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strapbolts in the 70`s
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:28 pm
by tore-trang
Should there be a plastic ring on the strapbolts,(between the strap and the body) on the muting strapbolts there are...so should they be at the strapbolts as well?? Looked at the component diagrams at rickenbacker.com and they weren`t shown there, Anybody know about this?
Thanks
Re: strapbolts in the 70`s
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:13 pm
by bails
My '66 Rose, Morrie 1998 has plastic washers on the strap bolts, so I assume that they've been on all strap bolts since at least that time.
Anybody else know for sure?
Re: strapbolts in the 70`s
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:55 am
by doctorwho
Yes, there should be a #10 nylon washer between the bolt and the body.
Re: strapbolts in the 70`s
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:46 am
by johnhall
The nylon washers were fairly hit and miss through the years. If the factory had them in stock they put them on but if they didn't it wasn't enough to keep the guitar from shipping.
Re: strapbolts in the 70`s
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:31 pm
by beatlefreak
What years were they used?
Re: strapbolts in the 70`s
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:54 pm
by cjj
My '74 had 'em, so does my '76 and my '84 too, so there's a 10 year span where at least some had them...
Re: strapbolts in the 70`s
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:50 pm
by tore-trang
Thanks guys!
Re: strapbolts in the 70`s
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:34 pm
by ben_brown
Those nylon washers can be bought from Lowes
Re: strapbolts in the 70`s
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 3:42 pm
by tore-trang
ben_brown wrote:Those nylon washers can be bought from Lowes
do you have the web adress? Do they ship worldwide?
I allready have them order from the music connection. but have to check out "Lowes". thanks
Re: strapbolts in the 70`s
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 9:38 pm
by jps
Most any good hardware store should have nylon washers available.
Re: strapbolts in the 70`s
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:47 pm
by rictified
johnhall wrote:The nylon washers were fairly hit and miss through the years. If the factory had them in stock they put them on but if they didn't it wasn't enough to keep the guitar from shipping.
That has been my experience also, some had them and some didn't. I just checked, my 79 4001 has them and my 72 4001FL doesn't. I've owned many and I don't think you can narrow it down to years, just some did and some didn't.