[HAM] Smooth Drawbars and Percussion.

[John Freund]

> Its possible to convert ratchet to smooth by using donor
> parts from an M3 plus some significant mods, but the C2 busbars are
> thinner than the C3s, so its not a perfectly smooth action.

Wouldn't appropriating the drawbar guides from the M help the fit?

> I'd suggest that you disassemble, clean and De-oxit your ratchet drawbars
> and play them for a month or so.  Once you get used to them they're quite
> nice.  The TrekII percussion sounds great and is a lot less work than
> going the AO-28 route.

Plus, some people (I might be one of them) think the AO-10 has it's own
thing, and in some ways sounds BETTER than the AO-28.

/John