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Topic: Odd knob on Rick? |
Rockne Riddlebarger
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Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2013 8:46 am |
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I happened to see this photo on the internet and noticed an odd knob located near the tuning pans of this Rick D8, anybody know what it might be for? A photo of the bottom of the steel showed nothing added or out of the usual.
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 24 Feb 2013 12:25 pm
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Maybe it's a strap lock? 
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John Billings
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2013 1:22 pm
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| No clue as to it's function, but, on zooming in, it looks like the knurled barrel of a Tele knob, drilled out, and held in place by either a flathead wood or machine screw. The screwdriver slot is quite obvious. |
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Rockne Riddlebarger
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Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2013 2:57 pm
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Thanks for replying guys....I doubt if it's a strap lock, that D8 would be pretty unweildy on a strap, plus it has legs, just not in this photo. It is definately a knurled knob with a very prominent screw slot like you say. I repair guitars and steels and can't fathom a guess what it might be, I've also seen dozens of Rick steel photos and guitars and have never seen another with this...it must be an owner addition of some kind. I wonder if it was added as some kind of a handle to help lift it out of the case?
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William Hoff
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2013 3:23 pm
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| I wonder if it was to hold a tubular slide steel? |
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Peter den Hartogh
From:
Cape Town, South Africa
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Posted 24 Feb 2013 3:30 pm
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Maybe to hold the string to hang a pouch with bars and picks over the edge over the wooden end plate?
That will keep the small tuner buttons and the tuner pan knobs free. |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 24 Feb 2013 4:40 pm Wasn't that question resolved a short while back?
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I seem to recall someone here on the SGF supplying an explanation about that item........and that was:
It was mounting post for a home-made music stand?  |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2013 5:24 pm
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Ray,
That was what I was thinking too. |
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Billy Tonnesen
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R.I.P., Buena Park, California
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Posted 24 Feb 2013 10:58 pm
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I will go with Ray's explanation.
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