Bradshaw 2pull to 3 pulll adaptor

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Daniel Showalter
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Bradshaw 2pull to 3 pulll adaptor

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Any one have any experience with these, saw them listed a PSG web site and can't viwualize how they work to be able to determine if they will work on any ised guitar I want to pruchase and upgrade. Thanks, Dan
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Daniel,
Tom Bradshaw may still be making these, or maybe Mike Perlowin could steer you in the right direction..Bill


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Daniel Showalter
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Super, that shows me what I needed to know, the total number of pulls is still limited by the number of holes but can be manipulated to alter a raise to a lower and vice versa but not add totally "extra" pulls. Neat trick kthough but won't allow ;me to what is necessarty to renovate a steel with too few total reise lower holes. Thanks
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Daniel Showalter wrote:Neat trick kthough but won't allow ;me to what is necessarty to renovate a steel with too few total reise lower holes. Thanks
Maybe there is an unused hole on an adjacent string.
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Daniel Showalter wrote:Super, that shows me what I needed to know, the total number of pulls is still limited by the number of holes but can be manipulated to alter a raise to a lower and vice versa but not add totally "extra" pulls. Neat trick kthough but won't allow ;me to what is necessarty to renovate a steel with too few total reise lower holes. Thanks
Mount it sideways (horizontally), If you have any empty space on the next string raise finger.
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I've used these on two or three steels I re-built, they work fine.
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Have one on my Mullen (4 raises on string 6, 2 are compensators), kind of hard to wrap my head around how they work, but they DO work!
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Alternative

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Depending on the guitar and the setup there's another way to add a third raise. I added an E to F raise to string 4 that already had two raises. I pull the E to F# crank half way via another cross axle and crank with a pull rod as linkage. It has a nylon hex nut on that bell crank and has to be tuned underneath the guitar. The knee lever that pulls this linkage also pulls string 8 the normal way to raise both Es to F. I can provide pictures if necessary.
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I had 3 of them them on both my old classics. Two that converted a lower to a raise, one that converted a raise to a lower.

The work great, and they ever need any maintenance. Once they're installed, you just have to remember which strings they're on when you tune your pedals.
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