THAT'S ANOTHER IMPORTANT MEASUREMENT: HOW FAR OFF THE FLOOR THE PEDALS ARE. When you do, the front legs will be too short for you to be able to level the pedals. Hello Jason, I am 6'1" and I had to use extenders as well to fit under my guitar, you can get them at hardware stores or order them from George L's or any steel guitar shop like Bobbe Seymour's steel guitar nashville or Scotty's Music. You can buy 1" or 2" lift kits but that seemed like a "rube goldberg" way of doing it and the reason I went with the new, 1" longer" rods and front legs. The extra 1" worked out just right for me. I called Paul, Sr about getting 1" longer pedal rods and front Legs and found out he had changed his "standard" to 1" higher some years ago (don't remember when). I did some invesigation and found it was lower than most other steels. Lynn Owsley would sit in on my steel when he was in this area and always had to lift up the back legs and commented my steel was low. I had always slightly touched the pull rods with my right leg but never thought much about it until I worked an outside job in the heat and really had problems with rods touching my leg. My S/N 065 was built with the shorter legs. Older Franklin's "standard" height was 1" shorter than most other brands. Would pedal rod extensions be enough? I'm 6'1" btw. I took the legs off,took the inside rod out,made a wood dole the length i wanted to raise it and put it all back in.works great for me.only raises the back of the guitar,but i kinda like it that way.the dole needs to be just small enough to go inside the larger tube,to the top of the inside leg.Īctually the top of my knee is touching the apron. Your thighs should be parallel to the floor and your left heel should be on the floor to avoid 'stomping' the pedals.Ģ003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S/D-12 6圆, 1984 Sho-Bud S/D-12 7圆, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps If you have about 1" clearance between the top of your knee and the underside of the back apron of the guitar you will be able to fit under the guitar and use a vertical knee lever. But I think the best indicator is how you feel and how you can move your Ultra D-10, Airline 6-string lap Bell Do you think I need to raise the legs and get pedal rod extensions? JasonĬarter has a kit to determine the leg height.Contact them on their website. I am also about 4-5 inches taller than he was. My legs touch the bottom of the steel and hitting the RLR is really tough. I was looking at an old pic of my stepdad playing my Franklin s-10 and I noticed there is a clearance of about 3-5 inches from the top of his legs to the bottom of the steel. Your profile | join | preferences | help | search Classic country shuffle styles for Band-in-a-Box, by BIAB guru Jim Baron.