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Topic: B pedal needs more slack |
Bart Vervaeck
From:
Belgium
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Posted 5 Apr 2024 6:41 am |
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Hi all,
My B pedal is too sensitive, i.e. the 3rd and 6th strings are engaged way to fast, if my foot touches the pedal lightly it already has an effect. I want to change that and like have it a bit more slack... Any recommendations?
Here's a picture of the pedal (it's the middle one off course).
THANKS!!!
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2024 7:24 am Re: B pedal needs more slack
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| Bart Vervaeck wrote: |
| if my foot touches the pedal lightly it already has an effect. |
Don't do that!
| Bart Vervaeck wrote: |
I want to change that |
Maybe you should exchange the two rod pullers on the B pedal. You have the short puller on the high G# string, so that string pulls slower and easier. The high G# may need to pull faster. This would be especially a good idea if you use a plain starting as your 6th string G#. |
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Tucker Jackson
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2024 9:28 am
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What Earnest said. Every all-pull guitar I've ever played will start to move the strings if you touch the pedal, even slightly. So, I don't do that.
A push-pull is a different story... |
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Samuel Phillippe
From:
Douglas Michigan, USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2024 11:22 am
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[quote="Tucker Jackson"]What Earnest said. Every all-pull guitar I've ever played will start to move the strings if you touch the pedal, even slightly. So, I don't do that.
And I thought it was just me.....
Sam |
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Bobby D. Jones
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2024 7:20 pm
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If a guitar has pedal return springs, Or cross rod return springs on them you can touch the pedals without it.
For years I played a MSA Classic with springs on the cross rods. When I changed guitars I had to relearn to hold my foot off the pedals, Or make sour notes. |
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Lee Rider
From:
Fort Bragg, California, USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2024 9:04 am
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I found that having a heel on the shoe helps keep my foot from encroaching on the B pedal. I used to play in socks and could feel if I was touching the pedal, but I started having a problem with sciatica which made it hard to keep my foot from resting on the pedal. I ended up getting a pair of Organ Master shoes with a 1.5" heel and now can hover over the pedals more easily.
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Bart Vervaeck
From:
Belgium
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Posted 6 Apr 2024 11:59 am
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| Lee, maybe a pair of good old cowboy boots will do also? |
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Lee Rider
From:
Fort Bragg, California, USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2024 7:26 am
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| Bart Vervaeck wrote: |
| Lee, maybe a pair of good old cowboy boots will do also? |
Tried them, couldn't make them work with my size 15 feet! The Organ Masters work pretty well and were much cheaper than cowboy boots.
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Bowman SD10 push pull 3x5, Modified Hudson PedalBro, Sarno Tonic preamp, Evans FET 500. with Altec 418B, Standel Custom 15, '67 Showman with D-130F in cabinet, Ganz Straight Ahead, custom Wolfe 6 string dobro, '52 Gibson Century 6. |
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Bobby D. Jones
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2024 6:30 pm
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| Looking at the picture. The guitar has pedal return springs in the picture, Check the B pedal return spring, Use a light and check close, The spring may have broke the lever end off that is out of site. Or may have weakened over the years and needs replaced. |
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Ron Pruter
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 11 Apr 2024 11:24 am
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Simple fix. Just lower the b pedal a little by lengthening the pedal rod a smiidj.
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