The Steel Guitar Forum

Hi there from Arizona, I am a newbie at the pedal steel and have a question about the X lever that lowers both of the B strings, how and where is this lever used and are there any common usages that are used. I just need some examples to get me going on this lever. Thanks in advance. Richard Bachler...

Well I just gave Carl a call in Colorado to let him know the nice comments that all of you have made and he said that he would log on and let you know who he is. Richard

Mike, Good call on the string pin, had not thought of that but will definitely check that out once I get the guitar back together. Ricky, That is a good idea the thin strip of aluminum. I thought about JB aluminum weld as well. I was just out in the garage where I am soaking the spring anchor plates...

Hi Everybody, I want to thank all the folks that have responded to my Emmons Lagrande Mechanical Issue, especially Jerry Roller, Bobby Boggs and Johnny Harris. You guys have been great. So what was found to be the possible problem, well for starters the apron back edge has a notch worn into it from ...

Jerry, To answer your question, no, the changer will not return to the normal position when I back off the nylon tuner. I have to reach under the guitar and push the finger back into place. I am going to have to wait until tomorrow after work to work on the guitar because we are having company for d...

Jerry, Thank you very much for your words of encouragement regarding the rivet. Let me have another shot at describing what is happening, if you would. I tuned the third string open to G#, then tune the third string with the pedal engaged to get the A note, I cannot get the string to tune up to the ...

Bill, Thanks for your reply and I will take your advice and give adjusting the spring a try. I previously did as you suggested and cleaned all of the gunk out of the changer, carefully of course and did lubricate but the raise still did not return with the rod in place. I also did a visual inspectio...

Danny,

Thanks for your reply and your suggestions they are appreciated.

Johnny,

Email has been sent and I will compare the rodding chart you have to how I have the guitar set up at this point and make the necessary changes. Thanks.

Johnny, Thanks again for the reply,the guitar has the four hole bell cranks. As you suggested about the ball end being stuck in the changer, I just went out into the garage and checked the Lagrande, pulled the spring loose, got a flashlight and the reading glasses and looked for and did not see a ba...

Johnny, Thanks for your reply, and you are correct, I did not change the B pedals set up to go from Day to Emmons, but I did take all the rods off one at a time to clean the built up gunk off of them and clean the threaded nylon tuner ends. I also had to change the position of some of the pull rods ...

Thanks for the reply, no I used a plain .011 for the third string.

Hello, I have a Emmons Lagrande that I changed the pedals and knees from the Day to Emmons set up. I read the posts about mechanical issues before I started and thank all of you for your posts. However I have encountered a problem that I need help with. It seems that the B pedal will not raise the t...