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Topic: Arm Rest for single neck |
Paul Sutherland
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Placerville, California
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Posted 9 Apr 2016 11:59 pm |
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I don't know why I can play the C6th neck of a double 10 and have no need for an arm rest, but when I play a single 10 I am lost without an arm rest. I play like crap, missing notes and all tense.
Putting that issue aside; here's some photos of an arm rest I had Don Blood make for my Williams S10. I really find this rest helps me get comfortable at the steel. I play much better when my forearm can rest on something. There is no need to even think about resting the heel of the right hand on the pickup when you have good support of the forearm.
PS: the narrow pad that you can see that goes all the way across the guitar did not do the job for me. It wasn't high enough and it hit me too close to the wrist.
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Ian Rae
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Redditch, England
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Posted 10 Apr 2016 9:45 am Re: Arm Rest for single neck
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| Paul Sutherland wrote: |
| I don't know why I can play the C6th neck of a double 10 and have no need for an arm rest, but when I play a single 10 I am lost without an arm rest. |
Looking at the ergonomics, I suspect that relative to the lower part of the body, i.e. the seat and the feet on the pedals, the neck of a single 10-string is typically further away than the back neck of a D10, so that the hands feel harder to control without support.
I'm unable to make a straight comparison as my single-neck is a 12-string with quite a wide body, but maybe someone else can.
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Bobby D. Jones
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 10 Apr 2016 7:04 pm Arm Rest for single neck.
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I have built 2 pads for my Steel's. I seem to catch myself using my wrist on the pad some as an anchor point. This is all the pad I want, If I bend my right wrist down it lets me move fingers easier if needed. Especially on my 12 U to me it is better than trying to change anchor strings on the neck.
To me the pad past the Nut Rollers is a waste. I carved out a half moon on both of these 1" wide and 1/2" deep and on the MSA it is 7" long. My 10 string bar and Nylon Dobro Bar will lay end to end, I can lay one bar down and pick the other one up and both bars are safe from falling. Then I got another Wild Hair and put brackets on the right end and bent a metal bar and leather case on my Seiko Tuner sits in a easy view and plug in position.
There is no holes drilled in the Guitar Body. It is put on with 3 strips of Industrial Velcro. Just a GOO-GONE job to remove.
Here is the MSA pad I cannot find the pictures of my GFI have to take some and put on later. |
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Dennis Montgomery
From:
Western Washington
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Ron Pruter
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 13 Apr 2016 9:24 pm
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Paul,
Can you show a picture of how it connects to the guitar from underneath? Ron
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Paul Sutherland
From:
Placerville, California
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Posted 13 Apr 2016 11:50 pm
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Nothing attaches to the underside of the guitar. The only attachment is to the leg, which you can see clearly in the last photo. The black circle is a large set screw. You simply tighten that with the hex wrench provided and the fitting clamps onto the leg. It is very sturdy and has not moved at all after about a week of playing.
Here's a picture showing the attachment mechanism.
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