volume/tone knobs for rickenbacher, supro/valco/national

Jayson Makar · Post by **Jayson Makar** » 26 May 2009 8:51 am

Looking for flying saucer tone knob for a Rickenbacher bakelite, as well as what I think is a dakaware knob that is commonly seen on the valco/national guitars of the time. In this case I am looking for a circa 52 dynamic. Any help tracking one or both of these items would be very much appreciated.
Thanks,
Jay

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 27 May 2009 7:04 am

Jay, this is probably the closest you'll get to the Rickenbacker knobs:
http://www.ccpickups.co.uk/pickups.html
Here's a US source for the same.

I see the National/Valco knobs on eBay auctions pretty regularly. Remember to search for National, Supro, and Valco.

Good luck on your search!

Jayson Makar · Post by **Jayson Makar** » 28 May 2009 8:03 am

Thanks for your reply, Brad. I will keep an eye on Ebay. Thanks as well for links to the Charlie Christian sites. I seem to remember seeing a posting somewhere on this site mentioning a source for the flying saucers, either NOS or modern reproductions...I'll keep looking!

Jayson Makar · Post by **Jayson Makar** » 3 Jun 2009 7:56 am