pedals. Makes sense because the pedals aren't pulling on the top deck at all.
I won't say that there's no cabinet drop, just that it's minimal and well below what I consider acceptable.
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Ross Shafer
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Petaluma, California
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Posted 4 Jul 2017 6:06 am
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| Charlie McDonald wrote: |
So, no secret torque settings or anything. Yeah, different animal.
I think it's to be recommended that a steel builder who has your grasp of pianos would be a good thing.
I do wonder if the design would reduce cabinet drop. Or is it now a thing of the past like slotted bell cranks? Kudos on the design. |
Thanks Charlie! |
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