To short rod travel

Sigi Meissner · Post by **Sigi Meissner** » 18 Aug 2009 8:43 am

I have an Emmons Legrande ll. On the C6 neck I put a short rod on my RKR to get my 8th string from A to Bb. But the 4 whole bell crank doesn't provides enough travel to create a half tone. Are extra long bell cranks available? Any better ideas?
Thnx for help
Sigi

Tucker Jackson · Post by **Tucker Jackson** » 18 Aug 2009 11:11 am

Sigi, does your guitar have an adjustment screw you can turn to increase the amount of travel of the knee lever?

Clyde Mattocks · Post by **Clyde Mattocks** » 18 Aug 2009 12:19 pm

The changer certainly has enough travel to accomplish
this change. The problem is most certainly in the linkeage. I would try Tucker's suggestion first.

Sigi Meissner · Post by **Sigi Meissner** » 19 Aug 2009 12:07 am

Thnx for your help.
There is no adjustment screw. If there is one where should it be?
No better linkage is possible anymore

Andy Hinton · Post by **Andy Hinton** » 19 Aug 2009 3:47 am

Segi; In working on a few of these Emmons guitars, I've run into this problem. Their lever stops are fixed with no adjustment screw. What I did was take the stop out, drill & tap for a screw & reinstall further from the lever. Only way I could find to do it. Takes a little time but worth it IMO. Hope this helps you. Andy H.

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