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Topic: Rickenbacker Dateing |
Chris Watkins
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Posted 6 Feb 2013 1:22 pm |
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I have a rickenbacker bakelite,(black & white) string through body,post war, flip up headstock cover, the only numbers I can find anywhere are on the pots, someone had told some years ago you good get a good idea, of a year by the numbers on them, CM10965 Is the top number & 140146 Is the bottom number both pot has the same number, any Imput would be most helpfull . Thanks  |
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Rick Aiello
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Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 6 Feb 2013 5:19 pm
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The flip top peg head cover ... Teamed with the string through loading ... and screw on bridge over the pickup surround (vs the tailpiece) ... Indicates to me that it's at the earliest ... a mid 50's BD6 ...
Hope that helps ...  |
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Gary S. Lynch
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Maryland, USA
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Posted 6 Feb 2013 5:25 pm
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Hi Chris,
I really can't help with dating through the pots but I have a '38 B6 with the strings all the way through the body. I thought that was a pre-war feature.
I thought that style wasn't used on the B6 post war. I am sure some of the folks on here will help to educate me...
Gary |
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Chris Watkins
From:
Eastern North Carolina
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Posted 6 Feb 2013 5:34 pm Rickenbacker
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| Thanks guys, I failed to mention its an 8 string, |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 6 Feb 2013 6:54 pm
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BD6 steels began using the string thru style again ... Using the same style 1.25" pickup surround used in the post war frypans ...
These were the "last of the line" bakelites ... Which stayed in the advertisements till the early-mid 70's ...
Probably a precursor of this move ... back to string thru ... occurred in that eras wood steels (DW and SW) ... Where the tailpiece is still in place ... But also had holes drilled thru the body ... Which gave the user the choice.
Probably a function of Jerry Byrd's association with the company ... Common knowledge he was a fan of string thru steels.
Gerald Ross had a DW8 with this feature ... I seem to recall. |
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Gary S. Lynch
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 7 Feb 2013 3:23 am
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Chris, thanks forthe question..
Rick, thanks for the follow up.. I appreciate all the information and
BTW.. I was on your website a while back, you make some great looking pickups. |
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Paul DiMaggio
From:
Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 7 Feb 2013 8:15 am
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| The pots were made by Clarostat Mfg in the 46th week of 1941 or 1951. The prewar postwar line kind of threw me for a loop momentarily, because prewar for Canadians was 1938 but 1941 in the States. I guess those dates don't really narrow it down much. |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 7 Feb 2013 8:36 am
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I think I'll pull a MLA ... 
Circa 1955 ...  |
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Chris Watkins
From:
Eastern North Carolina
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Posted 7 Feb 2013 9:22 am Rickenbacker
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Hey Rick its a carbon copy of the one in the above photo, (1955) only with 8 strings  |
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