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Topic: Question about a custom-made frying pan... |
Todd Weger
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Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
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Posted 7 Jan 2007 11:54 am |
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I am purchasing a frypan that Dick Sanft had made many years ago. It's cast aluminum and sounds great. However, I think I may need to get inside to adjust/fix the 1/4" jack, as it sometimes cuts in/out if the cable gets bumped at the input (input is located on the bass side of the body).
There are no screws on the back to loosen however, to get in there to tighten the jack. I see a seam that runs from the treble to the bass side though. Would this have been glued on or something? I'm not sure how it stays on there. Does one just pry that open with a screwdriver? I guess I can just ask Dick, too, but he's been pretty busy lately, and thought someone here might know.
Is this how the old Ricky pans were closed on the back, or did they use screws? Dick said he had someone cast it for him years ago. It's based on a long-scale slot headstock frypan with both V and T pots. It has a Ricky p'up taken out of a 1950 Ricky console steel. Yep -- it sounds amazing!
Thanks.
TJW
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Todd James Weger --
1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, E13, A6); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, B11/A6); Custom-made 25" aluminum cast "fry pan" with vintage Ricky p'up (C6); 1938 Epiphone Electar (A6); 1953 Oahu Tonemaster; assorted ukuleles; upright bass |
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Gary Lynch
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Creston, California, USA
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Posted 7 Jan 2007 12:22 pm
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I do not know anything about those. But I have seen a few on eBay that the body was hollow. After pulling the pickup, it appeared you could access the volume control and jack areas.
Auction on eBay. |
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 8 Jan 2007 5:21 am
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Removing the pickup is most likely the only way to get at the jack. If it's a Rick pickup, there is usually two screws on each end of it for the brackets that mount the pickup to the body, unless it's a modified mount.
Frypans were only accessable thru the pickup hole until after WW2, when they had a cover on the bottom made of bakelite, usually brown.
Hope this helps
Regards BILL |
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Jeff Au Hoy
From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 8 Jan 2007 8:10 pm
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| Todd, I'd love to see photos of this instrument! |
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Todd Weger
From:
Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
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Posted 9 Jan 2007 5:38 am Thanks for the info!
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Thanks for the info, guys. It looks like that might be the way to access the jack. It's acting like it's just gotten loose over time, and the metal tang just needs to be bent back just a tiny bit, to tighten the connection when a cable is plugged in.
Jeff, I'll try to get some pics and post them soon. It was originally cast as an 8-string, but the spacing was too narrow, so Dick strings it up as a 7-string, which is how I'm leaving it, too.
TJW
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Todd James Weger --
1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, E13, A6); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, B11/A6); Custom-made 25" aluminum cast "fry pan" with vintage Ricky p'up (C6); 1938 Epiphone Electar (A6); 1953 Oahu Tonemaster; assorted ukuleles; upright bass |
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