First of all, thanks to them for a great resource. My GFI undercarriage is a mess and I'm going to re-rod everything soon. There is one part of their rodding directions that I maybe disagree with. They say when doing all the raises, work your way from the crossshaft closest to the changer first, on out all the way to A pedal.
The thing is, if you have 2 pedals or levers pulling the same string, wouldn't you want to put in the pull with the least travel first, because you would have the rod in the bellcrank closer to the body? Then you would run the rod for the other pull with more travel over the top of that.
Just looking for opinions to hopefully save me a little trial and error time.
Thanks.<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by John Poston on 11 April 2006 at 12:33 PM.]</p></FONT>
Carter website rodding info - advice
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I sometimes make changes or put different set ups on guitars here in my steel shop. Normally on a job with several changes, I can usually put the rods, bellcranks, etc. in place and leave loose until I get ready to complete that specific part of the set up. That way, if I need to get to something then it's usually not a problem. Just move things around and then back into place before tightening the necessary parts. And yes, CARTER has a fine website, with pretty much anything a player is looking for there.