Problem tape

[thebarguest]

Is the tape stiff to wind "by finger" at the problem position?

If so, you could try loosening all the screws on the cassette by a 
few turns to see if that works.....



--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "bty997881" <roger.carruthers@...> wrote:
>
> I am but a single tape away from returning my first batch of 'The 
400', but this last tape is 
> proving to be a right bastard.
>  Although there's no visible damage, the tape will not play all the 
way through, despite 
> having been re-housed three times, numerous rewinds, and having 
tried it in three different 
> machines - a Denon, a Tascam and a Marantz. The Marantz actually 
managed to get all the 
> way through one side, but cannot play the other.
> It's very odd, because there is no damage that you can see, but 
somehow the tape becomes 
> very reluctant to move in the middle section and eventually grinds 
to a halt. It doesn't appear 
> to be contaminated in any way ( I once had a box of tapes that got 
covered in olive oil after 
> an emergency stop in a VW camper, and boy were they difficult to 
play ;-) ), and the spools 
> appear to be evenly wound.
> 
>  So should I give up on this one (tape 080 , 21.5.79, btw) and 
return them to Rocker, or does 
> anyone have any suggestions? 
> cheers
> Roger
>