Pedal Steel Guitar Changers

This cross shaft will have what we call a turnbuckle sometimes referred to as a rod actuator that goes to the changer.

Pedal steel guitar changers.

There are 3 different types of changers. Push pull split finger and all pull. The pedal steel pages bobby lee s home page one of the oldest steel guitar sites on the internet. Each string has two pivoting parts.

Our guitars and pitch changers are hand crafted by legendary pedal steel builders david and harry jackson sons of shot jackson and partners in sho bud pedal steel guitar company. Wraparound raise finger in this configuration the raise finger goes up and around the bridge pin. Since most steel guitars around today are all pull type changers we will focus on them. The changer is the heart of a pedal steel guitar.

The upper finger raises the pitch. Makers of the very popular mullen guitars in colorado rittenberry steel guitars built by gary rittenberry schild steel. Msa pedal steel guitars continuing the legacy of the original msa made in texas mullen guitar co inc. Steel guitar manufacturers basically have stopped manufacturing the push pull changer mechanism a few builders still make this mechanism.

Push pull guitars were noted for their tone. Pedal steel changer williams guitar company llc. The changers were made differently. Links steel guitar shopper the largest online shopping site for steel guitar products.

A changer can be called all pull or push pull because of the pull rods or push rods under the guitar that run from the cross rod that the pedal is connected to to the changer. The push pull mechanism handled.