The Steel Guitar Forum

Yes, and I can now play at the N. Camp without the Knee Pads.

Rich: Parts look real good, but believe me the other type works well also. Being an Ol Kountry Boy, I doubt I would ever need 4 raises myself, but I am sure someone out there could!!

Ernie Pollock

I AM SORRY BUT I GAVE YOU THE WRONG SPRING INFO.
THE SPRINGS THAT I FOUND WERE LABLED AS "SERV-A-LITE
#179"......
JIM RAGAN

Rich, I must admit that I'm enthralled! I bought a Classic in 1975 E9 5+4 and in the mid 1980s, Resse provided some of the harder parts to upgrade it to a Bb Universal 8+4. The hardest part was the triple raise/lower sissors. The rest I built while learning how to lathe and mill. The springs have ALWAYS provided a full body contact sport. Here's a view of my solution 20 years ago.

I've been playing more lap steel these days, but with your post pulled out the MSA and ... really hard to play. Off to buy springs and try a retro fit. Thanks for the inspiration to try something to improve the playability of this great steel. Looking forward to a windfall solution that makes me WANT to play more pedal. Great MSA steel, and pretty...

Thanks Reese for the amazing help on this one 20 years prior. Let you all know how it goes.
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