What's the deal with the foam?

Ian Holman · Post by **Ian Holman** » 26 Nov 2014 4:31 pm

Hello all, just a quick, possibly dumb, question: During my daily viewing of "steel guitars for sale" where I pretend to have money to upgrade to a better steel, I've noticed in some of the photos of the underside of certain guitars there is a chunk of foam in between the rods, sorry don't know the technical name. I'm just wondering if there is a reason that the foam is there?
Thanks

Dustin Rigsby · Post by **Dustin Rigsby** » 26 Nov 2014 4:34 pm

It calms the undercarriage noise

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 26 Nov 2014 4:36 pm

And just FYI, the technical name for it is "foam".

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 26 Nov 2014 4:52 pm

it's spongy stuff that keeps the rods from rattling.

John Booth · Post by **John Booth** » 26 Nov 2014 5:25 pm

It's the memory foam I secretly cut out of my wife's $100 pillow

Ian Holman · Post by **Ian Holman** » 26 Nov 2014 6:47 pm

Fantastic, thank you all for the info

Henry Matthews · Post by **Henry Matthews** » 26 Nov 2014 8:23 pm

If your uncarraige rattles, something's loose

Geoff Noble · Post by **Geoff Noble** » 27 Nov 2014 3:28 am

Henry Matthews wrote:If your uncarraige rattles, something's loose

I've had a bit of trouble with my undercarriage recently, they tell me it's an age thing

Lane Gray · Post by **Lane Gray** » 27 Nov 2014 4:00 am

Henry, Zum and others using comb-style bellcranks have looseness in the design.

Lyle Dent · Post by **Lyle Dent** » 27 Nov 2014 8:10 am

When steels have leg extensions the angle of the rod to the pedal changes forward and can cause a speaking noise as the rod rubs against the front apron. You can use foam or tape to fix this.What's that speaking noise on the track?

Mitch Ellis · Post by **Mitch Ellis** » 27 Nov 2014 10:59 am

Jim Cohen wrote:And just FYI, the technical name for it is "foam".

Mitch

Micky Byrne · Post by **Micky Byrne** » 27 Nov 2014 2:59 pm

Mr Cohen....you're a clown...good on you

Micky "scars" Byrne U.K.