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Topic: Can you ID these LKV parts? |
Nathan Delacretaz
From:
Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 5 Sep 2005 12:01 pm |
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My Mullen's first owner installed an LKV himself -- did a great job mechanically, I might add -- it pulls soft and smooth, and stays in tune great... He used spare or after-market parts of some kind, however, and I'm curious where they might've come from. I know that his main guitars are Zums - any chance these came from a Zum?
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Paddy Long
From:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 5 Sep 2005 1:22 pm
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| probably not, Zum's have square crossrods - those bellcranks are different to the ones on my Zum as well. |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 5 Sep 2005 1:39 pm
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| (never mind) [This message was edited by Earnest Bovine on 05 September 2005 at 02:42 PM.] |
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Nathan Delacretaz
From:
Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 5 Sep 2005 1:49 pm
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| Oh yeah, I forgot to mention... some of you might be saying: "just email the fella who installed it and ask.." The thing is, I lost his email address when I recently switched computers.. : ( |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 5 Sep 2005 2:36 pm
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| Due to all the irregularities I see, they seem to have been made with hand tools, drill, hacksaw, and files. I'm pretty certain I'd be safe saying they were home-made. |
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Nathan Delacretaz
From:
Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 5 Sep 2005 5:43 pm
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| Interesting, Donny - it's definitely possible that he made these parts. The hairpins are kinda crude, but everything else seems well machined. Of course many of you fellas out there can do that kinda thing - I sure cain't!!! |
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David Higginbotham
From:
Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 5 Sep 2005 7:08 pm
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| I agree with Donny. But they did do a pretty good job! |
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Nathan Delacretaz
From:
Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 5 Sep 2005 7:21 pm
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I'm a relative newbie (been playing 3 years or so), so the finer points of bell crank design and cross shaft shape are only now coming into focus for me. I've just learned, for instance, that most builders use hex or square cross shafts... That's part of why I got curious about my LKV...
He did a very fine job, and I have *zero* complaints about the lever function -- just wondering who I could attribute this to since it's not a stock Mullen lever... |
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Carlos Polidura
From:
Puerto Rico
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Posted 6 Sep 2005 3:45 am
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looks like mullen to me........
carlos |
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