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Topic: string for volume pedal |
Marty Broussard
From:
Broussard, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 24 May 2004 6:32 pm |
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| Hi folks, I quite for several years and now I've broken the string on one of my volume pedals. What seems to be the ideal string(or other material)to re-string a potentiometer pedal? Thanks |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 24 May 2004 6:47 pm
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Hey Marty, Geo l's offers a replacement string I think....available from many of the vendors that sell PSG accessories. Probably also available from the Goodrich boys. Someone stated they used the braided twine available at hdwe. stores. Don't know about that...it would have to be the heavy duty tight braided stuff and a ball of that would be expensive, relatively speaking, way more than a replacement string.
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Francis Chamberlain
From:
Franklin, KY, USA (deceased)
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Posted 24 May 2004 7:44 pm
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| I have never had the string break on my volume pedal. I was told years ago to use trot line. Any good sports store would have it where the fishing tackle are sold. |
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 24 May 2004 10:37 pm
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Fly fishing line is probably the closest, but I have for twenty years used a standard nylon poly boot lace, sans the spring, and wrapped it around a screw head that replaced the allen screw, flattaning the head on one side so it wouldn't hit. Have used the same string for probably twenty years.
EJL |
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Tim Whitlock
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 25 May 2004 4:59 am
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I've had pretty good luck with some landscaping cord that I had in my garden shed. I think I got it at Home Depot.
Question: The spindle on my volume pedal is shiney smooth steel. I was thinking of roughing up the spindle with a file to increase friction and prevent slippage. Has anyone tried anything like this? |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 25 May 2004 5:58 am
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I have found out that "leader" fishing line works good. I keep a spool of that in my pack-a-seat at all times. You can buy that in any pound test your little heart desires.
Erv |
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jim milewski
From:
stowe, vermont
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Posted 25 May 2004 6:24 am
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| Eric has the right idea, fly line, that's what I use [This message was edited by jim milewski on 25 May 2004 at 07:25 AM.] |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 25 May 2004 8:07 am
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| Yeah, but without George L's "official" label on the package the rest are just "counterfeit" strings |
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Marty Broussard
From:
Broussard, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 25 May 2004 6:47 pm
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| Thanks for the feedback folks! |
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Marty Broussard
From:
Broussard, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 25 May 2004 6:54 pm
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| OOPS! Please close the thread. Thanks |
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Bill Crook
From:
Goodlettsville, TN , Spending my kid's inheritance
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 29 May 2004 6:49 am
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Bobee Seymour actually has the yellow string used by Goodrich as well..cheap..
Suggestion for all those that have not broken a string yet..
Take the bottom of your foor pedal and take a look at the way it is strung..draw a picture..do it now.How many windings around the pot axle in full position ...
Put the picture in your pack-a seat along with whatever cord you are going to use.
You will thank me for this someday..
It will be the difference between actually fixing it quickly on a gig or perhaps not fixing it at all !
t |
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Bill Myrick
From:
Pea Ridge, Ar. (deceased)
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Posted 31 May 2004 6:17 am
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Another quick fix----call Keith Hilton---but tell him no blinking red light on yours---atracts too many women !!!!-  |
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George Kimery
From:
Limestone, TN, USA
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Posted 31 May 2004 7:36 am
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| I can't guarantee it, but that yellow string in my Goodrich pedal sure looks like the stuff construction workers use to make a chalk line. Home Depot, Lowe's, etc should have it. |
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richard burton
From:
Britain
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Posted 31 May 2004 11:10 am
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Tony P,
That's the best advice I've read on the forum in a long while. I learned the hard way how to re-string a Goodrich, I wish that I'd had your foresight!
R B. |
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