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Topic: Rickheads: What's the best way to stuff a Rickenbacher? |
Kevin Greenberg
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Lakewood, CA
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Posted 5 Apr 2009 8:34 pm |
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I have a sheetmetal body model 59. I like the unstuffed sound, but we all know what happens when we turn up the volume. I was wondering, what is the best thing to stuff it with to prevent feedback? Foam rubber? Towels? T-shirts? Pillow stuffing? Turkey stuffing? Styrofoam peanuts? Regular peanuts? Popcorn? What about marshmallows? They're soft and squishy, and seem like they would absorb sound pretty well. The plus side to the food items is if I get hungry, I could take off the pickup and shake out some snacks. the down side is I might have to put an ant trap in there though, and that may contaminate the marshmallows (or popcorn and peanuts as well). Or should I just put the newspaper back in and call it a day? I figured I'd save myself the trial and error bit, and just ask. Thanks in advance for your advice. What about a taxidermist?  |
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Tom Wolverton
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Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 6 Apr 2009 6:38 am
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| Find out what year it was made and find a copy of a So. Calif. newspaper (LA Times?) for that year, and stuff the guitar with wadded up pages from that newspaper. That would put your guitar back into original condition. : ) |
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Kevin Greenberg
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Lakewood, CA
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Posted 6 Apr 2009 11:38 am stuffing
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Hey Tom, I still have the original "Daily News" newspaper from 1941 that goes in it, but I put it away in a plastic bag. I want to try to eliminate as much feedback as possible.
Come on people! Help this kid out. All foolin around aside, I need some answers here, so I don't have to unstring and re-string 2 or 3 times. |
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 6 Apr 2009 11:51 am
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I'd try t-shirts or a similar type cloth. Just about anything that's sound absorbent would work, but t-shirts wouldn't degrade like foam, peanuts, popcorn or other materials.
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2009 3:29 pm
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Solidly packed plasticine modeling clay will probably give the best results you are looking for.
In areas that are hard to reach, you may try balling it and dropping the balls into place and if possible, using whatever works to pack it together.
The down side, is if ever needed, it may well prove impossible to remove, and most probably impossible to remove 100% in some areas.
I did this to my fry-pan, to eliminate the over-tones that are common to those guitars. It worked fairly well. |
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Gary Lynch
From:
Creston, California, USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2009 5:24 pm
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| 100% cotton t-shirts or towels . They are light too. |
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Kevin Greenberg
From:
Lakewood, CA
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Posted 8 Apr 2009 3:18 am Stuffing
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Thanks for the input, everyone. I think I'm going to shred up some towels into strips, and stuff it, as pointed out by one Rick, and recommended by the other Rick, for the Rick. Is that supposed to be some kind of sign, or coincidence? 
* If anybody has any better ideas, holler out!
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seldomfed
From:
Colorado
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Posted 8 Apr 2009 11:06 am
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just make sure it's dry!
some mythology says that old frypans were plugged with plaster, then when it did not dry quickly, caused all kinds of problems. Like I say - mythology perhaps since I have no first hand report, but dry makes sense
good luck,c
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 8 Apr 2009 3:36 pm The mythology...
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...is fact in the case of Dick McIntire's black fry-pan that rests in the hands of a forumite, and has the damage from the acidic(?) after-effects.
It's doubtful the factory ever did this, but you never know...
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Chuck Fisher
From:
Santa Cruz, California, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 8 Apr 2009 10:30 pm
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| IM TEMPTED to do the Howard-like one-liner but .... |
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 9 Apr 2009 5:43 am
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| Chuck Fisher wrote: |
| IM TEMPTED to do the Howard-like one-liner but .... |
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Robert Salomone
From:
Carefree, Arizona
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Posted 11 Apr 2009 8:17 pm
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One of the Silver Hawaiians I have, the 2nd model with Volume & Tone control knobs, had some strange material that was hardened inside. It smelled like creosote. Had to slowly heat the body to get it out.
I suppose you could put some modeling clay inside. but I think newspaper would be easier to remove. |
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