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Topic: Redid a Little Bud... |
Mike DiAlesandro
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Kent, Ohio
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Posted 14 Aug 2014 5:26 pm |
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Here is a how she looked when I dragged her out of the music shop that listed on Craigslist:
And here is the happy little Bud over a year later:
All in all it was a fun project, and was my first attempt at a refinish. A few cans of lacquer from StewMac, and a fret board, and a couple sheets of sand paper go a long way. Also thanks to Jim Horan who supplied a needed pedal rod and the needed pull train parts. Jim shipped them to me and would not accept payment for them, what a fine example of "steel fellowship".
This Maverick hold tuning quite well, is light as a feather, and really does have a sweet tone. I am quite pleased!  |
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Greg Cutshaw
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Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 14 Aug 2014 5:33 pm
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| Nice job Mike. I've seen a lot of nice wood under neath the Maverick veneers and this this is a great one. |
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Dan Robinson
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 15 Aug 2014 7:03 am
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Mike, she sure is beautiful "without her makeup." Very nice looking wood. Great job!
Could not see pedal rods in the original picture. Did you move A, B and C towards the center of the pedal bar? Please tell us about her knees?
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Mike DiAlesandro
From:
Kent, Ohio
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Posted 15 Aug 2014 4:59 pm
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| Dan Robinson wrote: |
Mike, she sure is beautiful "without her makeup." Very nice looking wood. Great job!
Could not see pedal rods in the original picture. Did you move A, B and C towards the center of the pedal bar? Please tell us about her knees?
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Greg, Dan,
Thanks for the nice compliments! I had hoped there was some nice wood under all that brown paint, and sure enough there was. The neck even has some birdseye to it, but most of it is covered up by the fret board.
I just never hooked the pedal rods up when I first brought her home, as the undercarriage wasn't functional. I didn't alter the pedal positions either, this is how they came from the factory for some reason. There is only the stock knee lever, which lowers strings 2 and 8 a half tone.
I would like to add a knee lever that wold raise strings 1 and 7 a halftone. Any further knee levers after that would require some real mods, as the changer is really only intended to either raise or lower a string, not both.
Their is quite a lot of music to be found in this simple setup, as has been pointed out countless times here on the Forum. It is kind of interesting to NOT lower string 4, and instead grab string 2, makes me pay a bit more attention to what I am doing.
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Daniel McKee
From:
Corinth Mississippi
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Posted 15 Aug 2014 6:44 pm
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| Very nice work on that one! Always good to see these classic guitars restored. |
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Edward Rhea
From:
Medford Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 16 Aug 2014 7:03 am
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Nice job on your Mav. there Mike!
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Edward Rhea
From:
Medford Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 16 Aug 2014 7:04 am
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Nice job on your Mav. there Mike!
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Micky Byrne
From:
United Kingdom (deceased)
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Posted 20 Aug 2014 1:51 am
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Great job Mike...and a nice touch to put Decals on the pedal rack. The white fretboard looks great 
Micky "scars" Byrne U.K. |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 20 Aug 2014 3:17 am
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I'd point out that pull-release guitars can do both raising and lowering of the same string, it just requires clever arranging of simple machines.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
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Mike DiAlesandro
From:
Kent, Ohio
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Posted 20 Aug 2014 7:56 am
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| Micky Byrne wrote: |
Great job Mike...and a nice touch to put Decals on the pedal rack. The white fretboard looks great
Micky "scars" Byrne U.K. |
Thanks Mickey! But I can't take credit for the pedal bar, didn't do a thing to it, I liked it just as it was.  |
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Mike DiAlesandro
From:
Kent, Ohio
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Posted 20 Aug 2014 8:00 am
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| Lane Gray wrote: |
| I'd point out that pull-release guitars can do both raising and lowering of the same string, it just requires clever arranging of simple machines. |
Lane,
I admit that I would prefer to be able to raise and lower my "e's". Would the suspended finger cause a small loss in tone due to the absence of direct contact on changer screw/cabinet?
Any links to previous threads, and/or pictures would be great. Thanks |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 20 Aug 2014 10:14 am
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Both Chris Lucker and Richard Burton have chimed in before with pictures.
Basically, the raises need slack to allow for the lowers, and the lowers need their own rods, and the resting place of the lowers tunes the open note, and the screw in the endplate tunes the lowered note.
Richard has even shown how to accomplish tunable splits on a pull-release guitar.
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Mike DiAlesandro
From:
Kent, Ohio
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Posted 20 Aug 2014 12:37 pm
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| Lane Gray wrote: |
Both Chris Lucker and Richard Burton have chimed in before with pictures.
Basically, the raises need slack to allow for the lowers, and the lowers need their own rods, and the resting place of the lowers tunes the open note, and the screw in the endplate tunes the lowered note.
Richard has even shown how to accomplish tunable splits on a pull-release guitar. |
Thanks Lane, I will have to check out the threads.  |
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Bruce Derr
From:
Lee, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 20 Aug 2014 1:14 pm
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The problem with Mavericks is they don't have multiple through-holes in the fingers. There's only one hole and it's designed for a hook rather than a through rod. It's still possible to raise and lower a string, just not as easy was on, say, a Marlen. It may require some kind of "slave finger" arrangement somewhere underneath to control the changer finger and allow the slack and center tuning.
I have a soft spot for Mavs and I'm planning on trying this someday. |
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richard burton
From:
Britain
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Posted 20 Aug 2014 8:56 pm
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Here's a simple method of raise-neutral-lower using just one rod.
The neutral position is tuned by the screw on the knee lever bell-crank.
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Bruce Derr
From:
Lee, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 21 Aug 2014 5:08 am
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| Nice... that's sure simpler and more elegant than what I had in mind. Looks like it could accommodate two raises pretty easily, too (4th string E to F and F#). |
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