Heat treating
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Heat treating
Hello all. I'm interested in the heat treating repairs of twisted Rickenbacker bass and/or guitar necks. In doing an easy search through the threads here I found some posts from the early 2000s. It seems that folks at the time did have successes with this type of repair. There was a tally on another board that indicated a fifty-fifty success rate. My question is whether these repairs have stood the test of time.
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Re: Heat treating
I've looked into this. Here's what I've found:
http://www.rickenbacker.com/forum/viewt ... =2&t=16270#
http://www.rickenbacker.com/forum/viewt ... =2&t=16270#
Re: Heat treating
Thanks, Maxwell, that was informative and a good read.
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Re: Heat treating
FWIW, I had the neck on my currently stolen 331LS heat-treated because it had been left unstrung for many years before I bought it and had a back-bow rather than a twist issue. Worked fine for that problem.
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Re: Heat treating
Still amazed that one hasn't turned up Gary. It's really only a matter of time. Can't hide a guitar like that for long, and yours is unique.doctorwho wrote:FWIW, I had the neck on my currently stolen 331LS heat-treated because it had been left unstrung for many years before I bought it and had a back-bow rather than a twist issue. Worked fine for that problem.