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Topic: Trick to installing liftkit on GFI?
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Jim Sliff
Member From: Hermosa Beach California, USA
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posted 25 October 2006 08:48 PM
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Does anyone know if there's a way to install a liftkit on a GFI Ultra? I got a kit assuming the instalation was normal - but when I took off the pedal rack (which hadn't been off since the day I got i) I discovered there's no apparent way to adust the front legs and install the kit.Any ideas are welcomed. I need to make this work - can't use the right knee levers *and* a volume control without raising the guitar 2". |
Jim Bob Sedgwick
Member From: Clinton, Missouri USA
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posted 25 October 2006 09:18 PM
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Jim, to my knowledge there is no way to install a lift kit on a GFI. You probably will have to just order longer legs. Get in touch with Blackie Taylor in Riverside. I think he has a longer set. You will also have to have longer pedal rods. Hope this helps |
Jim Sliff
Member From: Hermosa Beach California, USA
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posted 25 October 2006 10:06 PM
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It looks like the pedal rod extensions will fit...just no way to do the legs. New legs are something that's going to have to wait, unfortunately, if that's the case.I wish I'd been told ahead of time. |
David Collins
Member From: Madison, North Carolina, USA
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posted 26 October 2006 04:58 AM
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Jim,I had a GFI and had the same problem. I found that the screw in the end of the leg could be adjusted to some degree, but not enough to suit my needs. I went to the local hardware store and purchased longer bolts and installed them in the REAR legs. This raised the rear of the guitar more than the front, but it worked. I made no modification to the pedals or pedal rods at all. Looked kinda funny, but I could play it. When I decided to let the GFI go, I simply reinstalled the original bolts and there were no signs of the instrument ever having been modified at all. All of that being said, I expect that if you want to keep the guitar on a permanant basis, Gene Fields at GFI will gladly provide you with longer legs and rods. For a keeper, it would most likely be worth the expense. Good Luck! ------------------
David Collins
www.alpinesoap.com
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Ernie Pollock
Member From: Mt Savage, Md USA
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posted 26 October 2006 05:01 AM
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I think Gene Fields or Bob at GFI can fix this if you give them a call. They are the best people in the world to deal with, and would not want you, a GFI customer to be unhappy. Ernie Pollock http://www.hereintown.net/~shobud75/stock.htm ------------------
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Jim Sliff
Member From: Hermosa Beach California, USA
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posted 26 October 2006 05:26 AM
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Yeah, I shot a note to Bob asking about it as well. I'm working with them on a unique copedent that involves some splits, and he's been very helpful trying to get it all fine-tuned.The other thought is that since I've never used a volume pedal with my Fenders, I might forego the whole idea - the problem being that I DO need some kind of volume adjustment at the guitar - not for the typical swells, but to control the drive of the amp, and to clean up OD tones. I've been trying to dig up a used Match ox with volume& tone controls - that actually might be enough for what I do. Depending on the leg situation (i.e. cost) I ma just go with the Match Box or Steeldriver II by itself, althought the volume pedal would be more convenient (and also work the same way as it did on 6-string for my application). |
James Sission
Member From: Sugar Land,Texas USA
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posted 26 October 2006 11:12 AM
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Dennis Coelho
Member From: Wyoming, USA
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posted 26 October 2006 12:51 PM
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Wonderful folks at GFI!! I recently got an SD-10 Ultra on a trade and quickly found that the legs were just too short for me to use the levers or the volume pedal. A quick note to GFI and they arranged an exchange for the longer legs and rods and sent me the longer ones first so I could still play while I was waiting. This is some of the best customer service I've ever seen. Thanks, guys! |
Jeremy Threlfall
Member From: Tasmania, Australia
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posted 26 October 2006 04:06 PM
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The 2" lift kit for my Carter Starter came with 'stand-offs' (or extensions) for the pedal rods, and stand-offs for the legs as well (rather than replacement, longer, legs). That is, two inch extensions for the legs.Perhaps you could get an arrangement like that, Jim? I've since recycled the pedal rod stand-offs onto my Pro-I and I simply need a couple of 2" collars to hold my pedal rack to the bottom of the front legs.
JT
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Bruce Meyer
Member From: Naperville, IL & Thompson's Station, TN
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posted 26 October 2006 04:39 PM
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I bought a standard GFI Ultra D-10 from Bobbe last year. It was too low. I needed to exchange the legs back to GFI. I don't believe Gene charged me because the old legs were like new. |
Al Terhune
Member From: Newcastle, WA
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posted 26 October 2006 05:05 PM
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Bob at GFI will do ANYTHING to make a GFI owner happy. In this day and age, it's the kind of customer service that makes you wonder if you're dreaming--although I must say many people in this industry have great customer service.Al |
Jim Sliff
Member From: Hermosa Beach California, USA
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posted 26 October 2006 05:22 PM
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Jeremy - that's just the point, that type of kit does not fit a GFI.I got a note from GFI and if the legs are mint I can exchange them. Have to look when I get home, because otherwise it's not cheap. I'll check that link as well and see if he still has the stuff. It's just odd that I got the kit at all. I would have thought I'd have been warned off, since they sold me the guitar (which was requested with an extension that wasn't on it, obviosuly). Just a miscommunication I guess. Wonder why GFI make s the legs differently from just about everyone?[This message was edited by Jim Sliff on 26 October 2006 at 05:23 PM.] |
Ward Skinner
Member From: Mission, TX
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posted 26 October 2006 05:42 PM
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From the GFI website:"Our legs are also an extrusion of 3/16" thick aluminum wall. When assembled, the steel stands at a standard height of 26 1/4" from floor to the bottom of the back rail. Custom heights up to 2 inches taller or lower are available at no extra cost if specified at the time of order. Front legs are fixed in length while back legs can be adjusted plus or minus about 1/2 inch for leveling. This leg assembly provides greater stability at about 2/3 the weight of conventional steel legs." |
Curt Langston
Member From: ***In the shadows of Tulsa at Bixby, USA***
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posted 26 October 2006 06:08 PM
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I got a note from GFI and if the legs are mint I can exchange them.
Yep. One of the many reasons Gene Fields has so many satisfied customers.[This message was edited by Curt Langston on 26 October 2006 at 06:09 PM.] |
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