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Alembic products => Alembic Basses & Guitars => Topic started by: yggdrasil on August 15, 2003, 03:08:03 PM

Title: Removing knobs
Post by: yggdrasil on August 15, 2003, 03:08:03 PM

I have a couple of early 70s Alembics with the large pilgrim hat knobs.
They each have 2 inserts that appear to be something other than hex nuts.
 
How do I remve these knobs from the bass ?
 
Merci,
 
Frank.

Title: Removing knobs
Post by: xlrogue6 on August 15, 2003, 04:51:02 PM

All the knobs of that style I've seen use hex head setscrews.  I suppose it's possible that someone replaced them somewhere along the line with something more arcane.  Crud-infested hex heads can appear to be something else--I'd poke at them a bit with a dental pick or something similar, preferably under a magnifying lamp(the middle aged tech's best friend!)and see if you dislodge anything.  You might want to apply a bit of some kind of solvent (rubbing alcohol, naptha, WD-40) to loosen accumulated gunk.