Best 99cent Rickenbacker Trick EVER!

[Kevin aka Kebo]

Guys - heres the best tip ever and I discovered this by shear accident.. The truss rod wrench... Forget about it.. Go to Staples, the office supply store. They sell a total POS 99 cent screw driver with interchangable heads. The unit itself without the heads is a PERFECT thin walled wrench for Ricky rods. It works on severely bent down 70s rods. It fits PERFECT. Best thing is, its such a piece of junk, the handle has a rubber grip. The grip spins if your too tight. Its like a perfect torque wrench. They had one for 99 or 1.29 Thats the one you want. The one that was 3.29 is a little more heavy duty, its the wrong one..

Let me know how you all make out!
Kebo

 

[JimmyThunder]

ONE WEIRD TRICK JOHN HALL DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW

 

[PazzoBasso]

Ha,

Similar thing happened to me, last time I tweaked my RIC's rods... looked around the shop for an appropriate tool & a hunk of crap, dollar store T-wrench set (just the T-tool handle/holder) was a perfect fit...

 

[Dark Horse]

Really ? That's good to know...thanks for the tip !

 

[bassmachine2112]

I,ve used a 99p Tbar socket and bit set that I got 15 years ago and the socket is a perfect fit and works a treat.
99p is almost £1 for you,s all, over the pond or the channel

 

[ghettoshelf]

Thanks for the tip. My 76 has "severely bent down truss rods" and is hard to adjust. I was wondering if that was normal for the truss rods to be at that angle. It was a one owner bass that had been in storage since 1979 and was never abused. I never tried to adjust the neck until I took it on an airplane a month ago.

 

[D Bopp]

"Man gets mad at price of Rickenbacker truss rod tool. Watch what happens next!"