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Topic: a question about fingers |
Steven Black
From:
Gahanna, Ohio, USA
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Posted 29 May 2005 4:53 am |
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| Do the fingers on a finger changer need to be made of mild steel or are they made out of aluminum too? |
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David Decker
From:
Canton, Ohio, USA
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Posted 29 May 2005 5:02 am
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| Steven, Aluminum works and sounds best. When I worked at Kline guitars, the first guitars had Stainless Steel bridge fingers. Then he changed them to Aluminum for a better tone. The Stainless had a brittle, harsh sound to them. We both thought the Aluminum had a better tone. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 29 May 2005 6:11 am
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I recently acquired an Emmons p/p that has brass fingers on the changer. A notice that the new Rains guitar has brass rollers on the nut. I am looking at a new Rains guitar and maybe Bob Rains will sell me a set of brass rollers that I can try on my Emmons p/p also. It would be fun to hear the difference.
Erv |
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Steven Black
From:
Gahanna, Ohio, USA
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Posted 29 May 2005 6:48 am
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Hey Erv, I read a book about pedal steel guitars where the builder said that Brass finger changers were the best to use, and aluminum was about the same as brass, but mild steel was much more harsh in sound like David Daecker just stated here in my post,
Hey David is Kline still building guitars and if so do you have his e-mail address? steveb. |
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David Decker
From:
Canton, Ohio, USA
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Posted 29 May 2005 7:32 am
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| Yes Kline guitars are being built again, but all sales are going thru Hummingbird Music. 1-800-361-1770 or e-mail Rick at www.hummingbirdmusicstudio.com |
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