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09-30-2009, 07:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boston | | | Problems With A New Rickenbacker's Strap Buttons
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I recently Purchased a Rickenbacker 4003 and teh first thing i said was I need to get strap locks on this thing. It supposedly came with Schaller locks installed but when I went to guitar center and tried on the schaller tops they diddnt fit. Anyone else have this problem? |
09-30-2009, 08:22 PM
|  | Supporting Curmudgeon Moderator | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Suburban Chicago, IL | | | Can you post a pic of one of your strap pins?
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10-01-2009, 08:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boston | | | Will do. |
10-01-2009, 08:33 AM
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10-01-2009, 07:35 PM
| | Supporting Curmudgeon Moderator | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Suburban Chicago, IL | | | Looks like a standard Ric Schaller button to me - I have two guitars with those exact buttons. Are you sure the store didn't try Dunlops or something else?
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10-02-2009, 02:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Washington, DC / Ithaca, NY | | | Same. I have 3 with those buttons. The Schaller top is a collar, not a pin, in case you're getting confused. |
10-02-2009, 10:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boston | | | yeah they tried schallers, the button on teh horn was able to fit, the one on teh bottom was the problem. |
10-02-2009, 11:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lincoln, NE | | | here's the bad news. Those are a b**ch to get on/off. |
10-03-2009, 05:39 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bassdie  yeah they tried schallers, the button on teh horn was able to fit, the one on teh bottom was the problem. | I think the problem is that the manufacturing tolerances on these particular parts vary. I had the same issue with an '09 4003 I bought earlier this year. For lack of better descriptive terms, the lip on one of the buttons was slightly too thick for the Schaller lock to slide over.
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10-03-2009, 06:07 AM
| | | | Had the same problem, the Schallors are good quality, problem I found was with the strap locks by ALL Parts which are almost an exact duplicate of Schallors. There's where the quality issues is, All parts are not finished as well. My problem was the screw, I noticed that the All Parts is not finished well and the screw head does not seat properly, it may stick out slightly which prevents the lock from fitting properly. |
10-03-2009, 09:43 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: London | | | wait a tick, the bass came with the strap pins but no top locks?? |
10-03-2009, 09:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Long Island, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Soverntear wait a tick, the bass came with the strap pins but no top locks?? | My MIA P came with both the pins and the locks. My Ric 4003 just came with the pins, no locks.
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