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Mike Moffitt
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South Carolina
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Posted 19 Feb 2011 8:42 am |
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| Can you add knee levers to the MSA Sidekick,it only comes with one? |
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Bo Borland
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Posted 19 Feb 2011 8:44 am
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Brian Henry
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Posted 11 Oct 2011 3:03 pm
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If you are content with just the a and b pedal, it is possible to adda lever to take the e's up to f by running a lever to the c pedal bracket. I have not done it yet but am contemplating doing it soon.
Most of my gigs involve just two levers and two pedals - it is much lighter than my push pull emmons and with my george l pickup on the sidekick, I get a good sound.
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Lane Gray
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Posted 11 Oct 2011 3:37 pm
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Wouldn't that make for a lot of double-footing, unless you moved the A and B pedals over?
Typically when I raise my Es, that A pedal is on its way.
My personal opinion is that it seems silly to sink all that effort into a student model.
But if you like the tone, there ain't a damn thing wrong with silly.
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 11 Oct 2011 4:10 pm
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I think tbhenry was talking about adding a knee lever and disconnecting the "C" pedal, run a rod from the knee lever to the existing cross shaft for the "C" pedal and put the E raises on the "C" pedal cross shaft.
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 11 Oct 2011 4:34 pm
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You're right, of course.
Must. Not. Forum. And. Drive. |
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Brian Henry
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Posted 11 Oct 2011 4:46 pm
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Thank you Richard for making that clear. Do you think it would work?
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Richard Sinkler
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Posted 11 Oct 2011 9:47 pm
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Honestly, I have never seen a Sidekick, but I did see another pro guitar (I think it might have been a Sierra) where the owner made a knee lever (LKL) and had a rod attached to the lever and to a bellcrank on pedal 4 (D10) that he had some changes (don't remember which). It worked well.
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Brian Henry
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Posted 12 Oct 2011 8:19 am
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Thank you guys for your help. Here is another question. Would it be possible to remove the black vinyl jacket that covers the Sidekick and replace it with good mica? Would this improve the sound? I know it would improve the looks
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Michael Hutchison
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Indianapolis, USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2011 1:08 pm
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| Thank you guys for your help. Here is another question. Would it be possible to remove the black vinyl jacket that covers the Sidekick and replace it with good mica? Would this improve the sound? I know it would improve the looks |
I believe this would be more trouble than it would be worth. I just had my sidekick apart down to the nuts and bolts. Removing the changer and roller nut reveals that the molded plastic cover hides a "neck" that is just a 2" wide piece of plywood glued to a plywood top, and there are no end-caps, just cast leg brackets that screw into the top. Without the plastic on there, you'd have to modify the body substantially before you even ended up with something that looked like a pedal steel, to which to apply your new covering.
But, then again, the fact that it was made so cheaply then, also made it more affordable for me 30 some years later, so I'm not complaining!
By the way, my sidekick has 3 knee levers and I'm going to put a 4th and maybe a 5th on as soon as I get time to make them. (Before I got it, somebody had already installed all the undercarriage parts from another sidekick, so that's how I have enough cross shafts, bell cranks, etc.)
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Michael Yahl
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Troy, Texas!
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Posted 3 Nov 2011 1:22 pm
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Guys, check my website as I have tons of MSA parts that MAY fit those Sidekicks. I can't say for sure as I've never seen one, but it can't hurt to look!
www.psgparts.com
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 3 Nov 2011 1:41 pm
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And Mr. Yahl is easy to talk with and provides good service. I'm pleased.
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