Palm Lever?

Avery Bradshaw · From: Danville, Kentucky, USA

I recently came across a Mullen S10 for sale on another site. I saw that is has a palm lever. I’ve attached a picture of it below. Has anyone ever seen something like this? I’m not sure of the copedent, but it’s definitely interesting to me.

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Jerry Overstreet · From: Louisville Ky

Yes. Mike Perlowin had wrist levers on his Classic and Millenium MSAs. There have been a few others too.

I installed this on one of my Sierra Crown 14s.

Dan Kelly · From: Boston, MA

Zane King does an absolutely beautiful job with "Rose Colored Glasses" and shows off his "Arm Lever" at the end of this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvNV9d8miOA

The arm lever concept has been around for a while... but just has not caught on yet. It is not that it won't catch on someday... but INMO, the PSG is a challenging enough instrument as it is! Smile

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Dave Hopping · From: Aurora, Colorado

The Mullen website has a pic of an S-10 with a palm lever. It's either the same guitar Avery posted or one exactly identical.

Jerry Overstreet · From: Louisville Ky

I believe that's actually a wrist/arm lever that folds out for playing and lays flat at idle.

It can be used in a lot of ways...pulling strings or engaging an effect etc.

Lee Baucum · From: McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier

I've seen levers that are pressed down and also levers that are pushed horizontally.

Here is a very old video of Tony Arrowood using a wrist lever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyJigwX9Z4M

~Lee

Bobby D. Jones · From: West Virginia, USA

I'm with Jerry Overstreet. Being between the neck and the pad. May be a palm lever, Or May be a wrist lever folded down to put in case, Or just out of way till a song calls for that certain raise or lower.

Donny Hinson · From: Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.

Hmmm, I wonder why Paul, Buddy, or Lloyd never had one?

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Herb Steiner · From: Spicewood TX 78669

scott murray · From: Asheville, NC

Junior Brown has a volume pedal on his pedal guit-steel that he operates with his elbow https://youtu.be/m9Pjpi8Jv4s
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Jerry Overstreet · From: Louisville Ky

Herb Steiner · From: Spicewood TX 78669

Gary Spaeth · From: Wisconsin, USA

i made one for g# to a. i had an elbow lever for b to c#. this was on an 8 string lap steel. th picture shows the rough prototype of the elbo lever to see if it worked. the palm lever was the same only horizontal. there was a half stop so i could do 3 5 getting 1 to 4 by sliding up one fret.

Johnie King · From: Tennessee, USA

Zane has a lever but it’s not a pesky palm pedal.

No palm pedals here either.

Avery Bradshaw · From: Danville, Kentucky, USA

Thanks everyone for all the examples. I am with Dan Kelly, its challenging enough as it is without adding arm movements into the mix. Zane King does a great job with Rose Colored Glasses on his Jackson. Hes probably one of the most soulful players I have heard.
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Alan Davidson · From: Berkeley, CA

Fuzzy PSG company makes some pretty interesting levers that you can see here:
https://fuzzypsg.com/int/gallery.html
Some of them seem to be hip levers, or something like that, for playing standing up.

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