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Topic: Adding extra levers to a Sho-Bud maverick?
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David Biggers
Member From: Texas, USA
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posted 04 December 2006 09:32 PM
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Is it possible to buy a Maverick and add the extra levers. They only come with one and I would like to use one for the smokey bars instead of my brand new Carter.
Please advise.
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Mike Maddux
Member From: Garden Grove, CA
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posted 04 December 2006 09:58 PM
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Nope, you cant. Thats the limitation of that changer. Ive took mine to everyone I could get a hold of and some people told me it would be possible but after looking at the instrument, said it would not be possible.That is why im selling my Maverick in the "For sale: Instruments" section. $500 plus shipping. |
richard burton
Member From: Britain
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posted 04 December 2006 10:40 PM
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The changer is a pull-release type.
It is possible to add levers, but it's not easy, especially if a string is required to raise and also lower.
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James Morehead
Member From: Durant, Oklahoma, USA
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posted 05 December 2006 06:26 AM
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David, You need to contact John Coop, he can get you there.  |
Jerry Hayes
Member From: Virginia Beach, Va.
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posted 05 December 2006 06:28 AM
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It's possible if you do it right. Remember you can't raise and lower the same string. I remember reading about a guy from the New York area who played a Maverick with three knee levers. If I remember right it was set up something like this:
LKL P1 P2 P3 RKL RKR
F# G
D# D
G# A
E F
B C# C#
G# A A
F# G
E F D#
D
B C#
I believe the guy's name was Bruce (Something) I used to see him mentioned in the PSGA Newsletter years ago but haven't heard about him for quite a while. Maybe one of the guys from New York know who I'm talking about.........JH in Va. |
Jim Sliff
Member From: Hermosa Beach California, USA
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posted 05 December 2006 06:31 AM
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I think it'd be cheaper...and better...to just buy a Carter Starter, even a used one. Reviews have been decent, and a modded Maverick is still going to be a Maverick... |
David Biggers
Member From: Texas, USA
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posted 05 December 2006 06:38 AM
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I want the birdseye maple model.Waffel pedals and Sho-Bud Pedal Bar. It is differant I think from the Gibson molded model isn't it? Its great looking.
I might look into this futher. I never should have sold my Sho-Bud S-10 Biirdeye maple Pro |
Jerry Roller
Member From: Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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posted 05 December 2006 08:03 AM
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David, it is true that the Maverick set-up is limited but it is possible to make it do anything you wish with enough work. A string that both raises and lowers has to be spring loaded to a moveable stop so you can release or push it to lower and pull against the spring loaded moveable stop to raise it. I agree it is more feasible to get another guitar that will do what you want but the answer to the question you asked is yes but the practical answer is that it is not designed to add levers but......... you can add levers but will would take some "engineering".
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Herb Steiner
Member From: Cedar Valley, Travis County TX
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posted 05 December 2006 09:00 AM
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A Maverick is basically the same principle, changer-wise, as a S~B Permanent, or for that matter, a Bigsby.You just have to move the bar more, and put your head back into the late-50's/early 60's lick-wise. I've played gigs on Mavs and nobody noticed any difference. I play just as bad on a Maverick as I do on a modern guitar. ------------------
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David Biggers
Member From: Texas, USA
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posted 05 December 2006 09:09 AM
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Thanks Herb
I started 30 years on an 8 string Fender c-7 I think, so I bet this would work. I think I use the a and b pedal more than all else anyway. I could fake it! Ole Hank would of done that way or Mr Helms I mean! |
James Morehead
Member From: Durant, Oklahoma, USA
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posted 05 December 2006 09:13 AM
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The birds eye maple body of a maverick is the older version, and the best of the mavs. The wood body is the same as an S-10, without the ledge. They are beautiful and have that great shobud tone. Trouble is, you could wrap up enough money adding levers to just go out and get a guitar with what you want, and save the aggravation. Right Jim S.? AH HA!! |
Clyde Mattocks
Member From: North Carolina, USA
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posted 05 December 2006 01:40 PM
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It can be done and I have done it, but as has been pointed out above, the amount of work and expense is not worth it. If you want to raise and lower the same string,
you will end up with adjustments underneath
the guitar.
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Paul Redmond
Member From: Illinois, USA
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posted 07 December 2006 06:06 PM
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I started out on a Maverick in 1978. The guitar has 3 and 5 and a George L's 12-5 wired in position #1. Clyde you may have seen me play this guitar in Fayetteville NC at one of the MASGA jams. It does sound great!! If you're not a machinist or don't know one, don't mess with it. I am a machinist and it still took a lot of work to set the thing up properly. It plays well, but every time you've got to tweak a tandem pull, under the guitar you must go.
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Paul Redmond
Member From: Illinois, USA
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posted 07 December 2006 06:12 PM
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You CAN raise and lower the same string. I lower 4 and 8 to D# on RKR, raise them to F on LKL, 4 up to F# on LKV and FP3.
PRR |
Steven Black
Member From: Gahanna, Ohio, USA
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posted 07 December 2006 06:38 PM
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I have added knee levers to my maverick sometime ago, but I could only add two knee's
making it a 3 pedal 3 knee lever guitar, I wanted to try a 4th knee lever but could not figure out how to do it, but most of the lowers were there with three and three, I was able to raise my E's and my F#'s but that was it, good luck doing this, but John coop can change these easily by updating the changer system, give him a call and ask him what he can do. |
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