stiff knee levers

Chris Tarrow · Post by **Chris Tarrow** » 11 Jul 2006 12:06 pm

I searched and found a few posts on this one, but not sure they apply to my guitar, I've got a Sho-Bud pro I, I'm not sure what year, but here's a picture of the underside:
http://christarrow.com/psg/shobud/shobud011.jpg

Is there a way to make the action on the knee levers easier?

Sorry if there's not adequate info here to answer the question, I don't really know all the terminology.

Thanks in advance.

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 11 Jul 2006 1:03 pm

Put the pull rods in a hole in the bellcrank closer to the body of the guitar.

The shorter the throw: the harder the pull.
The longer the throw: the easier the pull.

mike nolan · Post by **mike nolan** » 11 Jul 2006 1:14 pm

Chris,

What Erv said. There could be some other issues too. Your guitar is a late model Pro 1... sometime in the 80's. If you want some help, shoot me an email... I am over the bridge in Long Island City. I have quite a bit of experience with Sho~Buds.[This message was edited by mike nolan on 11 July 2006 at 02:17 PM.]

Chris Tarrow · Post by **Chris Tarrow** » 11 Jul 2006 1:39 pm

cool thanks Erv I will see if I can figure that out.

Mike, thanks for you offer, I may take you up on that.

Jim Palenscar · Post by **Jim Palenscar** » 11 Jul 2006 8:49 pm

Also- just a mechanical check- detach the pull rods from the bellcranks (noting where they were attached) and verify the the levers work easily without anything attached to them- then move the rods closer to the body if necessary, allowing for the increase in travel necessary to effect the pulls by adjusting the lever stops.[This message was edited by Jim Palenscar on 11 July 2006 at 09:50 PM.]

Chris Tarrow · Post by **Chris Tarrow** » 13 Jul 2006 6:28 am

Thanks Jim