Frustrated with Goodrich L120 pedal !!!!!!

Ben Wittke · Posted 6 Nov 2000 8:20 pm

Up here in Canada we have to pay $249 for a L120 which was touted as being the Pedal Steel Guitar Mans pedal. Well I'm not to sure. Since I got it, the mickey mouse string action on the Pot keeps slipping so eventually it will not turn off completely. I have tried loosening the screw and tightening the string at the screw. But in no time its slipping again. $249 for a pot, a piece of aluminum and a string. There has got to be a better idea. Any suggestions how to keep the string from slipping.?

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Fred Layman · From: Springfield, Missouri USA

Ben, assuming that the pulley has a socket head screw securing it to the pot shaft, with the pedal turned upside down and the shaft in the off position, wind the string twice around the left side of the pulley then once around the socket head screw and then once or twice around the right side of the pulley and then tie the string down. Keep the string tight as you wind. It also helps to hold the pedal in the off position by clamping it there with a c-clamp.

David Wright · From: Pilot Point ,Tx USA.

I think you could have just loosened the bolt or allen head that is in the brass part on the pot, then with the pedal in the off poss you use a screw driver to ajust the pot to turn off , then tightin the bolt back up, you don't need to take the string off to do this.The shaft on the pot should have a slotat the end ot it for a small screw driver to fit in, mine does..

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[This message was edited by David Wright on 06 November 2000 at 09:43 PM.]

Bob Mainwaring · From: Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island B.C. Canada

Hi there Ben,
Shame that you`re having trouble with a pot` pedal so new. One reason to go to the new "Hilton" pedal surely??

But to be fair, there used to be quite a number of manufacturers around the place that made the action of moving the pot`via a spring loaded nylon rack and pinion which is/was a superior way of translating linear to rotary motion.
I wonder if any of the model shops could help locate such bits to modify these days?? - just a thought.

Bob Mainwaring. Z.Bs. and other weird things.

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Jim Smith · From: Midlothian, TX, USA

Don't give up on the L120 yet, Ben. I've had mine for 20 years, never adjusted the string, never replaced the pot, and that's with playing six nights a week for several years.

Iain · From: Edinburgh, Scotland

I had to change the string when it snapped. A pain - took ages to stop it slipping. It DOES seem a pretty half-hearted design. Similarly, my Ernie Ball pedal is still not right, for the same reason.
Why are volume pedals so expensive?

Jack Stoner · From: Kansas City, MO

The Goodrich L120/120 are probably the most widely used volume pedals. They are usually very reliable. I have been using them since the mid 80's and have not had to replace or adjust the pulley string. Call Ollie Goodrich, in Michigan, and he will make it right - they stand behind their products.

Otherwise, you can go to something like the Hilton pedal that does not have a pot or pulley.

As far as cost, I'm not sure of the exchange rate but I've seen that model advertised for about $120 US.

Steel Guitar volume pedals are a relatively limited production item, as are most steel guitar items. Limited production generally increases the price of items.

John Lacey · From: Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada

Jack, the exchange rate is not the only thing we get dinged with. I bought a seat from Easy Rider a couple of years ago for $225. US. and after duty, exchange, brokerage fees and shipping, it cost me $450. Canadian. And it's not even etched in Gold!!

Bobby Lee · From: Cloverdale, California, USA

I'm moving this to the Electronics forum.

Roger Crawford · From: Griffin, GA USA

Something you might try...take the string and run it through the fiddle players rosin. That helps it get some extra traction.
RC

[This message was edited by Roger Crawford on 07 November 2000 at 10:14 AM.]

Chris Schlotzhauer · From: Colleyville, Tx. USA

Jim, you might want to check that string

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