Changing copedents
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Changing copedents
Hey y’all, just wanted to see if anyone can recommend anyone who has some good, detailed and accurate info on changing around copedents! I don’t feel comfortable doing it myself yet, and could use a book, writing, YouTube video? Anything! Ok thanks folks
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changing copendents
Before you start this project. I suggest you go through both copendents and see if you will have enough Bell Cranks, Rods, Cross rods and such. Check the rods and make sure you have enough rods long enough to do all the pulls.
It would be bad to get it partly changed and then have to start making rods or order them and lose a lot of time with the guitar in the middle of the changeover. Good Luck in this project.
It would be bad to get it partly changed and then have to start making rods or order them and lose a lot of time with the guitar in the middle of the changeover. Good Luck in this project.
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Jim Hussey
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If you are working on a push pull, don’t do it. Take it to someone with p/p experience
If you are working on an all pull guitar, at a minimum, I would suggest these 2 steps:
1 – Make a rodding chart of your existing setup.
https://www.steelguitar.com/rodding.html
https://www.steelguitar.com/roddingS10_D10.html
You might try a search on the forum as rodding charts have been posted for most all pull makes.
2 – Get the Mickey Adams Video and follow it.
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtop ... o&start=75
The key to such a project is timing the changes. This is the reason for making a rodding chart of your existing setup. Assuming your guitar is properly timed now, you will want to know the current bell crank and raise / lower finger settings for each string. In addition to timing pedals and levers, you may have half stops and splits. If you have these, your rod chard will record them as well.
Another reason for the rodding chart is to know which strings (if any) have compensators. You may want that info before you take everything out.
On top of everything above, setting pedal stops is an important and often overlooked step. Mickeys video explains all this in minute detail.
If you are working on an all pull guitar, at a minimum, I would suggest these 2 steps:
1 – Make a rodding chart of your existing setup.
https://www.steelguitar.com/rodding.html
https://www.steelguitar.com/roddingS10_D10.html
You might try a search on the forum as rodding charts have been posted for most all pull makes.
2 – Get the Mickey Adams Video and follow it.
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtop ... o&start=75
The key to such a project is timing the changes. This is the reason for making a rodding chart of your existing setup. Assuming your guitar is properly timed now, you will want to know the current bell crank and raise / lower finger settings for each string. In addition to timing pedals and levers, you may have half stops and splits. If you have these, your rod chard will record them as well.
Another reason for the rodding chart is to know which strings (if any) have compensators. You may want that info before you take everything out.
On top of everything above, setting pedal stops is an important and often overlooked step. Mickeys video explains all this in minute detail.