Excessive looseness on tuning nut at changer

[geosteel]

Hi all
About 6 months new to the pedalsteel and new of today to the forum.

Have a 10 string made by White with 3x4 set up
Essentially have an odd issue where the C pedal only works when the nuts pretty much all but unscrewed from the changer so have to tighten it up again to fit in the case.. is there anywhere else on the body to be able to adjust the travel of the pedal so it doesn't have to be so far screwed off?

Hope that makes sense

Thanks

[Jif]

Hi Geosteel, welcome to the forum and the pedal steel guitar. There's people on the forum who have better knowledge than me but I'll kick if off. If you could post some photos especially the underside and the tuning pegs that would be really helpful. I have never heard of a White PS, so have no knowledge of the mechanics. However, most modern steels have a selection of slots on the cranks on the crossbars where the pull rods are attached to. To get the best pull on the changer it is a case of the slot the pull rod is in the crank and which hole the rod goes into on the changer finger. The ideal match up means that the tuning pegs will not need to be either screwed right up or slackened right off as in your case. There are other factors such as how hard or how easy it is to depress the pedal, it's all a bit of a trade off.

Anyway, without photos it's difficult to make any suggestions, the steel may be a pull/release not an all pull system as I was describing above and that's a different kettle of fish altogether.

[JohnDavisStringsHere]

where are you located Geo. If travel distance not too far from St Neots cambs.will gladly have a look at it 4u

[U_twelve]

Also check that there may be an adjustable set screw to restrict how far the C pedal can travel. Reducing the travel would allow then need the adjusters to be screwed in further.