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  • May 19, 2009 at 10:52 am #78261
    countrypaul
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    My Russian Small Stone died yesterday, it was working in bypass mode but as soon as I engaged the effect it just went silent.

    Up until now It had been working fine, although the effect sometimes took a little while to come through first time I switched on (or I could turn the rate right up & back down again & then it would be fine)

    I lived with these weird ticks as it was pretty much my favourite pedal, even if it was a slightly rusty old thing I got 2nd hand,

    I took the back off, (don’t ask me why I have no idea what I’m looking at) but thought if it was dead obvious I might be able to fix it.

    As far as I could tell everything looked joined up except a green wire which came out behind the input but didn’t seem attached to anything at it’s other end,

    & for some reason the rate knob has now come loose & is turning all the way round?

    It seems I’m doing it more harm than good so I was hoping that if it was something that was reasonably simple to fix someone could give me some pointers,

    I don’t really want to just give up on it & throw it away, although I will probably get a new NYC Small stone (classic rather than nano, just prefer the classic shape if I can get one) as I need a reliable phaser.

    May 19, 2009 at 10:58 am #96839
    The EH Man
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    As far as I could tell everything looked joined up except a green wire which came out behind the input but didn’t seem attached to anything at it’s other end,

    That wire is your input signal. It should connect to the footswitch. If it’s hanging loose, that’s your problem.

    May 20, 2009 at 2:18 pm #96875
    countrypaul
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    Thanks for that, I thought the loose green wire probably wasn’t a very good sign!

    (I tried to upload a picture here but my file was too big)

    You will have to excuse my ignorance here, you say the green wire should run to the footswitch, I can’t see where exactly it has come away from so I’m not sure where it needs to go to.

    The green wire has a little silver plate with a round hole in it I assume this is to attach it to something, but where on the footswitch does this need to attach to & how?

    Is it simply a case of soldering it on?

    I’ve been looking on the web for photo’s showing how these are wired & I can only find wiring schematics (that I don’t understand) or photo’s of the circuit board that don’t show where this wire goes to,

    I don’t want to give up on this pedal & if I could fix it simply (with the aid of my brothers soldering iron & a screwdriver!) that would be great, not really sure where to get it fixed otherwise & it would be good to know how, in case it happens again.

    With regard the now loose Rate Knob, I assume if I take it off then its fitting can simply be tightened up.

    Your patience & help is appreciated!

    May 20, 2009 at 2:21 pm #96876
    The EH Man
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    A better description always helps. The metal ring is usually attached to the bottom plate via a screw, not the footswitch.
    It’s not going to make a difference on whether it works or not.

    May 31, 2009 at 8:11 am #97198
    devnulljp
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    Is it a green or a black one?
    This flickr set might help
    Even if it doesn’t, try setting up a flickr (or photobucket or imageshack) account so you can link hi-res images to your posts.
    Good luck.

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