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Topic: How to adjust nylon hex nut to tune E9 2nd string half-stop? |
David Donn
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New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 17 Jul 2015 11:27 pm |
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Hi,
I have a half-stop on my 2nd string that seems to work by the end of the 9th string nylon hex nut hitting the 9th string changer finger before it engages the finger.
The half-stop is sharp. I think I have to adjust the 9th string hex nut so the end is closer to the changer finger. I have no clue how to do this. Sorry to be so thick. Any help would be much appreciated! |
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Dave Meis
From:
Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA
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Posted 17 Jul 2015 11:51 pm
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| If what you're describing is a 'feel' stop, you can follow the rod that lowers the 9th to the bell crank and move the pull rod connection 1 hole away from the body of the guitar on the bell crank and that should engage string 9 'later', allowing 2 to be pulled a little 'flatter' before the 9th string rod hits...hope this helps. Obviously, you'll have to re-tune the hex on string 9 |
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richard burton
From:
Britain
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 18 Jul 2015 2:00 am
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The nylon nut on 9 tunes the D on 2.
If you have the cap screw in the end block between the pillow blocks, that's where you tune the C# of the 9th string.
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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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David Donn
From:
New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 18 Jul 2015 2:10 am
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Thanks guys,
I mean a "feel" stop. The steel is a Sho Bud Pro I with a completely replaced undercarriage.
It is somewhat like the diagrams in "fig 2" from http://www.pedalsteelguitar.fr/materiel/halfstop/halfstop.html but it is not 2a (no extra hex nut on 9th finger), 2b (no grub screws as far as I can tell), or 2c (no 11th finger).
I guess the only option is to move the pull rod connection as you describe, one hole away on the bell crank. I was hoping to avoid this but perhaps this is the only way to adjust it on this guitar? I'll give it a try. |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 18 Jul 2015 3:08 am
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You could add one more rod, to the raise finger of 9.
Tune the 2nd string D with 9th string lower nut, and the 9th string C# with raise nut.
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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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