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Being a precision mechanic maybe I can help: From counting the threads the M3 is about 10mm long. So the original screw seems to be the same length. A M3 has 50,8 threads per inch. Adding the tip, yours has about 16 threads for 10mm. That means 40 threads per inch. Now threre are some possibilities,...

Cadmium is evil, Cadmium products are, too:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadmium_oxide

Maybe here we go:

https://www.thomannmusic.com/rickenback ... string.htm

Merry Christmas!

Here is a very good video for explanation what double/ single action means: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad8nqm5qP6A So :The "usual" rods of a Rickenbacker are single action. Most Rickenbackers made 1960 and later have double truss rod necks. That means two of them. It is not the same l...

You're right - it is a curved and glued in piece of wood. To be exactly: two of them.

John Hall is explaining it (and tons of other things) during a factory tour:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEuqgZzKxC4

You just have to connect the lugs of the cap with a wire - then it is bypassed. To measure the PU you can plug a normal cable into the instrument, open volume and tone completely, select via the switch only this pu and measure the resistance at the other end of the cable. - Done in a few minutes wit...

Tons of input, great!

BTW: The "Old Capri" had just one truss rod and an unfinished fretboard.
- Maybe that was the same time they used ovangkol? These little "cheeks" at the headstock were during those days, too.

I think they didn't went back to ovangkol. After that it was walnut - like Your example - and then there was a change to walnut. Later they switched over to stained maple. Unfortunately there are not much informations around - or I don't know them. All in all Rickenbacker is famous for a special kin...

Another question:
Do You own this heartbreaking rest of a 365?

Are you absolutely certain that the center strip was ovangkol? ... Ouch! :shock: - Quite, yes. There were guitars with ovangkol in the 50s, about 1960 there was a change to walnut, AFAIK. Today RIC is using stained maple - said JH in an interview of a factory tour filmed by premier guitar. The 1958...

BTW: Does somebody have informations about the back? Some guitars had plywood (what kind of?). Judging from pictures others have solid backs (again: what kind of wood?). Another question is this strange bar insinde the guitar that is visible when you remove the pick guard. A '58 360 I saw does not h...

What I found out:

The middle stripe is ovangkol and the fretboard is made of padouk.

Ovangkol is the name here in my region for shedua - some more information about:
https://www.rarewoodsusa.com/product/shedua-9/

Directly asked: Do You want to build a capri?

The 325 C 58 has an alder neck, yes.

The 1958 360 Capri I saw has got a (flamend) maple neck with a stripe of ovangkol in the middle. For the fretboard they used padouk.
The body itself was alder.

Schaller usually offers drawings of their products with all importantant measurements. See here: http://schaller.info/en/machine-heads/ Another information from here: I measured my 2010 330 and a 1958 capri: Both headplates play around 16mm. The capri differs a bit: 15,5mm at the end of the headstoc...

So far I decided to got two ways: 1. I'll call a few pickup shops that offer restoration work for pickups. 2. Obviously there's no click and pay solution. So I have to find somebody that offers some affordable custom work. - Well, the next evenings a few mails to write... Thank You for the links and...