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Topic: Installing Foam to Quiet Undercarriage? |
Gary Cosden
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 8 Dec 2014 9:47 am |
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| Anyone ever do the actual installation of foam to quiet noisy pull rods? Looks to me like you would need 2 ½†foam which does not seem too easy to come by. I guess either 2†or 3†foam would work well enough. I understand you need to cut for the individual pull rods. Just wondering if anyone with practical experience has any recommendations or thoughts on this. My Sierra used what appears to be shrink wrap tubing on each pull rod to quiet them and it really seems to work as well. |
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 8 Dec 2014 9:56 am
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Heck, I'd use like about 1/2" or so thick foam about 3" square or so, and just cut ten slits for the rods.
I'm up to my elbows in other stuff, so I can't measure the piece in my Zum, but I don't think the exact dimensions are critical.
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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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Gary Cosden
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 8 Dec 2014 10:04 am
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| Lane I was thinking the foam needed to "bottom out" on the underside of top and be thick enough to cover all raise and lowers which would take you to near the bottom of the apron. Never really scrutinized one so I'm assuming a lot. |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 8 Dec 2014 10:35 am
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Yup. 4.5" X 2.5" X .5"
It's a pretty low-density foam.
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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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Gary Cosden
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 8 Dec 2014 10:38 am
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| Cool. Thanks Lane. I see now I was looking at it wrong. Probably any old thickness of foam would work. Thanks for checking yours for me. |
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Henry Matthews
From:
Texarkana, Ark USA
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Posted 8 Dec 2014 1:51 pm
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Maybe I'm just deaf but never had a steel that needed foam under bottom. I've bought a few that had it but adjusted them out and threw it away.
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Henry Matthews
D-10 Magnum, 8 &5, dark rose color
D-10 1974 Emmons cut tail, fat back,rosewood, 8&5
Nashville 112 amp, Fishman Loudbox Performer amp, Hilton pedal, Goodrich pedal,BJS bar, Kyser picks, Live steel Strings. No effects, doodads or stomp boxes. |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 8 Dec 2014 2:14 pm
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Henry, it DOES seem to prove useful on guitars with comb-style bellcranks. Since they have slop in their design, it does quiet them down.
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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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Archie Nicol R.I.P.
From:
Ayrshire, Scotland
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Posted 8 Dec 2014 6:06 pm
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It's a bedroom thing. You'll never need it playing out live. In the back bedroom? That's a different case. Shoosh, you MSA Millennium mechanism.
Arch.
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 9 Dec 2014 3:41 am
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My Franklin has practically no slack but it still has some noise that is tamed with foam.
True undercarriage noise is not an issue on stage but it can be in a recording studio. |
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Ken Metcalf
From:
San Antonio Texas USA
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Posted 9 Dec 2014 3:14 pm
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