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Steven Albrecht
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Colorado, USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2015 12:05 pm |
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| Played my steel alittle in church yesterday seemed to be fine but now back at the studio when I press my A&B pedal my E string goes alittle flat driving me crazy, can't seem to see the problem, any ideas |
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Kevin Mincke
From:
Farmington, MN (Twin Cities-South Metro) USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2015 12:36 pm
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| It's referred to as "cabinet drop" |
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Steven Albrecht
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2015 12:37 pm
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| whats the cure? first time this has happened since I got the guitar |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2015 1:20 pm
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| Forget about cabinet drop, if you never noticed it before, it has to be something else. |
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Kevin Mincke
From:
Farmington, MN (Twin Cities-South Metro) USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2015 2:51 pm
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| I would have to agree with Erv if were talking just a couple cents or less, or a 1/4 tone or more flat I would say the guitars changer/under carriage would be the place to start. |
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Tom Gorr
From:
Three Hills, Alberta
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Posted 28 Sep 2015 3:23 pm
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| Tune your e's with a and b down. ...Much more tolerable. |
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Steven Albrecht
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2015 3:24 pm
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| will try that, could be something came loose just alittle but really frustrating for a newbie, |
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 28 Sep 2015 10:33 pm Re: tuning
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| Steven Albrecht wrote: |
| Played my steel alittle in church yesterday seemed to be fine but now back at the studio when I press my A&B pedal my E string goes alittle flat driving me crazy, can't seem to see the problem, any ideas |
Did the church have a real piano, or a digital keyboard? A piano is tuned and "sweetened." Keyboards? Not so much. I've heard it a lot, playing in church. |
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Jeff Mead
From:
London, England
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Posted 29 Sep 2015 1:09 am
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Have you checked that it only happens with A and B - what about with A only or B only?
I wonder if something in the changer is sticking and pulling the E's changer a bit when you pull the string next to it?
A bit of lubrication could help that |
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 29 Sep 2015 1:29 am
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My first thought was the same as Jeff's. Something may have got dislocated in transit from the gig so that it interferes - it's happened to me. Observe carefully whether anything other than the correct lever is lowering the Es very slightly.
(Cabinet drop is chronic, not acute.)
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 29 Sep 2015 10:56 am
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If you make a habit of transporting it set up, try tightening up all the screws that hold it together.
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Steven Albrecht
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2015 11:48 am
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| Thanks again guys, I never transport the steel except in the case, got that info from the forum to, but I cleaned and lubricated the changer points lightly as per recommendation on here, seems to have worked for now, nice tone for an old guitar etc, but hard enough learning to play , sure thinking about buying a new stage one, would cost less than I paid for this,just wouldn't have the history, each day its a new learning experience, and if I wasn't starting so late in life some of the frustration wouldn't be so bad, thanks again |
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