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Topic: Adjustable bell crank question |
Johnie King
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Tennessee, USA
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Posted 24 Apr 2018 4:50 pm |
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 . Picture of old Bigsby underneath look like it has adjustable bell cranks. Pretty cool
Last edited by Johnie King on 12 May 2018 11:46 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Russ Wever
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Kansas City
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Tony Prior
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Charlotte NC
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Posted 25 Apr 2018 12:39 am
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seems expensive !
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 25 Apr 2018 4:07 am
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| Thanks Russ ; the new Sierra has something similar to the one your showing, seems like very good for finding sweet spot an set pulls to start an stop together. |
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Ross Shafer
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Petaluma, California
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Posted 25 Apr 2018 7:02 am
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| Very cool, Thanks for posting the pic Johnie! |
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 25 Apr 2018 3:34 pm
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| Thanks for the Comments Ross an Tony for the picture |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 25 Apr 2018 5:20 pm
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| A Bigsby...with cross-rods and no pulleys? |
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Charlie McDonald
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out of the blue
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Posted 26 Apr 2018 5:07 am
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| I think it's an excellent solution and not too costly. Great how you can adjust the slack in the rod right there. |
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 12 May 2018 11:45 am
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Bump for question about Blanton bell crank how to keep screw from backing out when adjusting for sweet spot
Last edited by Johnie King on 12 May 2018 11:56 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Georg Sørtun
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Mandal, Agder, Norway
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Posted 12 May 2018 12:24 pm
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| Bump for question about Blanton bell crank how to keep screw from backing out when adjusting for sweet spot |
Screw doesn't move up and down when rotated, the rod-attachment does. |
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Abe Levy
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California, USA
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Posted 12 May 2018 9:01 pm
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It may be a bigsby guitar, but its not a bigsby mechanism. Maybe Blankenship retrofit?
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Pete Burak
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Portland, OR USA
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Posted 13 May 2018 6:42 am
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| Georg Sørtun wrote: |
| Johnie King wrote: |
| Bump for question about Blanton bell crank how to keep screw from backing out when adjusting for sweet spot |
Screw doesn't move up and down when rotated, the rod-attachment does. |
It looks like if/when the cable goes slack, the connector will fall off the post? |
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Georg Sørtun
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Mandal, Agder, Norway
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Posted 13 May 2018 7:22 am
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| It looks like if/when the cable goes slack, the connector will fall off the post? |
For the Blanton bellcrank that doesn't look possible. Can you explain how it can happen? |
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Pete Burak
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Portland, OR USA
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Posted 13 May 2018 9:12 am
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| Georg Sørtun wrote: |
| Pete Burak wrote: |
| It looks like if/when the cable goes slack, the connector will fall off the post? |
For the Blanton bellcrank that doesn't look possible. Can you explain how it can happen? |
Woops I was talking about the Bigsby pic. Sorry 'bout that  |
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Georg Sørtun
From:
Mandal, Agder, Norway
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Posted 13 May 2018 9:14 am
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Andy DePaule
From:
Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 5 Jun 2018 4:57 pm
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| Donny Hinson wrote: |
| A Bigsby...with cross-rods and no pulleys? |
That was on the Norm Hamlet Bigsby that was sold a couple of months ago by Chas Smith.
Not original Bigsby for sure, but I don't know who may have done it?
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=320114&highlight=blankenship
Looks to be a better and much more simple pulling system that the original.
It is a lot like the one Blankenship steel I've seen photos of.
However considering the value placed on those guitars these days it would be worth more if all original.
Maybe someone with more experience and actual knowledge of these old steels will pipe in with some actual facts as opposed to speculation?
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