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Scotty Wenzel


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Lawrence, KS
Post  Posted 6 Aug 2021 11:30 am    
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I've been out of the steel world for a couple of years (with cancer and covid) and wanted to see if someone could help me out with a question about changing a copedent on a Carter S-10 I recently purchased.

Currently the steel has RKL raising the 1st & 7th to G#. I want to change to the following: Keep the 1st string raise, add 2nd string raise to E and 6th string lower to F# (and get rid of the 7th string raise)..


I've been playing for a long time but have not really done any major work like this myself, but I am pretty mechanically inclined. Can I accomplish this? Any suggestions how to go about it?

Many thanks fellow steelers for any and all assistance!
Scotty
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Jon Light


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Saugerties, NY
Post  Posted 6 Aug 2021 11:47 am    
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Absolutely. Unless I'm spacing out, you'll need one more bell crank & dog bone & pull rod & nylon tuner. PM me your snail mail and get me an exact measurement of the rod and I can shoot you the whole works.
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Scotty Wenzel


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Lawrence, KS
Post  Posted 6 Aug 2021 12:33 pm    
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Wow Jon, you are too kind! I can't thank you enough!! I'll PM you in a moment...

Scotty
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Richard Sinkler


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Post  Posted 6 Aug 2021 1:31 pm    
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Jon Light wrote:
Absolutely. Unless I'm spacing out, you'll need one more bell crank & dog bone & pull rod & nylon tuner. PM me your snail mail and get me an exact measurement of the rod and I can shoot you the whole works.


If you plan to "split tune" string 6 to get the G note when combining you RKL and the B pedal, you'll need still another rod and dog bone. That rod can be hooked to the same bellcrank and to the top raise hole in the changer.
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Scotty Wenzel


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Lawrence, KS
Post  Posted 6 Aug 2021 5:07 pm    
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Hey Richard, thanks for the suggestion! Definitely considering this...

Scotty
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