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Topic: grooved pedals for a Rains? |
Terry Sneed
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Arkansas,
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Posted 14 Jun 2011 7:52 pm |
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I have an SD-10 Rains that has the polished, but slick pedals on it. Can you buy the grooved pedals for a Rains? I bought some clear stick on type stuff that helps, but my foot still slips off the pedals at times. any sugestions?
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Roger Francis
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kokomo,Indiana, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2011 5:41 am
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| Do you have one of the earlier Rains? Mine is an 04 or 05 and the pedals where perty stiff and sometimes my boot would slip off the pedals because of the presure pushing down, i sent it to Gary a few years ago and had it updated to the new changer and hav'nt had any problems since. just a thought |
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Terry Sneed
From:
Arkansas,
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Posted 15 Jun 2011 7:37 am Rains
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Roger, mine is an 06, and it has been updated with new changer, crossrods etc. Thanks
Terry |
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Dean Parks
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Sherman Oaks, California, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2011 8:01 am
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| The early Rains guitars had its pedals, and some other parts, supplied by Fessenden. Contact Jerry Fessenden (forum member), or Gary Carpenter at Rains, maybe yours can be replaced by the Fessendens. |
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Jack Ritter
From:
Enid, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2011 8:27 am
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I have an 09 Rains d10 and my pedals are very stiff and I have the same problem with my feet slipping off the slick pedal surface ,also. Really like every thing else about it. It is a great steel. Jack
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Terry Sneed
From:
Arkansas,
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Posted 15 Jun 2011 10:50 am Rains pedals
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Hmmm, well, the pedals on my Rains are fairly stiff also, maybe that's part of the problem. Is there an adjustment to soften the pedals up some? Besides having to pull the pull rods out and put em in a different hole in the changer/bellcrank?
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 15 Jun 2011 10:55 am
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| file some grooves in the pedals. |
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Bob Hickish
From:
Port Ludlow, Washington, USA, R.I.P.
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Roger Francis
From:
kokomo,Indiana, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2011 12:14 pm
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| Terry, i can play mine barefoot with no problem, give Gary a call and see what he's got to say |
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Terry Sneed
From:
Arkansas,
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Posted 15 Jun 2011 1:47 pm Rains Pedals
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I could file some groves in the pedals, but that would effect the looks and resale value. unless I had a machinist do it, and that would cost to much.
I bought some grove type clear, anti slip stick on tape, and it did help, but my foot still slips off at times. I play in cowboy boots, and the bottom of my boots are almost as slick as the pedals. Don't tell me to give up my Cowboy boots! Ain't gonna happen! 
I'll see if I can get in touch with Gary.
Terry |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 15 Jun 2011 2:33 pm
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Go out into the street and rub the bottoms of your boots on the asphalt to cut through the slick surface. No, I'm not kidding. This is what I do to get the slick surface off the bottoms of my boots.
Although it's kind of ugly (and can be removed later), I used the strips of no slip surface you put down in bathtubs on a guitar I used to have that I slipped of the pedals once in a while. The club I played at used lots of dance wax on the dance floor and there was no way to get to the stage without getting a good coating of wax on the bottom of my boots.
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Terry Sneed
From:
Arkansas,
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Posted 15 Jun 2011 5:17 pm Boots
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Richard, that would probly work for sure, but I don't imagine the Pastor's and congregations would appreciate me dirtying up the carpet in their Churches.  Thanks for the tip though.
Terry |
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Posted 15 Jun 2011 5:55 pm
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| Take a jitterbug sander w/ some # 60 grit sandpaper and "jewell" the pedal surface. |
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