| John
In January, when I put my Animas on, the G string made a sound that I described at the time as a "buzzing rattle" -- not tremendously loud, but audible and of course irritating.
I wrote to Nuno at Velvet Strings and they sent me a new one that does not rattle or buzz. Still does not. (But I also undertook a study of what might cause the rattling sound and read that the angle of the notch in my bass' nut for the G string may also have been at least part of the problem -- in any event, problem solved).
In your case, it seems the buzz-rattle started like out of the blue and must have been the Call of the Dying Anima. The coincidence in the way you described that sound made me think it might also be something about Animas in general...
Bill | 
