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Topic: Removing Bud from and Returning it to Case |
Fred Glave
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McHenry, Illinois, USA
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Posted 25 Aug 2009 1:54 pm |
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Seems like every time I take the Sho-Bud out of it's case, afew strings are out of tune and sometimes the strings are off the rollers. I usually have someone help me place it in the case at a job or practice, but when I do it alone, no matter how careful I am...UH!
Any suggestions?
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Jon Light
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 25 Aug 2009 2:01 pm
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One thought----put the case on a chair before handling the steel. An extremely heavy steel, if it is really physically pushing you to the limit, is very hard to gently lower those last few inches to the case at ground level. At chair height (or table top, if you can heft it that high) can take extra strength but you have much more control with less lower back agony.
This may or may not apply to your situation but I hope it helps. |
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Jim Eaton
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Santa Susana, Ca
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Posted 25 Aug 2009 2:24 pm
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I have started to use my pack-a-seat turned on its side and my NV-112 as a platform to set up and tear down my guitar of late. They make a real stable place to put the case on and its a nice height to pick the guitar up from and lower it back into the case when the gig is over. Sure beats floor level!
JE:-)>
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Alan Harrison
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Murfreesboro Tennessee, USA
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Posted 25 Aug 2009 3:20 pm folding chairs work
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I put a open, folding chair under each end of the case. Makes for a good height to remove rack, legs etc. Helps your back to smile not frown...ah
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Ronnie Boettcher
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Brunswick Ohio, USA
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Posted 25 Aug 2009 5:20 pm
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I have a LDG, and have never had a problem, putting it in, or out of the case. Before I take it out, I screw the legs to it. And when I put it back in, the legs are still on it. And the case is on the floor. You only have to lift it about 8".That's about having your hands only lifting to about your waist, when you grab a front and back leg. To make it easier, carry a small blanket, or a bath towel, to lay on the floor, when you tip it over to put in the case. I am almost 70, and can remove and put back with no problems.
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Kevin Hatton
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Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 25 Aug 2009 5:42 pm
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| The tuning keys are probably touching the bottom of the case. I never understood this. I build my cases so the tuning keys are raised off the bottom of the case 1/2 ". It solves that very problem. |
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Brint Hannay
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Maryland, USA
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Posted 25 Aug 2009 7:51 pm
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Kevin, I don't think that's where the problem lies. The problem is, with a heavy guitar, the presence of the leg compartment on the near side of the case means that one winds up holding a heavy object out away from the body with extended arms and bent forward at the waist. Exactly the way doctors and workplace safety people say one should NOT handle a heavy object. As Jon said, that poses a real problem for control. Not being in particularly athletic condition  , I have trouble with my Pro III, the heaviest and most unwieldy of my guitars, even when the case is on an elevated surface. It bumps and drags over the leg compartment divider.
I posted a while back, asking why the leg compartment couldn't be on the hinge side of the case, and my idea was pooh-poohed. I know you make split cases, Kevin, and that's certainly another, even better, way to get rid of the leg compartment problem, as it also makes carrying weight less. |
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Fred Glave
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McHenry, Illinois, USA
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Posted 26 Aug 2009 9:47 am
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Without a doubt, the keys are knocking into the edge of the compartment for the body. Just wavering a little bit while taking it out, or putting it back in is all it takes. What bothers me just as much, is that the strings get knocked off of the rollers sometimes. This is the original Sho-Bud case, so what gives? I always assemble the guitar before taking it out. That's a heck of a lot easier than doing it while it's standing up, but maybe it's too heavy at that point to maneuver well.
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Chris LeDrew
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Canada
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Posted 26 Aug 2009 10:06 am
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I had the same problem when i owned my 80-pound D-10 Professional. 
It would always be out of tune when i took it out of the case, due to the problem already mentioned of the tuning keys hitting off the edge when putting it in, and taking it out of, the case. The idea of laying the case on a chair is a potential fix, but you have to be strong enough to pick up the steel to waist height and flip it over. I had to lay the case on the floor and lower the steel to the case, then flip it into the case. What a beast that guitar was.....wow. Thinking back, I wonder how I ever managed to move it.
It took me a long time, but I've finally come around to the notion of the modern steel and all the ease that comes with carrying it. I'll never again get that crazy sustain up high or those full-bodied grips that the Professional gave up in spades, but boy does it feel good to sit down on the pac seat without feeling a back spasm!
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James Morehead
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Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 26 Aug 2009 7:56 pm Re: Removing Bud from and Returning it to Case
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| Fred Glave wrote: |
Seems like every time I take the Sho-Bud out of it's case, afew strings are out of tune and sometimes the strings are off the rollers. I usually have someone help me place it in the case at a job or practice, but when I do it alone, no matter how careful I am...UH!
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It sounds like your case just does not fit your guitar very well--like it does not hold it tight enough and has the pressure points in the wrong places. You also didn't mention which model shobud you have. Some of the early cases offered little protection. String five on my E9 neck is always out on my Professional because it slides around in the case a little. |
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David Nugent
From:
Gum Spring, Va.
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Posted 27 Aug 2009 3:20 am Case
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| You did not mention the method used when returning the guitar to the case. If you or someone you know has a copy of "Pedal Steel Guitar" by Winnie Winston and Bill Keith, in the very beginning of the book there is an illustrated explanation as to the proper method of setting up and tearing down your steel. I have owned several Sho-Buds (with original cases) and have never experienced the problems you mentioned using this method. |
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 27 Aug 2009 10:30 am
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Is it the original case? If not,therein mayhaps is the problem. You might try putting some hard rubber strips where the guitar rests in the case to raise it a little,just to see if that's the problem, then if it is make a permanent change.
BF
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