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Topic: do-it-yourself half stop |
Jan Oelbrandt
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Herzele, Belgium
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Posted 25 Oct 2006 1:48 pm |
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just wanted to let this forum know: I just succesfully installed of half-stop for my A-pedal (to be able to get a b9/dim-chord).
Three pics:
The first one, pedal not pressed at all:
Now, pedal pressed until it hits the half-stop
And finally, pedal pressed fully
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Eric West
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Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 25 Oct 2006 7:07 pm
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Just like this.
choose "edit" on this post to see the UBB Code I used.
Lightening them before posting ususally works best on pix, as well as resizing them for those of us with slow connections.
EJL
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richard burton
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Britain
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Posted 25 Oct 2006 9:07 pm
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Good idea, but it might need beefing up a bit, IMHO.
There's only one little screw holding the assembly to the body, it might fail over time. |
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Per Berner
From:
Skovde, Sweden
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Posted 25 Oct 2006 9:52 pm
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| Nice idea, superbly compact and simple! What type of spring did you use, and what other parts (excluding the screw and nuts, of course)? |
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Jan Oelbrandt
From:
Herzele, Belgium
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Posted 25 Oct 2006 10:52 pm
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Thanks for the UBB tip, will use that in the future.
I guess you're right about the one screw, will indeed have add a second one to keep it in place.
I used pickup-springs from the guitar shop. What you see is one large one and a small one, seperated by a nylon washer (to avoid the springs from interfering). I first tried it with one, but tension was not enough to feel the half-stop, so I added the second small spring. Tension is perfect now. |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 26 Oct 2006 7:52 am
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| Your stop is so close to the axis (of the hexagonal cross shaft). I would worry that a small change (error) in your stopping point here would cause a large change (error) in the pitch of the string. |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 26 Oct 2006 9:12 am
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| cool...this is what pedal steel mechanics is all about...it's not rocket science....amazing what i've found you can do with a hacksaw and file! |
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Jan Oelbrandt
From:
Herzele, Belgium
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Posted 28 Oct 2006 7:34 am
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| Earnest, so far pitching is running very nice. I thought the same thing before installing it, but it was more difficult to install in on the other side of the shaft, so I settled on where it is now. |
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Sigi Meissner
From:
Duebendorf, Switzerland
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Posted 29 Oct 2006 2:47 am
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Hi Jan
Do you have also a self made idea for the
regular pull rod situation? My f's sharp have the stop but to get my f's I use a lot my
LKR just by stoping by ear half the way .
Greetings from Switzerland
Sigi
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Jan Oelbrandt
From:
Herzele, Belgium
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Posted 30 Oct 2006 11:17 am
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| Sigi, I don't understand your question fully... "that regular pull situation". But when it comes to building a half-stop, my example could be used in any situation where there is enough room for the stop to be installed, half-way the travel of the shaft... |
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