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Topic: Is there a Maintenance Guide for Pull-Release Changer? |
Gary Hoetker
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California, USA
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Posted 25 May 2023 5:32 pm |
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| Any Help is greatly appreciated. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 28 May 2023 5:46 am
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| Lube it, sparingly, once every year or so with a good synthetic oil (gun oil, sewing machine oil, or ATF), and polish the crowns of the fingers if necessary. Be careful NOT to get any polish between the fingers! Mask the space between them with thin strips of tape, if necessary. |
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Brett Lanier
From:
Madison, TN
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Posted 28 May 2023 9:58 am
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The raises on a pull release are simple, and the process for tuning and setting up raises will be the same from one guitar to the next.
That's not really the case with lowers though. What's happening at the changer is always the same, a rod releasing the finger to lower the strings pitch... However, there are a few different ways people have done that. The older guitars usually have swivels, which act like a reversing mechanism turning a pull into a release. There will be a stop at the swivel too, which will give you the open string note.
Mid 60's and 70's you'll see spring loaded lowering rods, also spring loaded cross shafts using compression springs, and then the mid and late 60's Sho Bud permanents had a rack of vertical oriented swivels, or bell cranks under spring tension.
After messing around with all of this stuff for a while, I don't think one way is better than another. I have both swivels and spring loaded rods under my guitars. Sometimes one will work better than the other. The goal is to get everything timed out well and tunable. Then... Loctite! (but not too much) |
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Gary Hoetker
From:
California, USA
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Posted 30 May 2023 7:25 pm
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| Thanks guys. |
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Bobby D. Jones
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 30 May 2023 8:40 pm
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| Must been sleepy was thinking of an all pull changer. |
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