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Dennis Bailey


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Fort Worth Texas
Post  Posted 20 Oct 2023 5:18 am    
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A friend with an older Mullen Universal and wants to put a locking mechanism on the lever that lowers the E strings. I have heard that Mullen no longer makes them. Does anyone know of a kit or mechanism that may work for this? Thanks
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Jerry Overstreet


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Louisville Ky
Post  Posted 20 Oct 2023 6:48 am    
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https://www.destaco.com/clamping/manual.html
The de sta co company makes all kinds of clamps that will work as a lock for steel guitars. That is just the lock of course and you'd have to engineer some accompanying linkage, etc. to attach it to the guitar.

Here's one application on a Zum:

Lynn Stafford wrote:
Here you go Tony. I used a very small De-Sta-Co Toggle Clamp to do the job and it worked just great!



I bought it from Bruce Zumsteg, along with the mounting bracket and cross shaft lever.
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Dennis Bailey


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Fort Worth Texas
Post  Posted 20 Oct 2023 7:59 am    
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Thanks Jerry!
will check it out
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Dennis Bailey


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Fort Worth Texas
Post  Posted 29 Oct 2023 5:50 am    
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Jerry,
Thanks for the tip on the Destaco!
Installed it yesterday on my friend's '93 Mullen.
It works well.
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Jerry Overstreet


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Louisville Ky
Post  Posted 29 Oct 2023 8:01 am    
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Ah cool! Credit goes to Lynn, Bruce et al that first posted these devices here. Happy it worked for you.
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