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Steven Black
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Gahanna, Ohio, USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2018 4:32 pm |
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| My name is Steve Black and I have a steel guitar that is a push/pull, it has changers at both ends is there a chart to setting up this guitar? My phone is 614-562-2291, email Black43230@yahoo.Com |
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Ron Pruter
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Arizona, USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2018 6:48 pm
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Hey Steve,
More info would be helpful. Pix/brand??
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Steven Black
From:
Gahanna, Ohio, USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2018 7:26 pm Steel guitar reply
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Hello Ron it is the American Steel I built it but just don't know how to set up.
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Steven Black
From:
Gahanna, Ohio, USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2018 7:29 pm Steel guitar reply
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| Sorry about the picture being sideways. |
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Posted 30 Sep 2018 4:53 am
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Steven Black
From:
Gahanna, Ohio, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2018 6:22 am Steel guitar reply
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| Well it is backwards now but that is ok. |
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Bill Lowe
From:
Connecticut
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Posted 30 Sep 2018 12:11 pm
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Paul Sutherland
From:
Placerville, California
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Posted 30 Sep 2018 2:41 pm
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Are you asking what raises and lowers should be put on various strings? If that's your question you might start by going to the links tab on the upper right and get to the copedents page and study what's there for awhile.
What tuning are you intending to use? E9th, C6th, or something else?
I see you have 3 floor pedals, which is very standard for the E9 tuning, but are there any knee levers? How many? And how many strings does it have? I'm guessing ten, but I can't really tell from the picture.
If you know what tuning you plan to use, and what raises and lowers you want, but don't know how to set it up, then you question becomes very difficult for anyone to answer.
You built the steel so you should know how the linkages connect. You have changers on both ends so this steel is unlike 99 percent of the steels on this planet. In taking a second look at the one picture, I'm not sure you really have a changer at both ends. It looks like a fairly typical keyless setup at the keyhead end, and then a fairly normal changer (probably all pull) at the changer end. But you have said otherwise.
We need a lot more info. How about many more pictures.
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Steven Black
From:
Gahanna, Ohio, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2018 7:56 pm Steel guitar reply
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| Yes Paul, there are 4 knees I might put on a verticle knee lever but this guitar is not an all pull guitar, I want a standard Emmons setup. |
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Steven Black
From:
Gahanna, Ohio, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2018 8:06 pm Steel guitar reply
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| I will get pictures of ends and undercarriage. |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 30 Sep 2018 8:12 pm
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Steve, your question is a little mystifying because you have built a nice-looking push-pull guitar with changers at both ends, and you know that you want a standard Emmons set up. As the builder, you would presumably know how to put that setup (or any reasonable setup) onto your guitar. So, what specifically are you asking for help with?
(BTW, I think we'd enjoy seeing some close up photos of the changers and undercarriage, and it might help someone answer your question more readily.)
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