Pedal Steel Guitar Changer Finger

On the underside of the body you ll see the pedal rods attached to cross rods.

Pedal steel guitar changer finger. Which rotates the bell crank finger which pulls the pull rods which pulls the changer finger. It contains 1 rivet which connects the raise and lower fingers. A number of stock steel guitar pedals have two holes for pedal rod connectors so this was easy to do. The part is then precision ground to 001 total tolerance and polished.

Hold it there and tune with the left hand at the keyhead tune the string to the note you want it hit when you raise it. The changer is the heart of a pedal steel guitar. Our stainless steel finger is manufactured by a unique process by which powdered metal is formed under extreme pressure and high heat to create a part much harder than its original starting material. Doing that seemed to lessen the force needed to raise the strings.

Demonstration of a homemade pedal steel guitar pull finger and a testing jig. The pedal stop may or may not be adjustable on your steel guitar. This movie shows ross shafer making changer finger stops for the new sierra pedal steel guitar. Most steel guitar companies use aluminum for this part.

The end result is a finger with much less internal friction and undesired movement in the changer and provides a harder surface much more resistant to scratching. On guitars with modern all pull changers there are 2 basic types of mechanisms. Makin chips changer finger stops. Tune the changer for the pedal or knee lever that you are setting up reach under the guitar and push the bridge finger for one of the strings you plan to raise left all the way until it hits the body of the guitar.

The cables were attached to right and left sides of the pedal.