Here is some great stuff on the workings of the Fender 210 . I will have to say it is some outside the box thinking and very interesting. This is around 40 years ago as I am not sure to the date nut must have been made in the real late 60's or very early 70's . Worth watching . I remember seeing it in a catalog.
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=177557
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo_2gz_3Yi0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fFLibc7eBY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AaVt4gE1A8
Fender 210 video's
Re: Fender 210 video's
Out of the box is right - not an axle in sight. I love it.
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Keep yer tools sharp! That way you can use more of your strength guiding them AWAY from your body rather than forcing the cut!!!
Keep yer tools sharp! That way you can use more of your strength guiding them AWAY from your body rather than forcing the cut!!!
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Re: Fender 210 video's
For a long time I have contemplated using knife-edge instead of rivets/bolts in my home-designed changers, so it was interesting.
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Georg, Jerry Banton uses knife edge technology in the changer
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I am thinking that this type of changer with a bar across the fingers and screws for all changes is a great idea. It reminds me of a Harlin Bothers Multikord but better .
What about a solid finger changer on one end for raises and a changer on the other end for lowers . I really like the idea of seperate changers for raises and lowers .
Just something to think about .
What about a solid finger changer on one end for raises and a changer on the other end for lowers . I really like the idea of seperate changers for raises and lowers .
Just something to think about .
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The only drawback with such a changer, as I see it, is that with multiple fingers/strings on one bar you get the non-engaged and the fully engaged change right, but no synchronicity in between these extremes. So, slow pedal push/release will tend to produce some strange-sounding changes.Scott Howard wrote:I am thinking that this type of changer with a bar across the fingers and screws for all changes is a great idea.