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Hi Darrell -

Welcome - and lucky you. Sweet guitar.

All those parts can be found - depends on whether you want to replace the missing parts with 1964 era parts, or reissues.

Pickguardian.com has pickguards. Rickenbacker.com with have the tremolo arm, or Pick of the Ricks or one of the other ...

I once owned a 330 '59 Capri that definitely had a mahogany top. Fireglo. Man, bought that thing for $1200. And this was only '98. I think it had been hanging in the store a loooong time. It had tail lift on it though, but pro repaired. Anyway - love looking at these old Capris. I wish the Beatles ...

Just a quick apology - I didn't mean to hi-jack a thread with my windbagging, or act like I was the ethics police regarding restorations. I was rude and out of place to rain on Ron (and Larry's) celebratory moment and I apologize for that or jumping the gun. I think my response was very honest upon ...

Nice guitar. I hope Rickenbacker reissues these at some point - that is, the late 50's Capri's. It seems a good options considering their high collectibility and value.

I frankly loved the look of the original guitar - age a trapeze tailpiece, age some TV knobs, get miscellaneous parts, and the ...

Thanks guys. I don't have injection molding equiptment, so that's not an option. Not sure cutting them from vulcanized fiberboard is going to yield a nice result either. I'm sure I'll find some broken toasters at some point - no rush, since it's just for fun.

I think these are all great options, Bob. It could be a bunch of different things. I would remove the pickguard and the pickup and move wires around and see what happens. If it's the pickup itself, it will have to be repaired. An internal short could be intermittent, or this could be a sign of a ...

I'm sure they're unobtanium, but I'd like to wind up some handwound coils without having to ruin the windings in my scatterwounds on my c58. Anyone know where to source toaster bobbins? Can anyone confirm if aftermarket pickup bobbins will fit a traditional toaster.

The purpose of my asking is ...

I'm sorry to hear about this Dusan. I've had so many things ruined it's not even funny. Headstocks snapped, recording equipment, you name it. It makes you feel helpless. And FedEx or UPS, same difference - they will do all they can to avoid paying. Whatever you do, don't get a repair estimate - they ...

Please do! Watching this thread with interest...

Hi Bob -

Simply heat up a 10-15 watt soldering iron. Set your c58 on a sturdy, clean table and remove the pickguard. Cover the topside of the pickguard with a polishing cloth and fold it back. The polishing cloth is there to prevent the knobs scratching the finish and any solder spits. There will ...

Hi folks -

Thought I'd post a link to a Youtube vid of myself, test driving my new Rick. I got it about a week ago off Ebay. Some of you may remember me posting a while back about hankering for one - had a 325v63 as a teenager - played if for ten years, and sold it. I'm 31 now, still big time into ...

Haha...good one!

Yeah, I've always really liked the playing on these recordings - it's just balls to the wall rock and roll. It's a great album where John's rhythm work is really up in the mix. It's a LOUD, live performance, unlike those later seen on TV, where the mixes were more subdued. And as a ...

Well, yes, I think accurate measurements would be necessary. Of course. I also think a trained eye could discern between gauges. That is, perhaps a micrometer if used correctly is the best way of measuring, but I am able after years of working with pickups, to tell different wire guages by eye ...

Hi folks -

From pics I've seen, it looks like John is plugged into a '61-62 Brownface "Concert" or "Bandmaster". George is plugged into a '61 Piggyback Blonde "Tremolux". Paul is plugged into a single 15 Blonde "Showman". As I read, these were supposedly the house amps at that time. Quite high ...

Paul -

Awesome - thanks for clarifying that. 44 gauge it is. I feel better now. :) Intersting that the wire is green.

Danelectro used a 38 gauge green wire. I've never been able to find it. The green could be oxidation too. You might try taking off a few hundred wraps, sanding off the insulation ...