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Bell Cranks
I can offer a variety of custom-made Bell Cranks for you existing pedal steel guitar or for you builders of Pedal Steel Guitars.
Here you will see three different designs. Two of the three shown are “easy on and off” that allows you to install...adjust location...and remove is needed.
The main part is machined from aircraft quality aluminum. These particular ones are shown on a 3/8 diameter stainless steel axel. The model with the white Delrin swivel is drilled for an 1/8-inch diameter straight rod to actuate the changer fingers where the strings are attached. The button head Allen cap screw is hardened steel and repositions the Bell Crank “off center” of the axel to lock it and prevent it from coming off of the axel. Since this Bell Crank is open, so it can be installed or removed, once it is placed on the axel there is a hardened Naval Brass screw tightened to stabilize the Bell Crank and prevent it from being “sprung” open, by over tightening the button head screw holding the Bell Crank on the axel. These Bell Cranks can be made to fit onto a round axel, square axel or hexagon axel of a variety of dimensions.
The Bell Crank with the array of 5/32-inch diameter holes is designed for receive a 1/8-inch “pull rod” with a “bent hook” end. These can be drilled to receive a variety of different diameter “pull rods”.
The Bell Crank with two opposing Delrin swivels are designed to be used to “pull” or “push” the pull rod so they can “raise” the string tone by pulling the changer finger or “lower” the string tone by pushing the changer finger.
Besides Bell Cranks I can also make a variety of “roller nuts”, “roller bridges” and other mechanisms for the pedal steel guitar and lap guitars.
This Capo is designed for 6 string “Lap” type guitars...Dobro, Lap Steel, Weissenborn...other, with a minimum string height of 5/16 inches, measured at the first fret, and a 2-1/4 inch fret length.
The Body material is Corian, a dense material. A number of guitar builder have used this material for guitar nuts, bridge pegs, bridge saddle inserts and other. It strongly resembles “bone”.
The tone bar material is hardened Naval Brass.
The muting material is Delrin a thermo plastic material that bridges the gap between plastics and metal.
These Capos produce a bright tone and long sustain.
This is affordable and works well.
Dobro, Weissenborn, Lap Steel… Precision Machined Nut Riser
- This nut riser is completely machined, not a bent form , or a casting
- It is self centering
- Adapts to six (6) string guitars and fits on top of the existing nut
- The string grooves are machined for each different string diameter
- These are made from a hard brass alloy.
- These will increase the string height over the fret board by 1/8 of an inch. .
- Typical nuts are usually 3/16 thick, this riser will adapt to varying thickness
These Capos are designed to be used on six string guitars. For example, Dobro, Lap Steel, and Weissenborn.
The primary metal component is made of 6061 aircraft aluminum, with a mahogany wood laminate applied to the surface that rests on the strings when the Capo is installed on your guitar.
The tone bar is made of hardened brass. The muting bar core is either phosphor bronze or 316 stainless steel. The muting sleeves are made of high density urethane plastic.
These ship with two tightening nuts, one phosphor bronze and one 6061 aircraft aluminum.
These Capos produce a unique volume, tone and sustain and will adapt to guitars with a minimum fret to string height of – 5/16 – inch and a fret length of 2-1/4 inches.
The primary aluminum component with the mahogany laminate, rests on the strings behind the muting bar and tone bar to provide additional muting and eliminate over tones.
Free shipping in the USA. International buyers pay all shipping costs.
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These Capos are designed to be used on six string guitars. For example, Dobro, Lap Steel, and Weissenborn.
The metal components are made of phosphor bronze and the wooden component is made from 50 year old Black Walnut.
These Capos provide a unique volume and sustain and will adapt to guitars with a minimum string height of – 5/16 – inch.
If you want to hear the sound produced with these Capos, please contact me.
Free shipping in the USA. International buyers pay all shipping costs.
These Capos are designed to be used on six string guitars, for example, Dobro, Lap Steel, Weissenborn.
The tone bar is made of hardened brass. The muting bar core is either phosphor bronze or 316 stainless steel. The muting sleeves are made of high density urethane plastic. These ship with two tightening nuts, one phosphor bronze and one 6061 aircraft aluminum.
These Capos produce a unique volume, tone and sustain and will adapt to guitars with a minimum fret to string height of – 5/16 – inch and a fret length of 2-1/4 inches.
The maple wooden component rests on the strings behind the muting bar and tone bar to provide additional muting and eliminate over tones.
Free shipping in the USA
International buyers pay all shipping costs.
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