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Remove the screw, slide some toothpicks into the hole, snap the ends off flush, reinstall the screw. Use enough toothpicks for a snug fit.

If it comes loose after that, it’ll be time for a pro repair. But toothpicks will solve the problem 9 times out of 10.

The switch contact pads must be clean and free from corrosion. And if the little switch contact arms get bent at all, it won't work properly. There's a fine balance. You can get some fine sand paper (2000 grit) and just run it back and forth a few times between each contact pad. Flip it around to ge...

The foam rings do have a bit of adhesive to keep them in place on the bottom of the pickup. If they've been heavily compressed, it's possible that new foam rings may be needed. But it's also worth noting that you sometimes need to give them some time to expand when raising the pickup. If you raise t...

Thank you all. My other Ric's do not suffer this problem like this particular 330. Maybe it's just the way this guitar vibrates the wood. Hey Collin, is it fair to assume that the 330 would maintain its characteristic "Ricky" tone with the M5 Mastery bridge ? I see that the bridge cover i...

Another Mastery Bridge user here. I had a hard time deciding whether or not to try this thing, so hopefully this info can help those who are making the same decision I did about 3 years ago. The problems I was having with the stock bridge were: The height adjustment screws would shift and cause the ...

bcrick12 wrote:Mine exploded tonight. 1990 360-12 FG OS

Oh no. Pics of the damage? What happened?

I’ve been using Gibson pump polish on my ‘92 360/6 JG for about 17 years now. No issues with the finish. I use the Gibson pump polish to clean off the guitar body and fingerboard most times I change strings.

Hi fiveightandten --- did you ever try posting an ad for that super-hot High Gain in the Marketplace - For Sale section of the RRF ? ? There just might be Ric owners, on the Forum, who are in bands that play that type of music, that someone might just be looking for a deep low end, gainy sound. I w...

Better late than never...a bit of an update on this. I unwound the bridge pickup by hand and it worked out beautifully. I wound it down to 9.5K, and the sound is MUCH better. I can actually hear something other than low end! I haven't touched the neck pickup, as that one is so hot it'll take some wo...

I have the same issue with my early 90's 620/6. It had a very slight back bow that got a little worse, and that little bit made a notable difference in the playability. I decided to try and pull it with some heavy gauge strings, so I put 13s on the guitar, and gradually tuned it up to pitch over the...

My '92 360 has a similar thing going on, though not as bad as that. It really hasn't gotten any worse in quite some time. It's purely cosmetic. I'd just play the guitar, until it gets bad enough to bother you. That will probably take a while. Alternatively, you could have a luthier do a spot repair ...

Just as an update, apologies I never got around to posting sound clips. But I picked up some toasters, and switched pickups around a bit. I took both fiber tops out of the 620. In the bridge, I put the high gain out of my 360, and in the neck, I put a toaster. MUCH better! I put a 500K volume pot in...

Are these pickups fiber-tops by any chance? The top of the bobbin being a flat, matte finished fiberboard. The neck pickup of the pair was wound super hot, 15K sounds about right. They may not be your cup of tea but believe it or not there are players out there looking for fiber-top hi-gains. Maybe...

I forgot to say that the coil on the other pickup opened up and had to be rewound anyway. Here is a little known tidbit: the alnico slugs in the scatterwound 7.4 kohm toasters, due to the iron content in the magnet, will increase the inductance of the pickup. The bar magnet, being composite, does n...

Yeah. Sell the hi-gains and put toasters in the guitar. :wink: I have toasters in my 360 and love them. But I want a different sound out of this guitar. Also, i'm sorry, but toasters are insanely overpriced these days. They're literally twice as much as they were when I bought them for my 360. They...