'The Case of the Vanishing Spacers'!
Posted: 16 Nov 2002 10:17 pm
How's this for stupidity?
As will become apparent, I'm pretty hopeless with all things mechanical, but this didn't stop me from attempting to 'switch' a couple of C6 pulls on my LeGrande.
I disconnected the rods from the bell cranks and, without looking what I was doing, unscrewed the plastic tuners at the changer end. I withdrew the rods (STILL without looking!), relocated them where I wanted to (I was changing my 4th pedal pulls, by the way), and started to re-locate the plastic tuners. It was at this point that I realised I'd forgotten about the short, unthreaded 'spacers' that go up against the 'changer'.
I searched the 'work-area' (the living room!) and couldn't find either of them - not on the floor, the table, or anywhere else. They HAD to be on there when I started, or the pedal wouldn't have worked...
I called Ron Jr. - he thinks they've fallen into the changer (obviously, the guitar was upside-down at the time), but I can't see anything, as it's all so confined in there. He's sending me some more, but I'm worried about what will become of the two 'strays'!!!
Has anyone done anything quite as dumb as this themselves, and are there any suggestions?
Thank you.....
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Roger Rettig
As will become apparent, I'm pretty hopeless with all things mechanical, but this didn't stop me from attempting to 'switch' a couple of C6 pulls on my LeGrande.
I disconnected the rods from the bell cranks and, without looking what I was doing, unscrewed the plastic tuners at the changer end. I withdrew the rods (STILL without looking!), relocated them where I wanted to (I was changing my 4th pedal pulls, by the way), and started to re-locate the plastic tuners. It was at this point that I realised I'd forgotten about the short, unthreaded 'spacers' that go up against the 'changer'.
I searched the 'work-area' (the living room!) and couldn't find either of them - not on the floor, the table, or anywhere else. They HAD to be on there when I started, or the pedal wouldn't have worked...
I called Ron Jr. - he thinks they've fallen into the changer (obviously, the guitar was upside-down at the time), but I can't see anything, as it's all so confined in there. He's sending me some more, but I'm worried about what will become of the two 'strays'!!!
Has anyone done anything quite as dumb as this themselves, and are there any suggestions?
Thank you.....
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Roger Rettig
I hear they will usually fall out if you shake the guitar really good.Also I have had to fish them out with the small allen wrench.Get the guitar up on a work bench or table.Break out the flash light.They'll turn up.