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Topic: How do E lever locks work? |
Colin Swinney
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Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 25 Oct 2022 7:22 am |
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| On universals, there is sometimes an E lever lock so you don't have to hold it in while playing in "B6 mode". How do these work and does anyone here use one on a standard E9? |
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Jerry Overstreet
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Louisville Ky
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Posted 25 Oct 2022 9:53 am
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Lever locks generally work by holding the knee lever hub in the position that it would be in when you operate the KL.
I like Sierra's idea where the lock uses an eccentric cam to sit against the hub. It's positive to keep the tuning stable.
I built a simple one for a Remington U12 string with just a few small aluminum parts.
I'll see if I can find a photo.
Otherwise, just google on search here for Lever Lok or Lever Lock to see some other ideas. As far as use on a 10 string, no reason why you couldn't use one it you have a need to hold a particular string lowered or raised for a time in order to use the knee elsewhere.
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In this one, I attached a bracket to the body for the stop and the L shaped alum. stub lever. It worked so: Engage Knee lever, rotate the locking lever 90 degrees to hold the KL in place.
Pretty simple. Others used another form of a locking mechanism. I recall someone had a photo of one on a ZumSteel guitar. Maybe you can hunt that up.
Last edited by Jerry Overstreet on 25 Oct 2022 10:11 am; edited 2 times in total |
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John Sluszny
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Brussels, Belgium
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Posted 25 Oct 2022 10:02 am
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| Sorry, I'm not really answering your question but I wanted one on my Carter S12 Universal and I NEVER use it ! |
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Colin Swinney
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Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 25 Oct 2022 12:47 pm
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| Thanks Jerry, that's definitely more in line with what I was thinking would be necessary if I wanted to add one. The only time I've ever seen one was on an Excel and that's like a gear shifter poking out of the top of the guitar, that's way too much effort to add to mine. I'll have to do a deeper search on here to see other implementations. |
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Ian Rae
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Redditch, England
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Posted 26 Oct 2022 1:46 am
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John, I'm the same. Mitsuo Fujii insisted on putting one on my Excel U12 and I never use that either! At least I have some spare parts if I need them 
I'm no great fan of it poking out of the top. If I were adding my own it would be underneath but easy to reach.
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