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Nice 480, Kris... what's the code? Reminds me of my former 480...

it's OA 251
dates back to January 1975
odd thing is it has a TRC of a 4001
Ah, mine was a February 1975!

Maybe the TRC was broken/lost/stolen/whatever and an owner got a replacement online?

Nice one, don't do like me and sell ...

Wildberry wrote:

bieke wrote:my 480 plays like butter

Nice 480, Kris... what's the code? Reminds me of my former 480...

it's OA 251
dates back to January 1975
odd thing is it has a TRC of a 4001

my 480 plays like butter

Also, I noticed that the saddles on my bridge don't have springs (item 06113 on the drawing), is that common as well for bridge of that era (early 1975) ?

Nope. In my case I added that because vibrations were being transferred from the strings to the saddles and causing them to buzz. Adding ...

hey again! thanks for the replies
should have waited for them, meanwhile I swapped the O-rings and put springs instead
might switch back to O-rings, I'll just have a go and see what works best for me
Also, I noticed that the saddles on my bridge don't have springs (item 06113 on the drawing), is ...

so, the coil springs go in between screws and top surface of the bridge, right ?
like in this picture ?

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1244235/Hosted%20Files/new-bridge.png

looking at part 06114 on this bridge assembly drawing got me confused

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/bieke2/misc/Rick ...

another question :
looking at the bridge on my 480 (which is a bit tilted), I plan to do a set-up, lower the action a little and set intonation, I noticed that the four screws do not have those little coil springs, but have rubber O-rings instead, is this common ?
thanks again

hey, thank you kindly for the replies
based on the info I found in another thread, I believe the TRC on my 480 is :
fourth generation : back-painted plexiglass, sharp sides, "Made In U.S.A." parallel to nut, as well as model number,
which happens to be 4001, whereas it should have been 480
apart ...

hey all!
nOOb here with a couple of questions
I traded my 330 (bought new back in 1991) for a 480
don't know if I did the right thing, but I never bonded with the 330, and I really like that 480 I got in a trade
it's Jetglo
supposedly from 1974

so my questions are, how can I date my 480 ?
it's got ...