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Since you say you have a reissue R tailpiece, why not just use that? You can still hang onto the original sixties part.

As I said in my post I am using it but the slots are slightly over to one side more than the 60's R. So with the reissue R the strings to the bridge are on an angle. I guess it only makes a difference asthetically. I like it when the strings look straight all the way up from the R. No big deal I guess, I am just picky.

I think i read somewhere that sometimes 6's were fitted with 12 string R's, maybe you could find a vintage 6 string that has a 12 R and swap it out.

rickendelic wrote:I think i read somewhere that sometimes 6's were fitted with 12 string R's, maybe you could find a vintage 6 string that has a 12 R and swap it out.

AFAIK, there is no such thing as a vintage "R" tailpiece that isn't cut for 12 strings. I think they were done that way to save time or something----I've never seen a 6 string vintage R. (nor has some prominent Ric luthiers I've talked to).

Plus, wouldn't that deprive a vintage 6-string Rickenbacker of it's original part? Unless a project guitar was parted out or something, it'd be a shame to swap that part out, and it's not like any vintage Ric is "falling off trees" cheap.

Got it---repair it!

I wasn't sure if it was all the R's, I just remembered seeing it somewhere.

Honestly, I'd find another, 1) fixing it would devalue/ruin the integrity the part more, 2) R's don't necessarily have a rep for being the strongest part and I simply wouldn't want my Vint. 12 wearing a repaired part that could possibly give

maybe something will come up on the bay

rickendelic wrote:
Honestly, I'd find another, 1) fixing it would devalue/ruin the integrity the part more, 2) R's don't necessarily have a rep for being the strongest part and I simply wouldn't want my Vint. 12 wearing a repaired part that could possibly give

maybe something will come up on the bay

..yeah! What Louis said!

It's SO broken....sell it to me, cheeeap. (I'll fix it!).

wow

It's OK I am confident I can engineer a piece to wedge/fit in the now larger single slot with a string like half circle on either side. I am prett good with tools.

rickendelic wrote:wow

I kid, I kid.

If your fix doesn't work and you decide you don't want it anymore, I'm kinda looking to buy a broken R tailpiece to turn into a belt buckle...

we're all good brother

I used a hard rubber wedge. It works like a charm. It is in the shape of a square A with enough room on each side and when the strings are pulled to tention it gets squeezed in there. Genius.

Now I can use my 60's R.

I have a '66 330 with a 12-string tailpiece that has the same break, on the high E string. Since there is no metal in that slot, obviously a string won't hold, so I put it alongside the B string (one string on either side of the metal tab). I've used it that way for years with no problem, though I dislike the look of it.

bubbasweet wrote:I used a hard rubber wedge. It works like a charm. It is in the shape of a square A with enough room on each side and when the strings are pulled to tention it gets squeezed in there. Genius.

Now I can use my 60's R.

Could you post a picture? Thanks.

cjj wrote:I'm kinda looking to buy a broken R tailpiece to turn into a belt buckle...

How Cool! (Maybe I should use the R of my 4005 for this great idea.