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Topic: GFI replacement levers |
Stuart Docherty
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Queensland, Australia
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Posted 26 Aug 2015 1:59 am |
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Anybody replaced knee levers on a GFI…?
I have had a GFI Expo for a few months now, long enough to know that i really, really, really, really, really don't like the way the LKL digs into my leg and I would sell my dog to replace it with a lever that maybe bends away a little at the end…
Is this possible…? |
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 26 Aug 2015 2:37 am
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A flag might help distribute the pressure.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
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Stuart Docherty
From:
Queensland, Australia
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Posted 26 Aug 2015 3:08 am
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| sure… can I ask, what a "flag" is..? |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 26 Aug 2015 3:22 am
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Flags are bits of (usually) metal to enlarge contact area of the lever.
Emmons flag:
MSA flag:
Zum flag:
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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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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 26 Aug 2015 3:23 am
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Other people have improvised their own flags, some look snazzy, some are spatula blades and duct tape.
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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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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 26 Aug 2015 9:27 am Re: GFI replacement levers
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| Stuart Docherty wrote: |
Anybody replaced knee levers on a GFI…?
I would sell my dog to replace it with a lever that maybe bends away a little at the end…
Is this possible…? |
what kind of dog? |
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Quentin Hickey
From:
Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted 26 Aug 2015 9:35 am
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Quentin Hickey
From:
Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted 26 Aug 2015 9:40 am
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| GFI should be able to sell you a knee lever flag for your lkl. You tried changing the angle on the lever have you? I find it is more comfortable facing inwards. |
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Jack Wilson
From:
Marshfield, MO
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Posted 26 Aug 2015 7:26 pm GFI flag
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You can buy a knee lever flag from Bob at GFI. The flag is standard on one knee lever of a D-10. Slides on your knee lever and is held by two set screws.
gfimusicalproducts.com |
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Stuart Docherty
From:
Queensland, Australia
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Posted 26 Aug 2015 11:40 pm
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| Quentin Hickey wrote: |
| GFI should be able to sell you a knee lever flag for your lkl. You tried changing the angle on the lever have you? I find it is more comfortable facing inwards. |
yep, i think "inwards" accentuates the problem… it's a good position, but it all comes down to the length and the bonyness of the outside of my knees... |
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Stuart Docherty
From:
Queensland, Australia
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Posted 26 Aug 2015 11:42 pm Re: GFI flag
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| Jack Wilson wrote: |
You can buy a knee lever flag from Bob at GFI. The flag is standard on one knee lever of a D-10. Slides on your knee lever and is held by two set screws.
gfimusicalproducts.com |
Wow… thanks…
I ended up emailing a copy of my post to GFI, they never mentioned they had flags in their reply… (was great they replied..)
I think a flag would do it for me..
Sounds pretty straight forward… |
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Stuart Docherty
From:
Queensland, Australia
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Posted 26 Aug 2015 11:44 pm
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| Lane Gray wrote: |
Flags are bits of (usually) metal to enlarge contact area of the lever.
Emmons flag:
MSA flag:
Zum flag:
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Looks like a solution to me, thanks... |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 27 Aug 2015 8:16 am
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On my Zum, the end of the LKL lever hit me right at the knee cap and after a while I would experience some discomfort. I contact Bruce and he sent me a flag for that lever and when I installed it I extended it a ways past the end of the lever itself and that took care of the problem.
It fact, that felt so good I went ahead and did the same to my LKR. On this lever, I obtained some 3/23" thick aluminum and fashioned the flag myself.  |
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Paddy Long
From:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 27 Aug 2015 8:49 pm
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I have several flags on my Zum's ...
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