Fender Steel Question

[Bill Hatcher]

On the Fender cam style guitars--400,800,2000 etc. Does it take more cam/finger travel to lower a note than to raise one.

I have added some knees to an old 400 and there is just too much knee movement to lower than to raise. Might have to move a lower to a pedal.

Anybody have an old 800 or 2000 Fender to get rid of. Double raise/lower changer. Looking for a good player, physical condition not important.

[Donny Hinson]

The Fender changer has a very short and quick motion, probably more so than any other pedal guitar. If the throw on your knee levers is too long, there's a design problem in the leverages (pulling point/fulcrum). It's usually easily corrected. Any lever design worth it's salt has some adjustment capability built in, but some people use standard rod guitar "cross-rod" parts to add knee levers, resulting in improper ratios.

All you need to fix the problem is more distance between the pulling point and the fulcrum, or pivot point.

[Bill Hatcher]

Thanks Donny. I fixed it by substituting solid stainless steel wire for the cable. This got rid of all the "slop" and reduced the knee movement quite a bit.

Close it down.

[Peter]

<SMALL>Looking for a good player, physical condition not important.</SMALL>

I always thought: to be a good player your physical condition IS important.