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Topic: Look what I did to my knee levers. |
Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 28 Sep 2008 11:28 am |
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It gets hot in Los Angeles, and I frequently wear shorts. But then the knee levers feel cold and uncomfortable against my bare skin, so I got some sticky backed Velcro, and put the fuzzy end on all the knee levers. Now I can play in my shorts with no discomfort.
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Howard Tate
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Leesville, Louisiana, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 28 Sep 2008 12:24 pm
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Clever Mike, but don't your hairy legs stick to the velcro?  My Carter has sharp edges on the levers that are uncomfortable, even wearing long pants. Maybe I'll try your idea. |
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James Collett
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San Dimas, CA
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Posted 28 Sep 2008 12:43 pm
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good idea, me being a California boy and all!
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Bo Borland
From:
South Jersey -
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Posted 28 Sep 2008 12:49 pm
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Little knee lever cozys.. cowboy up Mike!  |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 28 Sep 2008 1:16 pm
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| Howard Tate wrote: |
| Clever Mike, but don't your hairy legs stick to the velcro? |
You have to use the fuzzy side, not the plastic side that grabs stuff (like hairy legs.)
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 28 Sep 2008 1:47 pm
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Please, do us a favor. If you ever do a video or have your picture taken, wear something other than shorts.
Middle aged men have no idea how ridiculous they look to the rest of the world when they wear shorts! |
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Larry Bell
From:
Englewood, Florida
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 28 Sep 2008 2:51 pm
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Please, do us a favor. If you ever do a video or have your picture taken, wear something other than shorts.
Middle aged men have no idea how ridiculous they look to the rest of the world when they wear shorts! |
You should see me in a bikini. 
Seriously, Larry is right. EVERBODY wears shorts out here during the summer time.
Several years ago we had a 6 week spell where the temperature never got be4low 100, even at night, and one day it reached 117 and the asphalt on the freeways started to melt and got all sticky and gooey
and all the card got stuck.
We have great winters, but we pay for it in the summertime.
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Johnne Lee Ables
From:
Minnesota, USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2008 3:00 pm Yeah, it is mild on the Left Coast,,,
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| Mike Perlowin wrote: |
Several years ago we had a 6 week spell where the temperature never got be4low 100, even at night, and one day it reached 117 and the asphalt on the freeways started to melt and got all sticky and gooey
and all the card got stuck.
We have great winters, but we pay for it in the summertime. |
Must be nice... You're describing our Spring and Fall!
It's 106 in the shade on my front patio right now! 20 feet up my shaded weather station probe says 103. 
JL
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James Cann
From:
Phoenix, AZ
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Posted 28 Sep 2008 4:25 pm
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| Yes, please, Mike. Stop before we Arizonans laugh ourselves to death. |
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Johnne Lee Ables
From:
Minnesota, USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2008 4:37 pm I have to walk my dogs 3 times a day...
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| Yes, please, Mike. Stop before we Arizonans laugh ourselves to death. |
Hey James,
I'm not laughing, and neither are my dogs! 
Good comment, though!!! 
Johnne Lee
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Danny Bates
From:
Fresno, CA. USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2008 7:27 pm
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Cool Shorts...
Uncool Shorts...
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Charlie McDonald
From:
out of the blue
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Posted 29 Sep 2008 3:45 am
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Or you could just use velcro knee brace wraps.
Mike,did you know Taos Mocs went out of business?
I'm looking for tai chi choes.
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 29 Sep 2008 3:46 am
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| Seriously, Larry is right. EVERBODY wears shorts out here during the summer time. |
(sigh)
Yeah, when riding a bike, washing the car, or working in the garden. But if you're making a steel video IN YOUR HOUSE (which is probably air conditioned), is it asking too much, really?
Oh, never mind.
I guess some steelers are just proud of their "Ultimately Comfortable" fashion statement...which is somewhere between Homer Simpson and Larry The Cable Guy.
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C Dixon
From:
Duluth, GA USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2008 5:23 am
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| My Carter has sharp edges on the levers that are uncomfortable, even wearing long pants. Maybe I'll try your idea. |
One of my "pet peaves" with PSG manufacturers indeed. Sharp corners on knee levers AND pedals to me, is a step backwards. Yet guitar after guitar, year after year suffers (IMO) with this or other maladies.
I can just imagine what people would say when buying a new car if the brake and accelerator pedal had sharp edges and/or are uncomfortable in other respects.
IMO, Sho-Bud gets the nod on knee levers. The new MSA Milleniums second. Carter gets the nod on their first pedals. Why do other PSG manufacturers not tackle this and come up with more comfortable and ergonomically designed knee levers and pedals?
Mike makes an excellent point on "cold" knee levers and shorts. I hate that initial shock when I am wearing shorts. Or worse barefooted. Now that can kill ya!
It amazes me to see the inordinate amount of time and costs manufacturers (and some players) spend on esthetics, when there is often little to NO effort spent on solving long standing aggravations, when it comes to our beloved instrument. 
But then, these things do not bother many. And for them, I say you are indeed blessed. Praise Jesus.
c.
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Wayne Wallett
From:
Shermans Dale, PA USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 29 Sep 2008 6:33 am Knee Lever Fix
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Hello,
I had a knee lever LKL that had a sharp edge that hit my knee exactly where I had knee surgery and was very uncomfortable. Cured it by going to hardware store and getting about 4" piece of clear plastic tubing big enough to slide snugly over the offending knee lever. End of problem and it even adds a bit of cushioning.
Good Luck,
Wayne |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 29 Sep 2008 10:14 am
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| I've never done it to a knee lever, but you can get cans of this rubber liquid that you use to dip handles on your tools into and it dries to give a plastic grip. I saw a steel once where the guy did this and it was quite comfortable. It is a little bit thick and gives a little bit of a cushion when hitting the lever hard and fast. |
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Chip Fossa
From:
Monson, MA, USA (deceased)
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Posted 29 Sep 2008 1:01 pm
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Just to be a pain, but WHY should an expensive (usually) steel guitar have rough knee lever edges, so as to elicit these comments?
After all, most everyone here espouses how great their steels are. Can't be that great if the very physical act of playing it causes such discomfort.
Maybe ya just hafta to build up callouses on your inner and outer legs? Just like guit-players eventually have to do on their fingertips. I've experienced the same thing, friends. Something oughta be done - like rounded knee shafts. And make them much longer, by 2-3 inches, at least. It would eliminate the need for those extensions. What's wrong with these builders, anyway???
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Danny Bates
From:
Fresno, CA. USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2008 2:13 pm
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Turn On The Camera Marge... I'm Ready! |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 29 Sep 2008 11:02 pm
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sorry Mike,( buddy ) a dollar short and a day late..
Added Velcro two years ago for the exact same reason on RKR .
another two cents..
Some folks buy BRAND NEW GUITARS for the BIG bucks that look like Guitars from 1952 with all the nicks and scratches !PRE Abused if you will. I don't see any problem with the top Steel manufacturers adding VELCRO to the knee levers, it's become MOD ! ( that means fashionable)
hey, Honda made that little Van type car painted half PRIMER ! Anything goes !
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Larry Bressington
From:
Nebraska
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Posted 7 Oct 2008 4:32 pm
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Vaseline prevents friction!
Works good on knee levers, in shorts. |
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Jim Palenscar
From:
Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 7 Oct 2008 5:01 pm
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Another very comfortable option is the foam insulation tubes that are available for water pipes~~ courtesy of Rick Schmidt!
Last edited by Jim Palenscar on 7 Oct 2008 6:40 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 7 Oct 2008 5:38 pm
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| I've been using what Jim's talking about for awhile now. It's really great if you have a heavy action on some levers (Like mine)that you don't want to make any compromises on. |
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Bo Legg
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Posted 7 Oct 2008 7:59 pm
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| Geez Mike, what do you do when you have to peel your hairy leg loose from that velcro!? |
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 7 Oct 2008 8:02 pm
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Wax?
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