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by gamac
Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Changer fingers?
Replies: 6
Views: 10858

Re: Changer fingers?

"....JUST FOR THE RECORD,MY FINGERS ARE ACTUALLY "PULL-RELEASE" ...." Any change of seeing a diagram of how you set this up. It's not too hard to achieve a string raise, but a lot harder to install something that will handle a lower as well. [img]emm8-2p-undchgCLOSE.jpg[/img] Here's an example of "p...
by gamac
Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:38 pm
Forum: Pedal Steel
Topic: Pedal Steel Arm Pad
Replies: 3
Views: 1280

Re: Pedal Steel Arm Pad

On the subject of arm pads for the back neck, is there anyone who is making these at a reasonable price.

Last one I had made was by a guy in Alabama, but his name eludes me at the moment. That was
about ten years ago.
by gamac
Tue Nov 06, 2012 5:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Changer fingers?
Replies: 6
Views: 10858

Re: Changer fingers?

I tried something similar to that, but ended up using two cables to a pedal where there were two pulls involved. Doing that seemed to lessen the force needed to raise the strings. A number of stock steel guitar pedals have two holes for pedal rod connectors so this was easy to do. The cables were at...
by gamac
Sat Oct 20, 2012 4:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Changer fingers?
Replies: 6
Views: 10858

Re: Changer fingers?

The finger on the right side is about what it would look like....... http://steelguitarbuilder.com/forum/download/file.php?id=1424 http://steelguitarbuilder.com/forum/download/file.php?id=1424 Length about 3 to 3 1/2" and about standard width used in a psg. Might use spacers to get a little more str...
by gamac
Sat Oct 13, 2012 6:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Changer fingers?
Replies: 6
Views: 10858

Changer fingers?

Any chance of finding someone who'd sell some homemade fingers that could be used to make a basic changer. Needing a finger that could take an axle hole on one end and a small hole for a rod or cable on the other. Just to do raises, no lowering. They would be shaped more or less like the top part of...