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Topic: New SX lap steel and the Certano Bender doesn’t fit |
Michael Snider
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Texas, USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2024 12:16 pm |
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Bought a new 8 string sx lap steel, order the certano benders and bridge for a 8 string. Strings don’t line up with the pick up and the bridge doesn’t clear the pickup either..
Anyone had this problem and is there a fix?
Basically useless it seems, spent a whole lot of money for nothing it seems….
Could shim the bridge but the string do not line up with the pickup. The original SX pick spacing is wider and by the time you get to the eighth string with the first being inline with the pickup it’s probably close to an 1/8” or more off…. |
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Jeff Highland
From:
New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 26 Feb 2024 5:14 pm
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Lower the Pickup using the two adjustment screws, or shim the bridge, either will work.
Place the bridge so that the first and last strings are equally offset to the pole screws, it will be fine, exact alignment is unnecessary
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Michael Snider
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2024 5:32 pm certano bender Alignment
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| Thanks, I will give it a try. I have aready mounted the bender works fine. I will go back and add the bridge…. Thanks again.. |
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Michael Johnstone
From:
Sylmar,Ca. USA
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Posted 27 Feb 2024 7:33 pm
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| You could find the right size blade pickup and the string spacing wouldn't matter. It'd prolly sound better too. Or get into slanting..... |
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