Maverick 6x2

Ron ! · Post by **Ron !** » 20 Oct 2004 3:32 am

Any of you can give me some more info on this item?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33041&item=3756295795&rd=1

This one is completely new to me.Looks like some guy has added some pedals.

Ron

Nikaro SD10 4x6

Chris Bauer · Post by **Chris Bauer** » 20 Oct 2004 5:45 am

Yikes! And two pickups too! A true Frankenstein model but interesting.

Jay Fagerlie · Post by **Jay Fagerlie** » 20 Oct 2004 6:58 am

Are those cables under there???

Jay

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 20 Oct 2004 7:40 am

Well....it's probably better than a Multi-Kord! What else do you want to know?

David Doggett · Post by **David Doggett** » 20 Oct 2004 9:27 am

It says there are some nicks in the "wood." What wood?!? This thing is covered in imitation-wood vinyl. The Maverick is a "coat-hanger" guitar, and that's probably what those are under there (I know mine had a few). It has a pull-or-release changer. You can have more than one pull (raise) on a string, just by hooking more than one coat hanger to the changer finger, or to the little metal yokes that balance the pull between two strings. But you cannot have both a raise and a lower on the same string. So the extra pedals are interesting, but cannot overcome this basic and important limitation. I believe the old permanents had the same limitation. That is why the traditional RKR (probably the first lever added for E9) lowers the 2nd and 9th strings, which did not have any raises. For your other Maverick lever, you have to choose to either raise your Es or lower them. This is such a big sacrifice that I think beginners are better off getting an old used professional level S10 E9 rather than a student guitar like a Maverick. You could make a pretty decent C6 out of that Maverick with the extra pedals, but you couldn't have both a boo-wah pedal and pedal 5, and you couldn't have Buddy Emmons type knee levers that raise and lower strings 3 and 4 by half-steps.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by David Doggett on 20 October 2004 at 10:30 AM.]</p></FONT>

richard burton · Post by **richard burton** » 20 Oct 2004 10:57 am

I have a Pull-Release steel that can both raise and lower the same string. It is achieved by simply having the knee levers that lower strings spring-loaded to hold the finger in a central position. I see no reason why this couldn't be done on a Maverick.
R B.

David Doggett · Post by **David Doggett** » 20 Oct 2004 1:19 pm

Well, that's a mechanism I am not familiar with. What is the brand of the steel? I would be skeptical that a spring could hold the changer finger at a constant midpoint that would stay in tune. But if someone has already done that and it works, then I've learned something new here.

richard burton · Post by **richard burton** » 20 Oct 2004 9:05 pm

David,
It's an old British steel called 'Denley'.
The knee lever is not floating, it is held hard up against a stop, so that the spring tension holds it there. When the lever is activated, it allows string tension to move the changer finger until the lower note is reached. When the lever is released, spring tension overcomes string tension to pull the finger to its central position. A separate rod is used to raise the finger.
R B.