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Topic: BMI suddenly got hard to play................ |
Jerry Hayes
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Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 26 Dec 2010 10:31 am |
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I just worked gig(s) last weekend and the guitar was OK but when I brought it out of the van and into the house on Christmas Eve it was hard to play. Most of the pedals seem OK but for some reason the B pedal was hard to push. It's a 12 stringer with 3 G# strings but it's alway worked pretty easy but not now, anyone have any ideas what might have caused this?
I did have it broken down and in the case. I usually just leave it set up as I have a lot of room in my music van but I had a gig in Georgia and had to put in the case so it wasn't setting upright like it usually is..........JH in Va.
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Kevin Hatton
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Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 26 Dec 2010 12:50 pm
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| Check for a dead cat stuck in the undercarriage. |
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Paul Sutherland
From:
Placerville, California
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Posted 26 Dec 2010 2:51 pm
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| I have no experience with BMIs, but I'd check the changer carefully looking for a broken string end ball; or a dead cat. |
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Dave Yustin
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Vermont, USA
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Posted 26 Dec 2010 6:11 pm BMI's
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| I play a BMI. Check between the changer fingers for anything obvious like a piece of broken string or obstruction. Also, since you had it broken down, check the pedal bar. The pedals are held in alignment by the plates screwed on on both the left and right side of the pedals. Check to make sure they haven't gotten loose as they can slide to one side or the other. If one is way out of alignment, it can pull hard. You can adjust alignment by loosening the screw on the plates, and sliding the pedals left or right on their axle. Then replace the plate and tighten it down. Then check where the B pedal rod hooks onto the actuator under the guitar for proper attachment. |
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 27 Dec 2010 7:49 am
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Thanks to everyone (except Kevin  ) for the replies. I finally got it working where it feels pretty good. I couldn't see or find anything stuck in the changer so I just lubricated it good with 3 in one oil. On the pedals themselves there are three holes for making the leverage short, medium and long. I moved it to the middle (medium) hole and it feels very good now and works as easily as the other 7 pedals which are on the short pull...Thanks again (except Kevin )....JH in Va.
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Don't matter who's in Austin (or anywhere else) Ralph Mooney is still the king!!! |
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Mike Taylor
From:
Wetumpka, AL
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Posted 27 Dec 2010 8:34 am
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Jerry..
I know the perfect way to fix it.. get an Emmons P/P..
Mike |
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 27 Dec 2010 1:08 pm
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Mike, I'm a modern guy and can't live in the past like some of you guys........ 
That said, I was really just kiddin', I had the chance to have an Emmons S-12 at one point and waited to long to get it. One year I was heading to St. Louis to Scotty's Convention and stopped by Billy Cooper's Steel Shop on the way. He had in stock a S-12 Emmons P/P with 7 FP and 5 KL set up in a Universal tuning. I was really hot about getting it but thought I'd just go on to the convention and get it but when I stopped by on the way back it was GONE!! I should've put a deposit on it but I didn't and I've kicked myself in the butt quite a few times for losing that baby! The Emmons P/P sound is about as good as it gets.
The same thing happened to me at Scotty's one year. In the consignment room they had a ShoBud S-12, blue birdseye finish with 7 & 5. I went to find my wife and came back an hour later and it was sold and would be on it's way to Sweden or somewhere like that. I think that if I see something I want from now on I'm just gonna buy it and suffer the consequences later...........JH in VA.
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