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Topic: Excel Anti Cabinet Drop problem |
Christopher Hillman
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Manchester, UK
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Posted 15 Mar 2014 12:11 am |
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My excel Supurb 12 has a problem with cabinate drop on the middle G# string. When you press the A pedal it goes flat by about 7cent.
I can only make it better through chance in the past, if anyone can help I'd much appreciate it... We're playing the Sydney Opera House tomorrow and its bugging me a lot
Thanks
Chris |
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richard burton
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Britain
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Posted 15 Mar 2014 12:56 am
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The best way to minimise cabinet drop on the sixth string is to change from a plain .022 to a wound .022
Unfortunately this requires some alterations to the pedal and lever linkage connection points, as a wound sixth needs a lot more travel to raise/lower a semitone/tone than a plain string.
If you are handy with the mechanics of a pedal steel, changing to a wound sixth should present no problem, and all the changes to the raise/lower linkage connection points can be done in a few minutes.
However, if you're not mechanically minded, and you have a major gig in a few hours, don't mess with it, the audience have come to see Billy Bragg, and won't notice your cabinet drop problem |
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Jason Lynch
From:
Essex, United Kingdom
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Posted 15 Mar 2014 7:47 am
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| with the greatest of respect to Richard, beware that if you lower your 6th string a whole tone, (which I do) it won't lower if it's a wound 22. |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 15 Mar 2014 12:48 pm
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I bet an Excel will. My Zum does it with a wound sixth. LONG throw required
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 15 Mar 2014 1:18 pm
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| Based on the topic title, I believe the OP is asking about adjusting the "anti cabinet drop" device designed into his guitar. |
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Christopher Hillman
From:
Manchester, UK
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Posted 15 Mar 2014 3:57 pm
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Thanks for all your replies. This guitar does have a system built into it to counteract this problem which seems a bit awkward to tune. Here's a photo of it.
I managed to get the E to not drop in pitch but the middle G# and B move a bit which is frustrating |
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