i have a friend that wanted me to setup his ShoBud Mavereck. It is totally un-setup! is there a good setup reference around on the net, etc? email me setup OK.

how ndo nyou deternmine if it is a push-pull or all pull?

also, this Mav has teh recessed tuning keys with rollers. my earlier had surface mounted tuning keys and no rollers.

thanks,
Billy

GrievousAngel

First tune the strings with pedals down, then tune the pedals-up notes with the set-screws at the changer.

For the raise, string tension holds the finger against the endplate hex screw stop. The pull rod pulls the finger against the body. So to tune the raise, you pull the finger against the body with the pedal or lever and tune the string at the keyhead. To tune the open string, you release the pedal or lever, letting the finger come to rest on the endplate tuner, and you tune the open string pitch there with the hex screw.

A lower works the opposite. The only stock lowers were on the 2nd and 9th strings (which had no raises). Usually the RKR was the lower lever. A lever spring and a pull rod hold the finger against the body. Pushing the lever toward the changer end acts against the spring and releases the finger to move to the endplate tuner screw by string tension. Therefore, you tune the open string at the keyhead without activating the lever, and tune the lower by activating the lever and tuning the endplate hex screw.

A typical Maverick had the standard A, B, and C pedals, and one or two levers, either the F lever, or the D lever, or both

In previous Maverick threads I learned that some people altered the stock setup to have both a raise and lower on the same string. Typically this was to have both the F lever raise and the E lower lever on strings 4 and 8. I don't know the lower mechanics, but when nothing was activated, the finger was suspended in the middle between the body and the endplate screw, apparently balanced between the string tension pulling the finger toward the endplate screw stop and the lower spring pulling toward the body or a lever stop. Presumably you tuned the open string at the key head with nothing activated, the lower at the endplate hex screw, and the raise with the pedal or lever activated.

[This message was edited by David Doggett on 12 June 2005 at 06:55 PM.]

Maverick classic						
		LKL				RKR
			P1	P2	P3	
1	F#					
2	D#					D
3	G#			A		
4	E	F			F#	
5	B		C#		C#	
6	G#			A		
7	F#					
8	E	F				
9	D					C#
10	B		C#			

When I bought it brand new from Giant Music in Arllington, VA in 1973 it had no levers at all, just the three fixed pedals. Played it all over New England and Northern Virginia and eventually brought it back home to Oregon, where I finally got my hands on a pro model. Didn't have much money in those days and with a kid to feed and all making the most of the few changes available on what I had was a priority.

Playing such a limited instrument held me back in many, many ways but as I have always enjoyed exploring the old pre-pedal sounds it didn't hurt the music itself that much.

[This message was edited by Dave Grafe on 12 June 2005 at 11:23 PM.]

thanks,
Billy

Billy