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Topic: Pedal Travel |
Wayne Baker
From:
Altus Oklahoma
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Posted 22 Nov 2003 4:59 am |
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I have an Emmons Legrande w/14 hole bell cranks. I noticed after playing a 4 holer, that it had less travel than my steel. If I change my steel so it has less travel, will I be giving up anything?
Thanks in advance,
Wayne Baker |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 22 Nov 2003 5:24 am
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Generally, opting for less travel means the pedals would push a little harder, that's all. (Increased travel = reduced effort)
One other minor effect...it makes it a little more difficult to accurately "half-pedal" a note. |
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C Dixon
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Duluth, GA USA
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Posted 22 Nov 2003 5:25 am
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Everything else being equal, less travel means stiffer travel. If you do not mind the extra stiffness, then less travel is the way to go.
Since the advent of the PSG, travel and stiffness have been oppossed to each other. Each pull on a pedal or knee lever increases the pressure one must exert to engage that pull. Half tone changes have less stiffness than whole tone changes which have less than tone and one half changes, (if the travel is the same).
If you increase the travel, stiffness is lessened (all else being equal). As most are taught in physics 101, you cannot get something for nothing. If a string exerts and additional pound of tension at a given travel, this "inch lbs" ratio cannot be improved upon (without power assist). if one goes up the other must come down no matter how the leverage is arranged any where in the chain. And vice versa.
This includes, the pedal, the pedal pull rod, the crossbar, the bell crank the pull rod and the changer finger.
To put it simply, you cannot gain ease without sacrificing travel. You cannot get less travel without more stiffness. UNLESS, one goes to some form of power assist.
Note: Ease CAN be lessened due to lack of lubrication or binding, etc. But absent of these maladies, it can never be increased unless travel is sacrificed. And vice versa.
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 22 Nov 2003 7:21 am
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You have to keep everything kind of "balanced", also, when dealing with several string changes on the same pedal/lever. You have to have enough travel to get the job done irregardless of the stiffness.
Erv[This message was edited by Erv Niehaus on 22 November 2003 at 07:23 AM.] |
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Bob Cox
From:
Buckeye State
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Posted 30 Nov 2003 7:33 pm
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| Once I had no pedal travel.My pedal bag was left out of it's case,They stayed in florida and the guitar went to Ohio. |
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