Without this forum I may have never heard of Tom Ribbecke and his great Halfling Jazz Archtop design. Lucky me, I have been following your posts for over ten years. Since 2013 I have been the very satisfied owner of a blond 2009 Halfling Jazz (RCG made).
I think there are not too many Halflings here in Germany.
Now I have a specific technical question about my guitar and I hope someone might have the answer: My Halfling has a bolt -on neck. After twelve years I would like to tighten the two hex-screws, which hold the neck in place (if necessary). But I can’t figure out which size of an allen key I need to do this. 3/16 inch ist too big, 5/64 too small.
Why would a US luthier use metric bolts? If 3/16" is too large, then my guess is 4 mm, which is the key size for M5 bolts. Even these sound skinny for the job (ok, the washers look like 12 mm and the black bolts are hardened steel), so 3 mm key for M4 bolts sounds way too small. I thought everyone in Europe would have a stash of 4 mm Ikeators.
Not all Americans are allergic to the metric system. Ribbecke might be one of them. Heck, I can buy metric stuff at my local Ace Hardware store here in Minnesota. We are not completely back-assward.
If 4 mm is too small and 5 mm is too large, then we can take a leap and suggest 4.5 mm as the middle ground. I have a set of Allen keys ranging from 1.5 mm to 10 mm, which includes a 4.5 mm key. So they certainly exist. In this application, a Bondhus style Allen key (has a sort of ball shaped end) might be a good choice because you can address the bolt head from a variety of angles.
Thanks skiboyny. The link on Fine Archtops leads to Tom Ribbeckes facebook account. Seems to be his only online presence nowadays. I couldn't find an email adress there.
Thanks Cunamara. That is my "last hope". Just ordered a 4,5 mm allen key. Even in europe this ist not standard in allen key sets.
[QUOTE=dko;1403436]Thanks skiboyny. The link on Fine Archtops leads to Tom Ribbeckes facebook account. Seems to be his only online presence nowadays. I couldn't find an email adress there.
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