Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Just saw the full clip on u tube, Nope it's not balt. civic (bummer) . this is the closest I've come so far though! Somebody out there has a clip, the place was jammed! Great clip all the same, man that's pretty close, just 5 day's apart, It's gettin better all the time" can't get no worse"...

As short as it is, I can't be certain ,I think this film might be sept 12 baltimore civic center 1964. There were two shows 2pm & 8pm(sunday) I was seven and I was there,7th row center! I have bl/wt. photo's my dad took, bill black combo opened up, another band "girl group I think", an...

Sounds like you could need a Rick tech, only because there's been a lot of things that have been done by various people to this 12 string. Before any talk of adjusting neck relief, the neck needs to be flat, playable, and stable over several days or even a couple of weeks. Best thing to do at this ...

Backed off the treb. side truss nut ,gonna wait and see what this does!
If I do decide to loosen nuts all the way , do they need to come off 1/4 turn each per 24hrs. ,or just loosen E'm ?
Also slack the strings while neck is setting, or not needed ?

Pics please! Id loosen of the rods until they were loose leave for a week for the neck to rest.Is the neck still got a twist after this process? A pic to see how bad theneck might help people see the extent of the twist. I've been trying to get a good clear pic to post, **** camera wont zoom clear ...

Yes, you can loosen the treble side rod a bit, see what that does. If you were in the Philly area you could take the guitar to Pick Of The Ricks, Chris does wonderful work. Think I'm gonna try that Jeff , as the treble side is so much more cranked than the other ! Can't be good like that, I'm wonde...

Once you fret at the 1st fret you have taken the nut out of the equation, but for open strings it sounds like the slots are too low. You could put a shim under the nut to raise all the slots the same amount and see if that helps any. Since you say it buzzes all over the neck now you may need to put...

Depending on one's personal playing style, a dead flat neck may not be the ideal set up. How low are the nut slots? The slots look to low to me ,which was why I took it in (for a new nut), the tech said the nut looked fine, don't think he wanted to mess with the guitar! ,The third fret test shows n...

well, frets wear down over time so sometimes you need a fret dress or even a refret to get rid of buzzes. Quite common for a 45 year old guitar to need a refret if it's been well played. My 300 is from the 1990s and it's already had a refret. Stripping it down is pretty straightforward as there isn...

Tweeked the truss rods, after backlogging old posts, 1/4 turn each as per everybody"s info. got the neck dead flat as needed,but noticed alot of buzzing all over the neck(open/and fretted) all the way up the neck. Left it alone a couple of days to acclimate, but no change ,moved bridge up "...

what's wrong with it? why is it not in playing shape now? I was wanting to tear it down ,to give it a good cleaning, go over everything , adjust the neck" to rid fret buzz" etc.! the guitar is 45 yrs. old ,pretty much retired it awhile ago! and needs attention to enjoy playing it again. J...

Guess I posted this in the wrong forum, maybe it'll fare better here. Iv'e got a 1967 jetglo 330 I want breakdown to clean, old hardware,finish, fretboard ,adjusting ,etc. do to the age,don't know if things will go back together ok. this guitar is in almost new cond. ( as I'm the orig. owner). Just ...

Carla Olson of theTextones, played a 620 blue with C.B. binding.
(Richard R Smith Rickenbacker book) page 155 .

I need advice on taking my 1967 jetglow 330 hardware off ,for a thorough cleaning(zymol-nization). I'm leary of removing screws, tuners ,etc. because of the age (don't know if they will remount) ! Have done this many times before but this guitar is my left arm!!!, bought it new in 72 ,I've had it no...

Congrats Roger, she's good lookin , lot's a luck with her!!

" The waiting is the hardest part"