Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Another vote for vertically, with the headstock up.

s4001 wrote:Good problem to have.

Where in the world can I store all these hundred dollar bills? The guitars have my closets filled.

Isn't that what those pockets inside the guitar cases are for?

ozover50 wrote:Good thinking, Brian.... the dog would probably eat them at Jeff's lab!!

Or at least scare the heck out of them!!

Teddy was a perfect gentledog with you, and this is how you treat him?

Maybe so, Jeff but he still scared the **** out of me!!

Did the therapy help you any?

You left out one question I have. I 've heard it is good to keep some tension on the neck but say for an old 12 would you detune to relieve some tension or not? I heard it is not good to completely loosen the strings when storing but might be good to releive neck from full tension no?

I suppose a half step couldn't hurt.

A half-step (or even a full step) doesn't help, doesn't hurt.

Might as well leave it tuned to pitch...if the neck's adjusted properly, keeping tension on the strings balances the structure.

I have heard 12 string necks are under enormous pressure that is why I asked. If anything could it save your reissue R life? Which seem to eventually break under pulling pressure?

Some R tailpieces have broken. The vast majority have not. Ricks are designed to have full tension on the neck at all times. Probable best to leave it that way.

Reissue R? I suppose you mean the R tailpiece...

This is a very occasional occurrence, and seems to be batch-related and also more common (though still rare) in those that were powder-coated in black. The factory will replace a broken R tailpiece on an exchange basis.

To release the tension and leave the truss rods tensioned is not advisable, as it also stresses the neck and could lead to a twist or backbow, or both.

So, how about releasing the rods and releasing the strings as well? I suppose this is OK, but it can be testy to get the neck adjusted back up and stabilized. And, as we all know, once a Rick is set up to play properly, nothing can match that wonderful neck!

I had one R that had stress cracks in the chrome not sure if it went deeper. Not sure how long it would have lasted. Possibly a long time but I got another one as a backup then. OK well then I will store at full tension. Seems to be the full conensus.

Store them in the cases vertical with headstock up. I also segragrate the RICS so the Fenders & Gibby's don't fight with um.

I keep mine vertical with the headstocks up because they take up less floor area that way.
I don't think it's so much the position you store your guitars, as long as they are in their proper case. More important would be where you store your guitars.

Above wardrobes in wardrobes under beds in cupboards Im not fussy.Up down inside out in cases out.On fire in water next to the radiator in the chest freeze outside in.