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Topic: A pedal not returning all the way |
Joseph Smith
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United Kingdom
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Posted 22 Nov 2013 3:47 pm |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 22 Nov 2013 4:46 pm
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The guitar may just need to be lubed. Also check for any binding in the pull train.
Also, the pedal that raises 4 & 5 is still called the C pedal no matter if it is your first or 3rd pedal.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 22 Nov 2013 6:06 pm
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Check for a ball end in the changer
Also, will lifting up with the toe help?
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Bobby D. Jones
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West Virginia, USA
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Posted 22 Nov 2013 7:00 pm A pedal not returning all the way
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| If you have the pedal rod attachment that uses a round ball on the pedal and the spring loaded slide clip on the rod end. Check the sleeve that slides down and captures the ball. Some of these sleeves have a slot that must fit over the shaft to the ball or they will lock the pedal down with the spring tension on the sleeve. It could be lack of lube in some place in the linkage. Good Luck in finding the problem and a cure. |
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James Jacoby
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 23 Nov 2013 2:10 am
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| I was having that "ball end in the changer" problem, Lane, with my Carter S-10.I saw where one guy solved the problem by tieing a thread through the ball end and leaving a few inches hanging out . Looks kinda messy, but it sure makes it easier to remove the ball ends. I don't have threads on all my strings, yet. I just add one whenever I break a string that doesn't have one. It helps cosmetically to match the color of the guitar with the color of the thread. I sometimes used to waste a half hour, or more getting one of those pesky little things out of my changer! My Carter used to gobble up those things, and you couldn't even see them down in there. I tried holding the steel upside down, and shaking it, magnets, tweezers---- everything I could think of! The only thing that worked for me, was the threads! |
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Tony Glassman
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The Great Northwest
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Posted 23 Nov 2013 8:46 am
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Taking a step-wise aproach to isolating the problem would be my recommendation
PEDAL: Disconnect the pedal rod and see if the pedal moves freely on its own
PEDAL-ROD: With the pedal disconnected, pull the rod down by hand and see it it turns the cross-shaft smoothly
CROSS-SHAFT: Loosen the tuning (plastic) nuts completely. Does the shaft turn smoothly?
PULL-ROD: Now that the tuners are loosened, do the pull-rods pass freely through the bell-crank? and through the changer finger?
CHANGER-FINGER: If all else fails, remove the return spring, raise-helper springs, string and pull-rod. Check both the changer-finger "raise" and "lower" arms for free and normal movement.
STRING-ENDS: Place a little piece of soft foam behind (and slightly below) the string ball-ends of the changer. The broken string remnant will be blocked from falling between your changer fingers by the foam. |
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