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Topic: 2nd string half-stop |
Alan Bidmade
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Newcastle upon Tyne UK
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Posted 21 Mar 2014 9:15 am |
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Looking for some info and advice.
I have an old Sho-Bud with a re-worked undercarriage by Bernard Curnow, a steel maker from Cornwall, England, now retired.
I can only drop my second string from D# to D on RKR, and would like to fit a half-stop, assuming this is a 'gizmo' one can buy 'off the shelf'.
Is that the case? Is it simply a case of 'breaking' the pull rod and putting said half-stop in the gap?
From this inquiry, you might guess I have all the engineering know-how of a cocker spaniel and I can follow instructions from A to B as long as there are helpful clues along the way. I can assemble flat pack furniture, if you're not too bothered about doors.
If such a simple, single gizmo can be purchased, where would I get one? Jim Palenscar? Michael Yahl?
All advice gratefully received, especially drawings, plans, instruction manuals or You Tube videos!!!
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Ben-Rom #017 'Lorelei', Guild D25, Epiphone 'Joe Pass', Roland 40XL, Hilton VP
First name Alan, but known as Nick |
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 22 Mar 2014 1:59 am
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Don't cut the rod!! It gets its own bellcrank, I'll try to find some pics of it. Both Jim Palenscar and Tom Bradshaw sell them.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
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James Morehead
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Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 22 Mar 2014 5:43 am
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Email me direct, I can get you fixed up. 
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"Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement"~old cowboy proverb.
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 22 Mar 2014 7:06 am
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+1 to James. The two I mentioned were likely to be the MSA style, and James will have the Bud.
The only real difference lies in aesthetics, but if you have an old Bud, might as well use Bud stuff (and you'll have a different shaft size).
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Alan Bidmade
From:
Newcastle upon Tyne UK
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Posted 22 Mar 2014 10:52 am
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Thanks guys - James - email sent.
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Ben-Rom #017 'Lorelei', Guild D25, Epiphone 'Joe Pass', Roland 40XL, Hilton VP
First name Alan, but known as Nick |
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Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 22 Mar 2014 1:15 pm
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Alan
I have the parts that you need. I can post them to you FOC when I get home from the States on 6th April. Let me know if you need them.
Ken
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Show Pro D10 - amber (8+6), MSA D10 Legend XL Signature - redburst (9+6), Sho-Bud Pro 111 Custom (8+6), Emmons black Push-Pull D10 (8+5), Zum D10 (8x8), Hudson pedal resonator. Telonics TCA-500, Webb 614-E, |
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Jason Lynch
From:
Essex, United Kingdom
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Posted 23 Mar 2014 1:52 am
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Alan, I'm in Stanford-le-hope, Essex. If it's not too far I'm happy to help you out. Maybe two heads are better than one etc?
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 23 Mar 2014 5:56 am
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Some steelers don't use a 1/2 stop mechanism.
They use another pull rod, possibly attached to the 9th string and adjust that for the 1/2 feel stop. |
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