Can Someone Help please
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gaia221
Can Someone Help please
Hi, Australian Rickenbacker player here. Broke the tailpiece on a 360/12 (right hand, fireglo) on sunday night. Have contacted the Australian importers (CMI) and Jay at rickenbacker Hq, but could be quite a wait. Do any of you fine folk out there have any idea's(ie, spare 360/12 tailpieces, names of US or asian dealers who could do a prompt change over etc...)
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gaia221
Paul, I think that you misunderstand Bob's comment.
It has been reported here a number of times over the past couple of years that some of the "R" tailpieces have broken or failed, when they never should have. Some refer to this as "exploding".
Your posting just brings to light that there's still a problem with some of these tailpieces.
You may have two options here, either replace the "R" tailpiece with another, or replace it all together with a trapeze tailpiece.
If time is short, perhaps someone on the forum could work with you to get you a new tailpiece. It could be mail directly to you.
This forum is here to help guide you, and not provide you with "another problem" as you say.
Cheers,
It has been reported here a number of times over the past couple of years that some of the "R" tailpieces have broken or failed, when they never should have. Some refer to this as "exploding".
Your posting just brings to light that there's still a problem with some of these tailpieces.
You may have two options here, either replace the "R" tailpiece with another, or replace it all together with a trapeze tailpiece.
If time is short, perhaps someone on the forum could work with you to get you a new tailpiece. It could be mail directly to you.
This forum is here to help guide you, and not provide you with "another problem" as you say.
Cheers,
Paul....
Welcome to the forum!! As Jon said, Bob was merely making a comment to the rest of us pertaining to this issue. As someone who has seen quite a few of his posts, I assure you he was not being "a smartie" with you....
As to your problem....again as Jon stated previously, I recommend the trapeze tailpiece.
Welcome to the forum!! As Jon said, Bob was merely making a comment to the rest of us pertaining to this issue. As someone who has seen quite a few of his posts, I assure you he was not being "a smartie" with you....
As to your problem....again as Jon stated previously, I recommend the trapeze tailpiece.
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Paul: You have come to the right place. You have mail.
I too would recommend the trapeze tailpiece. Its bracket covers the holes made by the R tailpiece bracket.
However, once you go this route there is no way to go back to the R tailpiece, without filling the screw holes made by the trapeze bracket.
I too would recommend the trapeze tailpiece. Its bracket covers the holes made by the R tailpiece bracket.
However, once you go this route there is no way to go back to the R tailpiece, without filling the screw holes made by the trapeze bracket.
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Found the post on AGR:
"This problem is limited entirely to black tailpieces, which are not as
strong as the chrome ones, due to the heat applied in the powder coat
process. Since the coating simply isn't resistant to scratching like chrome
is, it's possible to nick or scrape it, which is like scoring glass prior to
breaking it to size. The zinc becomes relatively brittle from the heating
and one knock can then cause it to fracture along that scratch.
Even though it's not a defect, since it is caused by the sequence of
scratching and/or bumping it during use, we will replace any of these which
fracture during the warranty period. Fortunately for everyone, it's a very
rare occurrence.
Cheers,
John Hall"
The whole post is here:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&th=17303dc344e2894&seekm=39D0E011.76747E12%40mindspring.com&frame=off
Cheers,
Bill
"This problem is limited entirely to black tailpieces, which are not as
strong as the chrome ones, due to the heat applied in the powder coat
process. Since the coating simply isn't resistant to scratching like chrome
is, it's possible to nick or scrape it, which is like scoring glass prior to
breaking it to size. The zinc becomes relatively brittle from the heating
and one knock can then cause it to fracture along that scratch.
Even though it's not a defect, since it is caused by the sequence of
scratching and/or bumping it during use, we will replace any of these which
fracture during the warranty period. Fortunately for everyone, it's a very
rare occurrence.
Cheers,
John Hall"
The whole post is here:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&th=17303dc344e2894&seekm=39D0E011.76747E12%40mindspring.com&frame=off
Cheers,
Bill
