<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  RIc</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Thanks , you said it better than I do.  I concur with your reg parameters as well.  Not much wiggle room.  </EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>   One of the first things we do is regulate & an existing note in pre tear down.  Huge clues  about action ratio & parts/capstan use are gained in 5 minutes.  I also use spurlocks simple but elegant action ration finder as listed in his web site.  Every tech should have one.  2 minutes & you know your action ratio quite closely.</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Cheers</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Dale</EM></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Whenever you find short dip & long blow the action  ratio is high"<BR><BR>If you stop and think about this for a second its perhaps not so trivial <BR>as it at first may seem.  Dip and blow, along with letoff  and <BR>aftertouch are critical determinants in getting an action to feel and <BR>respond acceptable.  And there is not one heck of a lot of manuvering <BR>room really before things get weirded out.  Personally, I opt for <BR>keeping dip between 9.8 and 10.2, blow at 46-47 and letoff between <BR>1.5-2.5 mm graduated from the bass and aftertouch on the light side..  <BR>With these in mind it doesnt take much thought to realize that in order <BR>to keep these in line you dont have all that much manuvering room. <BR>Assuming we take balance rail pin positions as given... you have <BR>basically knuckle size and placement and capstan position to effect <BR>changes with.<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>