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Topic: Big and Tall Pedal Steel |
Paul Strojan
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California, USA
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Posted 5 Nov 2019 8:29 am |
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| I am 6'2" with size 14 feet and I am looking for a pedal steel that was built specifically for a player my size. |
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Robert Murphy
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West Virginia
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Posted 5 Nov 2019 8:39 am
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| Don't pay extra. I'm 6'3" and I just crafted my own leg and rod extensions from hardware store parts. My GFI has some adjustments for pedal spread. |
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Fred Treece
From:
California, USA
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Posted 5 Nov 2019 9:02 am
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| If you are looking for a single neck 10-string, consider getting an SD-10. It is a single-neck mounted on a double-neck frame. The back neck is removed and the space is usually padded and used as an armrest. But the wider frame also provides extra leg room so your knees don’t bump into the pedal rods. If you get a D-10, of course the leg room is already there. Doesn’t hurt to ask the seller if they already have a leg height extension kit for whatever type of guitar you buy. |
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Roger Robinson
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 5 Nov 2019 10:25 am Guitar
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| PM sent. |
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Jimmie Hudson
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 5 Nov 2019 2:05 pm Re: Big and Tall Pedal Steel
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| Paul Strojan wrote: |
| I am 6'2" with size 14 feet and I am looking for a pedal steel that was built specifically for a player my size. |
I do custom builds for Big and tall.
I will be happy to build one for you. call me at 704-986-6481 hudsonsteelguitars.com
I build 6,8,10 string pedal steels and pedal dobros. |
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Kenneth Cartright
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 5 Nov 2019 5:19 pm Big and tall
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Sent you a PM
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Jack Goodson
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new brockton,alabama (deceased)
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Posted 5 Nov 2019 6:45 pm sierra?
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| you might want to out a sierra 14 string universal. they play like a double neck, plus you can play e9th and b/6th just by flipping a lever. the height can also be adjusted without adding stuff. mine is listed on the first page of the for sale section on the forum....thanks jack |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 6 Nov 2019 4:55 am Re: sierra?
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| Jack Goodson wrote: |
| you might want to out a sierra 14 string universal. they play like a double neck, plus you can play e9th and b/6th just by flipping a lever. the height can also be adjusted without adding stuff. mine is listed on the first page of the for sale section on the forum....thanks jack |
Jack... if he needed to raise the guitar an inch or two, how would he lenthen the pedal rods without a lift kit or new rods?
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Jack Goodson
From:
new brockton,alabama (deceased)
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Posted 6 Nov 2019 7:52 am guitar height?
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| richard, it is very simple, first of all i have two 14/string guitars. the one that is for sale is pleny of space for me, i am 6 2 1/2 and it fits,me very well and still has some adjustment in the rods. but if that won,t work the other guitar has longer legs and rods. i will just swap them...thanks jack |
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Paul Strojan
From:
California, USA
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Posted 6 Nov 2019 8:19 pm
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| Thanks for the responses. How much room is there to work the pedals? My boots are 5 inches wide. And is the spring spacing such that you can do bar slants on adjacent strings? |
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Fred Treece
From:
California, USA
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Posted 6 Nov 2019 11:46 pm
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| You won’t be hitting the pedals with the wide part of your boot. You might consider trying a pointed toe, or at least semi-rounded toe. Definitely not square. |
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Chris Boyd
From:
Leonia,N.J./Charlestown,R.I.
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Posted 7 Nov 2019 5:46 am
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I'm 6'8" and had a machine shop make me 2-1/2" longer than standard stainless steel rods using Sho Pro rods as a template. (I believe they are 28-1/2") and then added a 2-1/2" clear tubing spacer (Ace Hardware) over the front legs and just raised the back legs to level. Having a SD10 or D10 is very helpful as a S10 isn't solid enough with the added height. I've had many different ways of accomplishing the needed height adjustment over the last 40 years,and the current one seems to be the best solution.I have it on 2 D10's.
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George Kimery
From:
Limestone, TN, USA
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Posted 7 Nov 2019 6:55 am Big and tall pedal steel
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| I bought pedal rods 2" longer for my Zum. I had an Emmons and increased the length of the rods with stuff from Home Depot. |
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Paul Strojan
From:
California, USA
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Posted 9 Nov 2019 5:12 pm
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Here are some pics of my magnum double ten that I could trade.
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Jack Goodson
From:
new brockton,alabama (deceased)
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Posted 9 Nov 2019 5:24 pm underside and changer endplatep?
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| paul do u have more photo of the underside and the changer end?....thanks jack |
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Eugene Walker
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 11 Nov 2019 6:09 pm Making your D-10 fit you !
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| Hi Paul I sent you am email I'm 6' 4" at 330 . Told you what I did in email but forgot about the 14 size I have 12 so you need to be back from your pedals so all you have to do is put flags on the knee levers and I moved the left knee levers three inch's to left also. And you can keep that Beautiful D-10 and be comfortable Good luck Gene |
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Paul Strojan
From:
California, USA
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Posted 11 Nov 2019 9:30 pm Re: Making your D-10 fit you !
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| Eugene Walker wrote: |
| Hi Paul I sent you am email I'm 6' 4" at 330 . Told you what I did in email but forgot about the 14 size I have 12 so you need to be back from your pedals so all you have to do is put flags on the knee levers and I moved the left knee levers three inch's to left also. And you can keep that Beautiful D-10 and be comfortable Good luck Gene |
Thanks for the responses. After thinking about it, I am not really interested in a new pedal steel unless I can get behind it and see if it fits me.
The biggest issue I face is that I need a wider pedal spacing. Perhaps, I could get someone to make a wider set pedal rack. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 12 Nov 2019 6:34 am Re: Making your D-10 fit you !
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| Eugene Walker wrote: |
| Hi Paul I sent you am email I'm 6' 4" at 330 . Told you what I did in email but forgot about the 14 size I have 12 so you need to be back from your pedals so all you have to do is put flags on the knee levers and I moved the left knee levers three inch's to left also. And you can keep that Beautiful D-10 and be comfortable Good luck Gene |
Thanks for the responses. After thinking about it, I am not really interested in a new pedal steel unless I can get behind it and see if it fits me.
The biggest issue I face is that I need a wider pedal spacing. Perhaps, I could get someone to make a wider set pedal rack. |
Are you talking about moving each pedal a little further away from the previous pedal? This would cause them to be out of line with the cross shaft, and where the pedal rod hooks to it. If you didn't want pedal rods running at an angle from pedal to undercarriage (which wouldn't be ideal, and maybe not even work) you would also need to move the cross shafts to match the pedal location. On a 3 pedal guitar, the angled rods would probably be usable, but on an 8 pedal guitar, the 8th pedal rod would be at such a large angle, it probably wouldn't pull correctly. And actually, the rod probably wouldn't be long enough. Just moving each pedal further right would (I think) require you to move cross shafts, make new pull rods if you couldn't just cut the existing ones down.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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Paul Strojan
From:
California, USA
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Posted 14 Nov 2019 7:07 pm Re: Making your D-10 fit you !
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| Richard Sinkler wrote: |
| Paul Strojan wrote: |
| Eugene Walker wrote: |
| Hi Paul I sent you am email I'm 6' 4" at 330 . Told you what I did in email but forgot about the 14 size I have 12 so you need to be back from your pedals so all you have to do is put flags on the knee levers and I moved the left knee levers three inch's to left also. And you can keep that Beautiful D-10 and be comfortable Good luck Gene |
Thanks for the responses. After thinking about it, I am not really interested in a new pedal steel unless I can get behind it and see if it fits me.
The biggest issue I face is that I need a wider pedal spacing. Perhaps, I could get someone to make a wider set pedal rack. |
Are you talking about moving each pedal a little further away from the previous pedal? This would cause them to be out of line with the cross shaft, and where the pedal rod hooks to it. If you didn't want pedal rods running at an angle from pedal to undercarriage (which wouldn't be ideal, and maybe not even work) you would also need to move the cross shafts to match the pedal location. On a 3 pedal guitar, the angled rods would probably be usable, but on an 8 pedal guitar, the 8th pedal rod would be at such a large angle, it probably wouldn't pull correctly. And actually, the rod probably wouldn't be long enough. Just moving each pedal further right would (I think) require you to move cross shafts, make new pull rods if you couldn't just cut the existing ones down. |
My guitar has space for an unused 0 pedal so there is space to leave pedal 8 where it is and move the other 7 pedals to the left. That way the cross shafts wouldn't need to be moved.
Rather than move the knee levers back I think it might be better to cant the pedals further forward to give me a more ergonomic position. |
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