Help us figure out this changer on a non pedal steel

Mark Davis · From: Bakersfield, Ca

Chuck Acevedo brought his Dual Pro over for me to check out this changer someone put on the front neck.

We are trying to figure out what originally hooked to the levers cables or rods?

I have bever seen anything like this added to a non pedal steel its done very professionally.

Check out the pics and see if you can help us figure out how to get some pedals hooked to his steel. He has the pedals they look sorta like the Gibson Ultra harp type pedals but someone drilled holes all in them to lighten them up?

[This message was edited by Mark Davis on 20 July 2001 at 01:58 PM.]

Michael Johnstone · From: Sylmar,Ca. USA

That would be a SEMI-professional installation. I'd have to say the same about the grounding circuit.But seriously,judging from the screw holes on the end of the guitar,there seems to be another part to the gadget which is missing.

Chuckie Acevedo · From: Fresno Ca

Each strings has a raise mechanism on the changer( Cool

. Whatever connected the changer to the pedals(which are attached to the two legs and operated by the right foot)is missing. What Id like to know is what to use to connect them. The stops are set screws at the top of each changer and there is no lowering. I could get used to the volume pedal at my left foot(left footed anyway)each of the changers has a treaded hole where something was attached. PULLEEEEZE give me some ideas!!

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Chuckieboy

Michael Johnstone · From: Sylmar,Ca. USA

It would be a fun and challenging project.Right below the existing gadget,I'd put an "L" shaped piece of extrusion across the end of the guitar. Then I'd put bicycle brake cables thru holes in the lip and secure the sleeve tip fittings in said holes.The cable ends would attach(somehow)to the tips of the levers in the picture.You MIGHT even get strings to LOWER if you were clever,but it would involve springs.Then I'd run the cables(in their sleeves)in a tie-wrapped cluster down to a free-standing cigar box sized aluminum housing with pedals mounted in it(like the old pedal gadget that MSA made for Phil Baugh so he could put pedals on his Les Paul).That way,you could position it anywhere on the floor that you wanted it.And don't forget to put a bottom plate on the box that extends out under the pedal length so the box doesn't tip when you step on a pedal(just like the old Wurlitzer electric piano sustain pedal).
The hard part would be - to get the thing to snap on and off the guitar in seconds so you could get the guitar in the case - which is probably why the other half of the original gadget is now missing! If you're mechanically inclined,had a decent metal shop,had a couple of buckets of various steel guitar parts laying around,and did the work yourself,you could put it together for somewhere between one and two hundred bucks.If you had to hire somebody like me to do it,and with all the hours of trial & error,hand making parts etc. - plus shipping the guitar around,etc - that could easily turn into $500 or more.Plus,you might get a workable mechanism,only to find out you need a roller bridge to have it stay in tune and not pop strings(more $$).It would be real easy to spend a lot of time and money and still have a half-assed result. -MJ-

Blane Sanders · From: York,Co. Pa.

How about some type of Palm bender?

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