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Topic: Lowering levers on lap steel |
John Swain
From:
Winchester, Va
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Posted 16 Dec 2020 10:02 am |
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| Has anyone designed or built palm pedals that lower strings? Most are designed to raise strings. |
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Ian Worley
From:
Sacramento, CA
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Posted 16 Dec 2020 11:02 am
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The Dusenberg system will lower, strings that lower are simply installed/routed on the opposite side of the pivot in the lever mechanism. Obviously just one change per string.
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Fred
From:
Amesbury, MA
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Posted 16 Dec 2020 2:08 pm
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| I don’t know if they’re still in production or not, but the Hipshot palm benders could lower as well as raise. |
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Gary Spaeth
From:
Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 17 Dec 2020 6:37 am
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| i bought a knock-off bigsby tailpiece on ebay for $20 for that. all you have to do is put a tuneable stop under the lever. it has spring return to the original pitch. just hook the string you want to lower to it and leave the rest of the pins empty. you night have to extend the back with a mounting board some way. |
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Jim Pitman
From:
Waterbury Ctr. VT 05677 USA
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Posted 17 Dec 2020 4:31 pm
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| I think a lapsteel with a pair of levers on the left leg in combo with the means to secure the lapsteel with your right leg would be a big hit. |
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