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Topic: Any thoughts on this? |
Kent Viles
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Colorado, USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2017 10:34 am |
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| I truly love the firm feel and slightly wider string spacing on the Buds I've owned. I currently own a Mullen and have had a Zum. Both had excellent modern knee and pedal mechanisms which were very desirable over the Bud's but string spacing was a bit bunched and had a kinda mushy loose feel in my right hand. Any recommendation on a 10 string with spacing and right hand feel of a Bud but with more modern precise mechanism's?? Thanks for any input! Best, Kent |
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John Gould
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Houston, TX Now in Cleveland TX
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Posted 24 Dec 2017 12:21 pm Guitar
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Sho-Pro ?
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Kent Viles
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2017 12:28 pm Any thoughts on this?
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| Thanks John, I've never had the opportunity to try one. Just played Bud Pro1 and Pro III. Bit more of a precise feel to the mechanics? Thanks! |
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 24 Dec 2017 12:41 pm
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Isn't the Desert Rose slightly wider?
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Kent Viles
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2017 12:45 pm Any thoughts on this?
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| Thanks, have never tried the Desert Rose, thanks for the tip. |
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Ron Pruter
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2017 3:57 pm
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Kent, I felt exactly as you, but found I was able to get used to just about any change in string or even pedal spacing. I even had cramps in my left hand from pushing down on the bar. With time, all that went away. Now what's my excuse for sucking?
RP
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Kent Viles
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2017 4:07 pm any thoughts
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| Thanks Ron and I agree. I adapt and get comfortable, I've only been playing 2 years but woodshed the heck out of it, a lifelong musician and guitar designer. Just looking for what in my mind would be the best set up for me. I always play cleaner and faster on the Bud's and love the feeling of my knees and feet on the Mullen. Thanks |
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Tim Heidner
From:
Groves, TX
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Posted 24 Dec 2017 9:07 pm
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| What's the spacing on Sho Bud/ Show Pro? |
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Douglas Schuch
From:
Valencia, Philippines
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Posted 25 Dec 2017 6:20 am
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Sho-Bud spacing, at fingers:3 1/16" (or maybe 3/32"?)
At roller nut: 2 5/8"
For comparison, my MSA Millennium is, at the fingers: 3 1/16"
at roller nut: 2 3/8"
Kline is the only guitar builder I know that uses a narrower spacing at the changer, but there could be others. I think the 3 1/16", give or take a smidge, is pretty standard. Whenever this has come up before, it almost always turns out to be just visual effects - the color of the background, etc, that make the spacing seem wider or narrower.
The Sho-Bud would be every so slightly wider than the MSA due to the 1/4" wider spacing at the roller nut, but the effect of this where one normally picks would be very minimal, I think.
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 25 Dec 2017 6:33 am
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I would say so. If you take 11/32" as a standard spacing then 9 x 11/32 = 3 3/32.
I had a go on a Kline once and it did seem narrower.
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Asa Brosius
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Posted 25 Dec 2017 10:09 am
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| Check out a Fulawka if you can find one- wider string spacing than the Emmons/zum/gfi/Fessenden/Rittenberry I've spent time with, positive and precise pedals and levers. |
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Kent Viles
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 26 Dec 2017 2:19 pm any
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| Thanks everyone for your input. I plan to keep sheddin the Mullen and hopefully get to try some of your suggested Steel's down the road. Appreciate your thoughts. |
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