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Topic: Pullrod adjustment again |
Danny Frisbie
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North Carolina, USA
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Posted 31 Jul 2017 10:24 am |
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Here is my revised drawing right side up. The finger and changer are all 1 piece. When the finger moves the changer moves accordingly. Here are my questions.
1. How much pull movement of the pull rod and changer is normal? ¼†½â€
2. How much stretch can a typical string take?
My plan is to set the finger to allow approx. 3/8†pull on the pullbar, turn the tuning screw to just touch the adjustment finger.
Install the strings, tune to open tuning, and then tune the pedals via the tuning screw. Now as simple as that sounds, there has got to be a bunch of gotchas which is why I’m coming back. I just received the strings this weekend and I am at the point of no return.
This unit loads the strings from the bottom, so every time I need to adjust the pullrods, I have to turn it upside down and then back up so I am trying to eliminate as many flips as I can.
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Bill Moore
From:
Manchester, Michigan
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Posted 31 Jul 2017 10:45 am
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| Tune the raises first, pedals down, then the open notes, using the screw behind the changer. it's just that simple. You are worrying about things that don't matter much. You might do a search on pull release guitars for more info. |
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 31 Jul 2017 5:20 pm
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The raises should normally pull the finger all the way to the edge of the cutout in the deck, and you tune the raised note at the keyhead.
Then tune the open note with your screw (if you both raise and lower a string, then you tune the lowered note with your screw).
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Danny Frisbie
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 3 Aug 2017 4:11 am tuning screws
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| for the strings not on the pedals, are the screws turned all the way down? |
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Bill Moore
From:
Manchester, Michigan
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Posted 3 Aug 2017 4:50 am
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| That would work for a string that has no raise or lower. But I would just adjust the screws to put all the changer fingers in a central position. That's a good place to start, before you do any of the tuning adjustments. |
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