Cabinet Drop

Jim Ives · Post by **Jim Ives** » 13 Feb 2003 8:31 pm

What exactly IS cabinet drop?

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C Dixon · Post by **C Dixon** » 13 Feb 2003 8:38 pm

Cabinet drop refers to the dropping (lowering in pitch), of a non-pulled string when a pulled string is raised. Most PSG's have this problem more or less.

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Reggie Duncan · Post by **Reggie Duncan** » 13 Feb 2003 9:38 pm

All these years, I was lead to believe by the local experts that cabinet drop was when you let the sucker slip out of your hands while standing on the tailgate of one's pick-em up truck.Ray Montee

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 13 Feb 2003 10:27 pm

Jim, with your tuning meter on, hit your high E string, press your A&B pedals down, watch if the E string drops on the meter when you press the pedals. Also, hit your sixth string, then press the A pedal down, watch for the six string to drop on the meter.
I just talked to someone who had six cents drop on their E's on their Sho-Bud Super Pro when they pressed A&B down. An unplayable guitar. By comparison I just sold two Mullen both with near zero drop. My 1971 ZB has nearly zero drop after Jerry Fessenden worked on it. My Sho-Bud Professional has near zero drop, but my LDG has about two cents (which is still in tolerance). Some drop can be taken out of a guitar with proper maintenance.[This message was edited by Kevin Hatton on 13 February 2003 at 10:28 PM.]

Bob Cox · Post by **Bob Cox** » 14 Feb 2003 5:50 pm

Just a small tweek of the bar or pressure useally cures the problem.After all we are listening for the sound like a good fiddle player would do.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 19 Feb 2003 10:56 am

once the multiple risers making up the stage split apart and my sho-bud (the professional) cabinet dropped three feet to the dance floor. i picked it up and resumed playing. scary....but not life threatening!

Daniel J. Cormier · Post by **Daniel J. Cormier** » 19 Feb 2003 12:16 pm

Once had the airport gorillas drop my EMCI allwelded guitar 5 feet to the frozen tarmac at Ronald Reagan National Airport.Broke 2 of the corner welds. You talk about cabinet drop.

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Jeff Peterson · Post by **Jeff Peterson** » 19 Feb 2003 6:31 pm

Although it's called 'cab drop'..it's not in the cabinet. Ron Lashley Sr. could not have completely fixed the problem with his 'counter-force' mech in the Lashley III's if it was. All guitars got it...he fixed it for Emmons.

Reggie Duncan · Post by **Reggie Duncan** » 19 Feb 2003 8:20 pm

[This message was edited by Reggie Duncan on 19 February 2003 at 08:20 PM.]