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Topic: Bakelites with metal rod in neck, post-war? |
Al Terhune
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Newcastle, WA
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Posted 12 May 2010 6:53 am |
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I've read that "to improve" the early bakelites, Rickenbacker inserted a metal rod into the later model necks. Does anyone have an opinion on this? Did it improve anything, take anything away? I'm interested in getting a bakelite, and Rick Aiello has convinced me that the debate between 1.5 and 1.25 pickups is baloney (not his word), so pre-war/post-war guitar isn't that big of a deal to me...comments are welcome on that take, however.
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 12 May 2010 6:55 am
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Where did you read this? I've never heard of this before.
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Al Terhune
From:
Newcastle, WA
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Posted 12 May 2010 7:13 am
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Well, I hope I didn't dream it. I've got several sites bookmarked at home, so I'll look that up this evening to locate the site.
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Al Terhune
From:
Newcastle, WA
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Posted 12 May 2010 7:24 am
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Link to Google Books.
Sorry for the long link. I don't know if this will take you to the page, but on page 31 they talk about post-war bakelites having the metal put into the necks to "make them more rigid" to compensate for tuning problems.
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J. Wilson
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Manitoba, Canada
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Posted 12 May 2010 4:19 pm
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No you didn't dream it. I've read it on Ebay and at the historical Rickenbacker site as well. Back in the day the necks were subject to breaking. The truss rod was a way to deal with this. I've never heard whether it affected the sound though.
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 12 May 2010 5:19 pm
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There wasn't a rod in my '47 when the neck got broke. It had the "T" logo on the head stock. Any info on when they did the rod thing? Never heard of it before.
Possibly the very late necks had them (?)
Derrick Mau has a very late 7 string bakelite, with a console type logo plate on the head stock. It had a plastic phony cover where the usual magnets would be. (strange) It has on of my pickups in it now. |
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