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Topic: Do most pac seats have adjustable legs?
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Terry Sneed
Member From: El Dorado, Arkansas, USA
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posted 21 April 2004 11:51 AM
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or, which ones do have adj legs? |
HowardR
Member From: N.Y.C.,N.Y.
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posted 21 April 2004 02:26 PM
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I don't believe that I have ever seen any, but it's a great idea. |
Al Michalczak
Member From: San Antonio, Texas, USA
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posted 21 April 2004 03:35 PM
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Forumite Bill Dearmore built a seat that I bought last year that has adjustable legs and is a great piece of furniture.
Al |
Clive Pearce
New Member From: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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posted 21 April 2004 06:57 PM
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Regarding seat adjustment;
I raised my porta seat 2inches by fitting brass tubing over the legs and cutting 2inch long dowell rod to fit inside. I placed rubber caps over the end of the tubing and carry the lot inside the seat. the rod spacers stay inside the brass tubing.
I had an idea for a scissor jack arrangment for raising or lowering like on a car but opinion is from a builder, it woud cost to much.
the correct height makes all the difference to ones playing and level of fatigue. i found raising 2 inches worked for me and I am 6ft3ins tall. I had to get extra long extensiones from Sierra and had 8 new pedal rods cut. I think the guitar should be playable over the height range 5ft6 to 6ft6.
my thinking is this is cheaper to do at the point of manufacture. after all car seats are adjustable for all sizes. |
Ron Randall
Member From: Dallas, Texas, USA
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posted 21 April 2004 09:26 PM
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For the reason of no adjustability, I am using a drum throne with a back rest. Quite comfy and adjustable up and down like an old piano stool. One can lock the seat so it won't turn.
No place to store anything. But around $129. |
Kevin Chriss
Member From: Westfield, IN, USA
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posted 22 April 2004 03:53 AM
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I'm using a folding bench I bought from Carter Steel Guitars. No back rest I prefer it over a pack a seat because it is adjustable. And, it is more rectangle than a drum throne. |
Erv Niehaus
Member From: Litchfield, MN, USA
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posted 22 April 2004 07:56 AM
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I bought a Steelers Choice seat w/back rest and side kick a while ago. I truly love the seat and the workmanship is outstanding. I don't really understand the requirement for adjustable legs. I ordered the legs a little longer from Kenny and then just cut them off at the length I wanted. Unless I take a growth spurt at this late date, I sure don't need them any longer and if I start to shrink, I can always get the hack saw out again! 
Erv |
Terry Sneed
Member From: El Dorado, Arkansas, USA
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posted 22 April 2004 09:59 AM
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" I don't really understand the requirement for adjustable legs."Erv, I think adj legs should be standard on all pack seats. I like to play a certain height, if I'm too low, then my pickin suffers(it suffers enough as it is) 
I use a chair, and have to have two cushions to sit on(and one behind my back), to be the height that I feel most confortable. adj legs on a pac seat would solve the problem of having to order longer, or shorter legs for your guitar. I slant my steel slightly so it's a little lower at the back than the front, but too much slant really screws up my pickin. 
If I was mechanically minded, I'd build a pac seat out of aluminum, with adj legs and back rest. it would be light weight, comfy, and adjustable. I'd be a rich man
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TW Sneed
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Erv Niehaus
Member From: Litchfield, MN, USA
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posted 22 April 2004 12:04 PM
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The only reason for adjustable legs that I can think of is if you were 5 feet tall and you were borrowing a pac seat from a guy who was 7 feet tall. If you have your own pac seat, once you get it set up for the height you want, why do you need to adjust the height? |
Terry Sneed
Member From: El Dorado, Arkansas, USA
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posted 22 April 2004 01:38 PM
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well, I can't special order a pac seat, I'd just have to buy one from a dealer or buy a used one. if they make them with extra long legs so you can cut them off at the right height that would be ok I reckon.  |
Erv Niehaus
Member From: Litchfield, MN, USA
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posted 22 April 2004 02:37 PM
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Terry,
You can order the Steelers Choice seat with whatever length legs you want. I like to sit up rather high when I play so I ordered mine with the legs about an inch longer.
Erv |
Larry Jamieson
Member From: Walton, NY USA
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posted 22 April 2004 06:49 PM
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Terry, they're all adjustable, if you have a hack saw... Seriously, when I bought mine I had been using chairs, and I thought it was way TOO HIGH! I thought about sawing an inch or two off, but decided to see if I would get use to it. I found that I could see the fret board better, and play better at the higher height. Now, I'd never go back to a chair... |
Jonathan Cullifer
Member From: Atlanta, GA
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posted 23 April 2004 06:48 AM
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I used a drum stool for quite some time before I got a pac seat. By the same token, I was under 5' tall when I first started playing. I'm around 6'1" now.Adjustable legs would be a good idea and would allow just about everything heightwise to be adjusted, from the steel itself on down. When I went out west a few weeks ago, I took a bench that I got from Carter and a bag with my stuff. It's smaller that way, but I still like to put all my stuff in my seat. Jonathan |
John Sluszny
Member From: Brussels, Belgium
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posted 23 April 2004 09:03 AM
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Pac-a-seat standard height?Thanks. |
Charles Walker
Member From: Chester, Virginia, USA
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posted 30 April 2004 04:44 PM
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Terry you might check with Ray Walker of WALKER SEAT's because he will custom build you a seat to your spefication's and the quality is next to none. Ask playere's like John Hughey, Herby Wallace, Randy Beaver's and so many more that swear by this seat. I know because he is my brother and I sit on a WALKER SEAT. |
KENNETH ROLLANS
Member From: LITTLE ROCK.ARK PULASKIA
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posted 04 May 2004 10:54 AM
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hi terry kenn rollans here email me and i can give you some great info on seat heighth. thanks kenny rollans------------------
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