I believe in magic

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2017/06/10 22:04:56 (permalink)

I believe in magic

This morning, I got up, plugged in and nothing worked as it should.
 
My GR20 had a new hiss. Sonar wouldn't record.
 
Since then I have fixed both because I'm jeeneus.
 
https://www.ssguitar.com/index.php?topic=1712.0
 
I read this and disassembled the gr20 hoping to take photos of parts I would buy to try to solder in and fix it.
 
I found some bent parts while I had it all in pieces and straightened them.
 
After reassembling, the static is gone. I'm guessing I bent the parts stomping on it while at my last jam.
 
And Sonar works fine after removing my Alpha Track from the Controllers list.
 
Total spent: $0
 
:-)

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    tlw
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    Re: I believe in magic 2017/06/11 03:37:39 (permalink)
    Many years ago I had the (manual gear change) clutch in the car I had at the time jam solid. I got into it one morning, switched on, pressed the clutch to put it in gear and the clutch pedal couldn't be moved at all.

    So I tried cracking open the hydraulics thinking the problem might be one of the hydraluc cylinders. Nope. No jet of compressed fluid, nothing. And even with the hydraulics empty the operating lever the hydraulics push on to open the clutch still couldn't be shifted.

    So I bit the bullet and started stripping the entire clutch assembly down. This not being the easiest of things to get at, and messy to put it mildly. Plates fine. Springs fine. Everything measured as it should, no wear, looked perfect. Dismantled it completely to check a shim hadn't creased. Nope.

    So I put it all back together again using the parts I'd just dismantled and........ it worked.

    Sometimes all it needs to fix something is to take it apart and put it together again.

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    Re: I believe in magic 2017/06/11 03:52:24 (permalink)
    Wow...that's the first time I've heard of someone rebooting a transmission!

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    Re: I believe in magic 2017/06/11 10:36:19 (permalink)
    tlw
    Many years ago I had the (manual gear change) clutch in the car I had at the time jam solid. I got into it one morning, switched on, pressed the clutch to put it in gear and the clutch pedal couldn't be moved at all.

    So I tried cracking open the hydraulics thinking the problem might be one of the hydraluc cylinders. Nope. No jet of compressed fluid, nothing. And even with the hydraulics empty the operating lever the hydraulics push on to open the clutch still couldn't be shifted.

    So I bit the bullet and started stripping the entire clutch assembly down. This not being the easiest of things to get at, and messy to put it mildly. Plates fine. Springs fine. Everything measured as it should, no wear, looked perfect. Dismantled it completely to check a shim hadn't creased. Nope.

    So I put it all back together again using the parts I'd just dismantled and........ it worked.

    Sometimes all it needs to fix something is to take it apart and put it together again.

    This is true with a lot of things in life.
    Sometimes you have to start at the beginning, to figure out why the end isn't working.

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    Re: I believe in magic 2017/06/11 11:05:00 (permalink)
    tlw
    Sometimes all it needs to fix something is to take it apart and put it together again.



    ...and try not to worry about the 3 leftover screws you have.

    I'm off to see the Wibble, the wonderful Wibble of Wobble
     
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    Re: I believe in magic 2017/06/11 11:20:11 (permalink)
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    tlw
    Sometimes all it needs to fix something is to take it apart and put it together again.



    ...and try not to worry about the 3 leftover screws you have.



    As long as you don't hear one of those screws in the laser printer you have just reassembled...

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    Re: I believe in magic 2017/06/11 19:18:59 (permalink)
    Even better,
     
    One night I had a dream that I went to the local petrol station and bought a "scratchcard."
     
    The next morning, just for the helluvit, I stopped at the neighborhood station and picked a scratchcard from the myriad of choices.
     
    I won $100.
     
    I haven't had a dream like that since.
     
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    Re: I believe in magic 2017/06/12 16:04:19 (permalink)
    I had a day like that last week. So many things didn't work right that I considered going back to bed.
     
    One of those things was a new hiss in my speakers. My new QSCs that I love, partly because they're so quiet. Turned off the mixer, the hiss diminished but was still unacceptably loud. I began to panic. Do I still have the shipping cartons they came in? Should I tear them down myself or send them to the factory? What will QSC charge me for a new amplifier module? If I take them apart or send them away, what am I going to use for this weekend's gig?
     
    Then I walked around to the back of the speaker and discovered that the volume control had been bumped in transport after the previous gig and was set to its maximum rotation. Brought it back to 12 o'clock where I normally run it and all was well.
     
    Then I sat down with a sense of relief and pulled up SONAR. There was a crackling noise in the right speaker. My treasured Emotivas. I began to panic. Do I still have the shipping cartons they came in? Should I tear them down myself or send them to the factory? What will Emotiva charge me for a new amplifier module? Do I even want to keep these speakers if the quality is so poor that they fail in less than a year?
     
    Then I swapped the left and right XLR cables. The crackling moved to the other side. I remembered that I'd bought these TRS-to-XLR cables from PartsExpress.com because they were ten bucks apiece, so if they worked out it would be a great bargain and a great source for future cable purchases. I'd forgotten that I'd been dubious, forgotten it was an experiment. Replaced the cables, and all was well again. Note to self: ten-dollar cables are like marked-down tuna sandwiches; ya takes yer chances.
     
     


    All else is in doubt, so this is the truth I cling to. 

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    Re: I believe in magic 2017/06/12 17:00:36 (permalink)
    Home studios are scary places. There is a lot of money riding on faith and good luck. 
    I am so happy to not except clients anymore. Murphy's law requires that something will only break when someone is breathing down your neck. And for live gigs I make sure I have redundancy for each piece of gear. 

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    Re: I believe in magic 2017/06/13 11:08:36 (permalink)
    Cactus Music
    There is a lot of money riding on faith and good luck. 



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