One half stop controlling multiple changes

Lane Gray · From: Topeka, KS

Some folks had asked how to do this, and here I am putting one in
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dU97wLjQoCk
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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

Tim Russell · From: Pennsylvania, USA

You are "The Man", Lane!

Thanks for that video. To see it set up & in action really brings it together as far as understanding the linkage.

Now on to modifying my Sierra... Cool

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Sierra Crown D-10

David Weisenthal · From: Arizona, USA

Thanks Lane, good to see that.
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Derby SD10, Peavey Session 400

Jim Palenscar · From: Oceanside, Calif, USA

Great idea Lane- the MSA rack and barrel half stop Smile

. I've found that the trick to having a really good half stop- stolen from Noel Anstead of Anapeg fame, is absolutely minimizing any extraneous movement in the mechanism. That is to say- there should be no movement in the linkage at all other than what is absolutely required to do the job- including the spring around the rod. Noel uses a sleeve to prevent that so that the feel is quite obvious and distinct rather than mushy which is so often the case. I also noticed that despite the length of the rod utilized being used in a compression fashion in your video there was little to no flex which helps a lot - probably in part due the multiple stabilization points using multiple bellcranks.

Lane Gray · From: Topeka, KS

Dangit. I SHOULD have put it going the other way, with the spring under the pickup and beyond the bracket/stanchion.
That way, the force on the rod would have been pulling instead of pushing.
Should I do another, I'll remember that.
But any time Jim Palenscar says an idea of mine is good, I'll take it.
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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

Jim Palenscar · From: Oceanside, Calif, USA

Actually - I'm wrong more often than I'm right- I just try to catch it b4 anyone else does Smile

Jon Light · From: Saugerties, NY

I do use tunable barrels in line to add a couple of raises that my triple/triple ran out of holes for on my Uni. Fessenden bellcranks are not a great match for this but I've made it work. I don't do feeler stops. Never got the feel for them and I don't do setups that need them.
But this is a great illustration of the 'rack & barrel' infinite number of pulls concept.

Tom Gorr · From: Three Hills, Alberta

I like it ! Simple and multi useful. Cost benefit swings to its favor.

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