The Steel Guitar Forum

Can someone snap a pic for me and send it to my email address? Thanks.

If you'd send me one, I'll make a picture of it for you in return

I need to search... I should even have a drawing with the exact dimension somewhere. The knobs are nowhere to be found.

... J-D.

Mike, check your email.

If any you woodworkers want to make some ... I always thought a nice brown/black veiny wood (you can see I'm an expert ... ) would be cool.

The dimensions are ...

8 sides ... with a triangle pointer on one face ...

Each face is 3/8" from the apex of the knob.

Each face is 5/16" wide.

The height of one face is 5/16".

The height to the apex is 7/16"

The faces extend to the apex as trangular facets.

The triangular pointer is an equalateral triangle ... each side is 1/8" ... sits dead center to one face ...

Hole fits a solid shaft potentiometer.

If anybody decides to make up some ... count me in for a few


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One photo I have shows a knob identical to the early Bakelite, one knob models; 8 side knob with raised center point.
The knobs for 1934, 1940 and 1950 vary.
The 1934 knobs appears to be like the one mentioned above while the 1940's knob looks more like a Philco Radio knob; and, the 1950's model showing a knob that looks like the knobs on the PANDA Bakelite of that era.

Found this in an old tackle box under my workbench:

Came from an old Epiphone Model M<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Mike Neer on 26 March 2004 at 09:43 PM.]</p></FONT>

That's the one! Drawn on the original Fry Pan patent......no less.

My file labelling habits suck and I don't know if this is a Rick, an Excel, or a ShoBud.

It's a Rick, Jon... just the knobs aren't.
Mike Neer's picture depicts the correct knob, also found on early B models with volume control only. I have never seen these used one volume and tone control models, they featured the later "flying saucer"-type knobs.
IF anybody has one of these knobs, I'd be a buyer, BTW.
I think that we ought to be able to reproduce these too.
I have never found a replacement offered by NOS suppliers for radio and/or amp antique dealers.

... J-D.

Here's one on a Supro "Poor Man's Frypan"

Like tuning machines (metal butterbean, white plastic, 3 on a strip, loners) ... Rickenbacher used whatever was around at the time.

These octagonals were widely available in the early to mid '30s. They are found on many of Rickenbacher's "competitors" ...

I found a slightly larger octagonal somewhere ... have it on frypan alongside its little brother (as a tone).

Octagonal knobs, "arrow/pointer" knobs, flying saucer knobs... these changes were certainly driven by mass availability.



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These are up on ebay right now. You've got one day left. I'm not going to post the auction because it's still live - but I'm sure you can find them.

Kerry



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Thanks Kerry, but athough similar, these are not the ones Rickenbacher used. They should beveled surfaces should be flat.

... J-D.

>>Octagonal knobs, "arrow/pointer" knobs, flying saucer knobs... these changes were certainly driven by mass availability.

Rick, I have a chrome plate B with the usual 1 1/8" arrow/pointer tone knob but a larger 1 1/2" arrow/pointer volume knob. Have you seen this combination before?

I have 3 "arrow knob" B6s (one under serious repair right now) ...

All are 1 1/8" at the base ... on opposite plates.



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If you have a copy (or there's a music store nearby where you can "browse" the music books)of Scotty's "Basic Non Pedal C6 Lap Steel Method" published by Mel Bay, there's a pic of Scotty's 1932 Frypan on the front cover. The volume knob shows up pretty well.

Mike

CORRECTION!!!
I was hanging out at Scotty's a couple of days ago, and I mentioned this post. He advised me that the knob on his '32 Fry Pan was NOT the original knob! He said that Jerry Byrd had traded him out of the original knob some years ago. See what I get for making assumptions!<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Mike Harmon on 10 April 2004 at 08:35 PM.]</p></FONT>