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Topic: Question for Certano Bender Users |
Jim Fogarty
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Phila, Pa, USA
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Posted 4 Aug 2021 4:46 pm |
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I just got a Certano double bender for one of my lap steels. My preferred choice is a 25" scale Georgeboard I already have in dobro G. Want to tune D/G (GBDF#AD). But check out my pics. Certano says "mount 1" or less from the bridge". This is a bit less......but is it too little? Also, is it ok for the butt end of the bender to hang off the steel, as long at the screws are solid?
Thanks!
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Jim Fogarty
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Phila, Pa, USA
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Posted 4 Aug 2021 4:49 pm
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Alternately, I use my 23" scale Supro. Not in love with drilling holes in it though, I wonder if the string-through pickup will be a problem, and I'm not convinced the D/G tuning will sound as good on a short scale.
Thoughts?
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K Maul
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Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
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Posted 4 Aug 2021 5:38 pm
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I have mine on one neck of a Double six Supro, about where you show it here. It works very well. Drilling holes happens! It’s useful and Supros are meant to be used so I just did it.
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Jim Fogarty
From:
Phila, Pa, USA
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Posted 4 Aug 2021 6:03 pm
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| K Maul wrote: |
| I have mine on one neck of a Double six Supro, about where you show it here. It works very well. Drilling holes happens! It’s useful and Supros are meant to be used so I just did it. |
Thanks Kevin. Is your Supro 23" scale, and what tuning are you using with the Certano?
Also, does the cover of the string-thru pickup get in the way at all? |
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D Schubert
From:
Columbia, MO, USA
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Posted 5 Aug 2021 6:00 am
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| I put a Certano bender on a similar Supro, fits nicely just as you've shown. It functions just as it should. I went to lighter strings, not for tone, but to reduce the downward pressure to keep the wrist and palm levers engaged. Trying to learn a few things in the GBDF#AD tuning. Part of my mental process has been push down the levers, and play as though it's G tuning, release the levers to lower the strings. |
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K Maul
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Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
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Posted 5 Aug 2021 6:30 am
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Not sure of the scale. The pickup top(actually part of the pickup not just a cover) doesn’t get in the way. I use a straight E tuning.
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KEVIN MAUL: Airline, Beard, Clinesmith, Donner, Evans, Excel, Fender, Fluger, GFI, Gibson, Hilton, Ibanez, Justice, K+K, Live Strings, MOYO, National, Oahu, Peterson, Quilter, Rickenbacher, Sho~Bud, Supro, TC, Ultimate, VHT, Williams, X-otic, Yamaha, ZKing. |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 5 Aug 2021 8:46 am
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| no roller at the bridge. the string can only "saw" into the metal at the bridge. not the ideal set up. |
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David Becker
From:
California, USA
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Posted 5 Aug 2021 10:01 am
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| I agree, Bill. I started out with a brass rod for a bridge on my Rondo with a Certano, and the strings cut right into it. I, too, went with lighter gauge strings, which exacerbated the issue, of course. I went to a tungsten carbide rod for the bridge, and it has helped a lot. In the mean time, I'm collecting string barrel ends to try to make a roller bridge a la something I saw that Jim Palenscar did. Should be a challenge, given my limited experience and shop! |
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Jim Fogarty
From:
Phila, Pa, USA
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Posted 5 Aug 2021 4:41 pm
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Just heard back from David Certano that my Georgeboard above will work fine. I’ll let you know when it’s done.
Thanks! |
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