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Rickenbacher Bakelite tuner needed

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:35 pm
by radioactive
I posted this message sometime ago and finally was able to take a picture of the tuner I'm looking for.
Basically I'm in need of a Bass side single tuner as seen in the picture at this link. This is one of the seven sided metal button tuners, which was found on the earliest Ric Bakelites and Silver Hawaiians. They are made of some sort of pot metal, or at least the buttons are.
If you have one, please let me know, or if you have a set. Thanks, Robert

http://images.lilypix.com/displayimage.php?album=26&pos=7

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:10 am
by rshatz
Rob,
Check out this Ebay item.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150018732691&indexURL=1#ebayphotohosting
Get the seller to send you pics of the back of the headstock. Sometimes these were 3 inline and sometimes had a different plate on individuals.
The tuners alone are probably worth the buy it now price.