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Hi there from Arizona,

I am a newbie at the pedal steel and have a question about the X lever that lowers both of the B strings, how and where is this lever used and are there any common usages tha ...

Well I just gave Carl a call in Colorado to let him know the nice comments that all of you have made and he said that he would log on and let you know who he is. Richard

Mike,

Good call on the string pin, had not thought of that but will definitely check that out once I get the guitar back together.

Ricky,

That is a good idea the thin strip of aluminum. I t ...

Hi Everybody,

I want to thank all the folks that have responded to my Emmons Lagrande Mechanical Issue, especially Jerry Roller, Bobby Boggs and Johnny Harris. You guys have been great. So what wa ...

Jerry,

To answer your question, no, the changer will not return to the normal position when I back off the nylon tuner. I have to reach under the guitar and push the finger back into place.

I ...

Jerry,

Thank you very much for your words of encouragement regarding the rivet.

Let me have another shot at describing what is happening, if you would. I tuned the third string open to G#, the ...

Bill,

Thanks for your reply and I will take your advice and give adjusting the spring a try. I previously did as you suggested and cleaned all of the gunk out of the changer, carefully of course a ...

Danny,

Thanks for your reply and your suggestions they are appreciated.

Johnny,

Email has been sent and I will compare the rodding chart you have to how I have the guitar set up at this p ...

Johnny,

Thanks again for the reply,the guitar has the four hole bell cranks. As you suggested about the ball end being stuck in the changer, I just went out into the garage and checked the Lagran ...

Johnny,

Thanks for your reply, and you are correct, I did not change the B pedals set up to go from Day to Emmons, but I did take all the rods off one at a time to clean the built up gunk off of t ...

Thanks for the reply, no I used a plain .011 for the third string.

Hello, I have a Emmons Lagrande that I changed the pedals and knees from the Day to Emmons set up. I read the posts about mechanical issues before I started and thank all of you for your posts. Howeve ...

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Topic: X lever?? how and where to use ??
Richard Bachler Replies: 6 Views: 4378	Forum Section: Tablature Posted: 2 Feb 2008 10:45 am Subject: X lever?? how and where to use ??
Richard Bachler Replies: 6 Views: 4378	Hi there from Arizona, I am a newbie at the pedal steel and have a question about the X lever that lowers both of the B strings, how and where is this lever used and are there any common usages tha ...
Topic: Who is bluemmons?
Richard Bachler Replies: 32 Views: 14606	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 15 Jan 2008 6:10 pm Subject: Who is bluemmons
Richard Bachler Replies: 32 Views: 14606	Well I just gave Carl a call in Colorado to let him know the nice comments that all of you have made and he said that he would log on and let you know who he is. Richard
Topic: Emmons Lagrande mechanical issue Part Two
Richard Bachler Replies: 4 Views: 1167	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 27 Dec 2007 6:39 pm Subject: Emmons Lagrande mechanical issue Part Two
Richard Bachler Replies: 4 Views: 1167	Mike, Good call on the string pin, had not thought of that but will definitely check that out once I get the guitar back together. Ricky, That is a good idea the thin strip of aluminum. I t ...
Topic: Emmons Lagrande mechanical issue Part Two
Richard Bachler Replies: 4 Views: 1167	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 27 Dec 2007 2:49 pm Subject: Emmons Lagrande mechanical issue Part Two
Richard Bachler Replies: 4 Views: 1167	Hi Everybody, I want to thank all the folks that have responded to my Emmons Lagrande Mechanical Issue, especially Jerry Roller, Bobby Boggs and Johnny Harris. You guys have been great. So what wa ...
Topic: Emmons Lagrande mechanical issue
Richard Bachler Replies: 20 Views: 7077	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 16 Dec 2007 4:23 pm Subject: Emmons Lagrande mechanical issue
Richard Bachler Replies: 20 Views: 7077	Jerry, To answer your question, no, the changer will not return to the normal position when I back off the nylon tuner. I have to reach under the guitar and push the finger back into place. I ...
Topic: Emmons Lagrande mechanical issue
Richard Bachler Replies: 20 Views: 7077	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 16 Dec 2007 2:50 pm Subject: Emmons Lagrande mechanical issue
Richard Bachler Replies: 20 Views: 7077	Jerry, Thank you very much for your words of encouragement regarding the rivet. Let me have another shot at describing what is happening, if you would. I tuned the third string open to G#, the ...
Topic: Emmons Lagrande mechanical issue
Richard Bachler Replies: 20 Views: 7077	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 16 Dec 2007 10:39 am Subject: Emmons Lagrande mechanical issue
Richard Bachler Replies: 20 Views: 7077	Bill, Thanks for your reply and I will take your advice and give adjusting the spring a try. I previously did as you suggested and cleaned all of the gunk out of the changer, carefully of course a ...
Topic: Emmons Lagrande mechanical issue
Richard Bachler Replies: 20 Views: 7077	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 15 Dec 2007 5:46 pm Subject: Emmons Lagrande mechanical issue
Richard Bachler Replies: 20 Views: 7077	Danny, Thanks for your reply and your suggestions they are appreciated. Johnny, Email has been sent and I will compare the rodding chart you have to how I have the guitar set up at this p ...
Topic: Emmons Lagrande mechanical issue
Richard Bachler Replies: 20 Views: 7077	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 15 Dec 2007 2:26 pm Subject: Emmons Lagrande mechanical issue
Richard Bachler Replies: 20 Views: 7077	Johnny, Thanks again for the reply,the guitar has the four hole bell cranks. As you suggested about the ball end being stuck in the changer, I just went out into the garage and checked the Lagran ...
Topic: Emmons Lagrande mechanical issue
Richard Bachler Replies: 20 Views: 7077	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 15 Dec 2007 1:38 pm Subject: Emmons Lagrande mechanical issue
Richard Bachler Replies: 20 Views: 7077	Johnny, Thanks for your reply, and you are correct, I did not change the B pedals set up to go from Day to Emmons, but I did take all the rods off one at a time to clean the built up gunk off of t ...
Topic: Emmons Lagrande mechanical issue
Richard Bachler Replies: 20 Views: 7077	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 15 Dec 2007 1:05 pm Subject: Emmons Lagrande mechanical issue
Richard Bachler Replies: 20 Views: 7077	Thanks for the reply, no I used a plain .011 for the third string.
Topic: Emmons Lagrande mechanical issue
Richard Bachler Replies: 20 Views: 7077	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 15 Dec 2007 12:05 pm Subject: Emmons Lagrande mechanical issue
Richard Bachler Replies: 20 Views: 7077	Hello, I have a Emmons Lagrande that I changed the pedals and knees from the Day to Emmons set up. I read the posts about mechanical issues before I started and thank all of you for your posts. Howeve ...