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Topic: LDG problem - pls help |
Aaron Goldstein
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 24 Nov 2012 6:38 pm |
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Folks, I'm in a pickle. After a few years of bouncing between a number of different steels I've been recently touring with a 76 LDG (which I picked up on the forum). As fate would have it, I did my first string change on it tonight JUST before curtain at a gig. Barely even had time to tune before I had to vacate the stage.
Waited through the opening act and then got on stage to find that my A pedal will only raise 10 but not 5, B pedal raising 3 but not 6, C pedal doing nothing. Eb and F levers working. My lever which usually raises 1 and 2 is only raising 1. Just spent 60 minutes on stage living a complete nightmare trying to get through it. Sure it can argued that it forced me to think about my intervals and presented a new challenge to me, but I wasn't ready to learn that lesson tonight.
So on top of the fact that I'm on the road for the weekend and have to play another set tomorrow night in another town, we're apparently meant to go play another set at a club in town in about 2 hours. I know this is not a malfunction with the guitar but probably something I've done wrong during the restring. My old guitar was a Carter and I never had this problem.
Can anybody offer any insight into this problem? What can I do to fix this? Any insight appreciated! Nothing like a rookie problem like this to take you down a notch, know what I mean? Help! |
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Ray Anderson
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Jenkins, Kentucky USA
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Posted 24 Nov 2012 6:59 pm
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| Did you make sure they were the same gage strings that were on it before? Did you try the nylon tuning nuts on those in question? depress those pedals and see if there is movement at the nylons. That has to be a Bummer. |
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 24 Nov 2012 7:10 pm
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I'm almost thinking that somehow when you took the old strings off; the fingers of course release somewhat from the tension of the string holding the finger back to changer stop. So putting new strings on....somehow some fingers didn't return back to the stop...and so now can't be actuated???? I would look at all the fingers from underneath and see if they are all pushed back towards the endplate.
Ricky
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Aaron Goldstein
From:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 24 Nov 2012 7:37 pm
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I seem to have fixed it, it was a classic case of the tuning nuts being too tight and having nowhere to go. Loosened the strings in question, backed off the nuts, retuned, tuned the nuts, all is well. Embarassing that I had to sit through a gig without some key changes but happy that I'm now going to play the shit out of this thing on the late-night gig. Wish me luck!
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Larry Otis
From:
Napa, California, USA
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Posted 28 Nov 2012 10:06 pm
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| I have had that same problem and it was solved the same way you did it. Get those nuts too tight and its bad news. I noticed that as the fellow above mentioned that the fingers weren't lined up and I couldn't figure out why. I will say this......I'm fairly new to PSG and I have found you better have tools, parts and no small amount of courage because at times you have to get under the hood minutes before show time, say a prayer and go for it. I have actually learned more under duress than sitting around contemplating the possibilities. Glad you solved it! |
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