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Topic: Randy Travis' Pedal Steel Player |
Gary Shepherd
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Fox, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2007 4:45 pm |
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I was watching some country music on tv today and saw a closeup (for a few seconds) of the endplate tuner on Randy Travis' pedal steel player's guitar. That guitar had a A LOT of extra pulls on the E neck. I backed up the video (TIVO) and paused it and there were at least 3 pulls on nearly every string.
The E strings both had 2 lowers, the 1st string had 3 pulls, they were all loaded. I assume that the 2 lowers on the E strings were a half step and and a whole step (for a dominant 7th). Not sure what the first string pulls would be.
If was a Franklin guitar. Anyone have any ideas what the copedent might be on that guitar?
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Jim Bob Sedgwick
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Posted 6 Apr 2007 4:50 pm
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| Gary, a lot of those rods were probably compensator rods. Look at the end of Paul Franklin's guitar sometime. Looks like about 50 rods or so. |
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Gary Shepherd
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Fox, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2007 4:52 pm
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I hadn't considered that. But still, would you need 3 on the 1st string?
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Bob Blair
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 6 Apr 2007 4:57 pm
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| Would that have been Steve Hinson? He is a forum member. |
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Jim Bob Sedgwick
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Clinton, Missouri USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2007 5:49 pm
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| Gary, I don't know. He may raise and lower the 1st string as many do, and have one compensator. I'm just guessing, though. |
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John Bechtel
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Posted 8 Apr 2007 7:16 pm
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On a Franklin PSG, if you Raised the 1st.-str. twice and lowered it once, you would see (2)-nylon tuners in the Raise~holes and (2)-nylon tuners in a Lower~holes. One of the nylon-tuners in the Lower~holes would probably be colored Black, which would identify it as a compensator. Later designed changers, like those used in the Derby and others seem to not need a compensator when a string is both Raised & Lowered!
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Steve Hinson
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