The Steel Guitar Forum

Any one have any experience with these, saw them listed a PSG web site and can't viwualize how they work to be able to determine if they will work on any ised guitar I want to pruchase and upgrade. Thanks, Dan

Daniel,
Tom Bradshaw may still be making these, or maybe Mike Perlowin could steer you in the right direction..Bill

Super, that shows me what I needed to know, the total number of pulls is still limited by the number of holes but can be manipulated to alter a raise to a lower and vice versa but not add totally "extra" pulls. Neat trick kthough but won't allow ;me to what is necessarty to renovate a steel with too few total reise lower holes. Thanks

Daniel Showalter wrote:Neat trick kthough but won't allow ;me to what is necessarty to renovate a steel with too few total reise lower holes. Thanks

Maybe there is an unused hole on an adjacent string.

Daniel Showalter wrote:Super, that shows me what I needed to know, the total number of pulls is still limited by the number of holes but can be manipulated to alter a raise to a lower and vice versa but not add totally "extra" pulls. Neat trick kthough but won't allow ;me to what is necessarty to renovate a steel with too few total reise lower holes. Thanks

Mount it sideways (horizontally), If you have any empty space on the next string raise finger.

I've used these on two or three steels I re-built, they work fine.

Have one on my Mullen (4 raises on string 6, 2 are compensators), kind of hard to wrap my head around how they work, but they DO work!

Depending on the guitar and the setup there's another way to add a third raise. I added an E to F raise to string 4 that already had two raises. I pull the E to F# crank half way via another cross axle and crank with a pull rod as linkage. It has a nylon hex nut on that bell crank and has to be tuned underneath the guitar. The knee lever that pulls this linkage also pulls string 8 the normal way to raise both Es to F. I can provide pictures if necessary.

I had 3 of them them on both my old classics. Two that converted a lower to a raise, one that converted a raise to a lower.

The work great, and they ever need any maintenance. Once they're installed, you just have to remember which strings they're on when you tune your pedals.