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Topic: Pots and Caps for Rick B-6 1948 |
Oscar Usman
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Houston, TX, USA
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Posted 16 May 2014 9:18 am |
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I recently purchased a Rickenbacher B-6, I think it's dated around 1948, it has the smaller size horseshoe pickup 1 1/4". The electronics look orginal however if I wanted to replace the electronics where can get information on the capacitor range,I can't make out the writing on the oil capacitor here in the picture. And do are these 250k or .0500K pots?
Much appreciated!
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Bud Angelotti
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Larryville, NJ, USA
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Posted 16 May 2014 10:21 am
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Oscar - Respectfully, if it aint broke, don't fix it. 
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Kevin Mincke
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Farmington, MN (Twin Cities-South Metro) USA
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Posted 16 May 2014 1:25 pm
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| Exactly what Bud said and if they' re noisy or scratchy, I would attempt to clean them. You will be hard pressed to find an original replacement wax type cap. I have been looking for a couple Mallory's to get my 6/7 string Gibsons back to original. |
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Oscar Usman
From:
Houston, TX, USA
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Posted 17 May 2014 8:25 am
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| Hi guys! I totally agree with what ur say... I guess I should have rephrased my question to in the event these parts fail, where to find them... Thank you. |
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Bud Angelotti
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Larryville, NJ, USA
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Posted 17 May 2014 10:00 am
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Oscar - This past winter, I finally replaced the volume pot on my 1940 model 59 lap steel. We tried cleaning it, did not work, really scratchy, volume would go up & down, it was time. Took the pot to a local electronics guy, he knew the right specs from the # on the pot.
So, I went to ebay and found a NOS allen bradly pot. It was time.
Cheers!
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Oscar Usman
From:
Houston, TX, USA
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Posted 17 May 2014 3:26 pm
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Bud, When the time comes,I'll probably do the same with my local repair shop that I've taken my instruments to. Thankyou,
Oscar |
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