Clank! Clank! Drove me half nuts!

Rick Tyson · Post by **Rick Tyson** » 6 May 2003 9:18 am

Im sure all of us have had our days with problems with our beloved instruments, but yesterday was an all time bonner for me

I sat down at my beloved Carter ready for some serious practice for a show comming up. After about a minute of playing I herd a soft Clank from the end changer. I put my hand on the changer & engagued the A&B pedals & there it was CLANK! What was it? an old ball from a broken string? a sticking changer? After turning the steel up side down & observing the changer while pushing the pedals down I found nothing binding, no old ball ends, nothing loose on the changer & no CLANK! So it was on with practice. Then the damn CLANK! was back worse than ever when I used any of the pedals. It had to be a pull rod or cross rod binding somewhere so under the steel I went with a flashlight laying on my back & pushing the pedals with my hand. I could feel the clank in the pedals so I checked them out for somthing NOTHING!If I pushed the pedals very slowley there was nothing, but if I pushed them hard I could feel & hear a CLANK! but couldnt see anything wrong with the pull rods or cross shafts. I was now near my breaking point!!! I sat back on my seat and pumped the pedals as fast as I could & hard & there it was CLANK! CLANK! CLANK! What the *^%$# was it!
Finaly I laid my ear on the changer & hit the pedals & there it was comming from the changer, LOUD! & CLEAR! but what?
I got the flashlight & magnifying glass & carefully observed the changer NOTHING!!but that &^%$ CLANK comming from the changer end

By now I was really pi$$ed ready to adjust the Carter with a chainsaw!!practice time was all but gone now

& then I spoted the problem. How stupid could I have been. It took me 3 seconds to fix the problem.
Im too embarrased to tell ya all what it was.
Can anyone guess?

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 6 May 2003 9:25 am

Knee lever not swung down into position?

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 6 May 2003 9:41 am

Wrong string guage on the 10th String??

Billy Easton · Post by **Billy Easton** » 6 May 2003 9:43 am

You left the tuning wrench on the nylon nut?

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Billy Easton
Casa Grande, AZ
Southwestern Steel Guitar Association

Post by **Joey Ace** » 6 May 2003 9:47 am

A pedal rod was not hooked onto the proper spot on the guitar?

Bruce Derr · Post by **Bruce Derr** » 6 May 2003 9:49 am

Bell crank hooked to a real bell?

Jackie Anderson · Post by **Jackie Anderson** » 6 May 2003 9:55 am

String broken?

Larry Chung · Post by **Larry Chung** » 6 May 2003 10:38 am

There was a little-tiny elf sitting on the end of one of your return springs with a great big clank-hammer?

I think it's actually "Ring, ring, ring, went the trolley" instead of "clank-clank'?

(:
lc

Jan Dunn · Post by **Jan Dunn** » 6 May 2003 10:43 am

Pedal board not clamped tight to the legs? An unfastened belt buckle hitting a firearm concealed in your pants? Your earring hitting the aluminum neck? A faulty hearing aid? The ice cream man likes your practicing?

RON PRESTON · Post by **RON PRESTON** » 6 May 2003 10:49 am

#1 pedal rod in #3 slot, # 3 rod where 2 should be?......Well, come on now..WHAT???
You are Killin' me......

Martin Weenick · Post by **Martin Weenick** » 6 May 2003 11:31 am

What Billy E. said. Tuning wrench on nylon nut.

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Martin W. Emmons LG III 3/5 Peavy 1000

Rick Tyson · Post by **Rick Tyson** » 6 May 2003 11:36 am

Just a few more replys & Ill tell yall what it was.

Chas Friedman · Post by **Chas Friedman** » 6 May 2003 12:00 pm

Termites in your Pac-a-Seat?
(This is sort of like the "puzzlah" on Car Talk; maybe it should be a regular feature!)
chas

Ulf Edlund · Post by **Ulf Edlund** » 6 May 2003 12:38 pm

It has to be one of theese:
Your mobile phone was too close to your amp when you recieved a message?
Your long lost wrist-watch was stuck between two changer fingers?
A ladybug nesting in the return springs?

Uffe

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 6 May 2003 12:54 pm

Dropped fingerpick in it while in the case.
Or spare change.

Roy Ayres · Post by **Roy Ayres** » 6 May 2003 12:55 pm

If the noise was "RAP, RAP" rather than "CLANK, CLANK" I would think it was a roll of wRAPPING paper.

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 6 May 2003 12:59 pm

Ooh, I just love mysteries, don't you?

Post by **Joey Ace** » 6 May 2003 1:01 pm

CLANK Lyrics

Frank Estes · Post by **Frank Estes** » 6 May 2003 1:02 pm

BCT = Body Clank Technology???

Johan Jansen · Post by **Johan Jansen** » 6 May 2003 1:30 pm

The spare bar in the bar holder,attached to the leg?
Or your pittbull rabbit with the iron neckless tried to make love to your steelguitar?

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 6 May 2003 3:28 pm

Frank, that was a classic! (ROTFLMAO)

Now, if Rick was a cowboy, I'd say it was his spurs! (I played a few gigs years ago with boots and spurs.)

Jim Eaton · Post by **Jim Eaton** » 6 May 2003 3:36 pm

Volume Pedal hitting the pedal bar?
JE:-)>

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Fessenden SD-10 3/5
Session 400
Nashville 400
Bandit 112

Steve Feldman · Post by **Steve Feldman** » 6 May 2003 3:38 pm

Bad U-joint?

Paul King · Post by **Paul King** » 6 May 2003 4:27 pm

Maybe it was your pager vibrating up against your guitar. Stranger things have happened..

Kenny Foy · Post by **Kenny Foy** » 6 May 2003 4:35 pm

Wiggling pin out of the wobbling shaft! Clank Clank Clank- We have a winner!