mavuser
Enlightened Member
if this TRC is upside down, then it would have to be from a lefty M-85. But its on a righty M-85?? (the audience should be able to read it when the player is facing them, holding the instrument horizontally).
Looking here I would conclude that the TRC pictured is upside down and is either not factory or was originally on a left handed instrument.
i think someone did it wrong at the factory! its on a right handed M-85.
Anyone notice that if you were to turn it Right side up "according to the general consensus here on the forum" that it would not fit as the flared out top would hit the bottom tuning posts?
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I don't believe it will fit if turned the other way.
How did I arrive at this conclusion? Purely scientifically. I printed two pictures of the headstock and cut out the truss rod cover, reamed out the screw holes and lined it up on the TRC screw holes on the other picture. The flared end might fit, if they meet the hex nuts at the right place, but it will be really really close. However, the "button" on the end where the "5" is looks like it will hit the nut.
Disclaimer: My printer is only black and white. Cutting that truss rod cover out with little gray scale difference wasn't easy, and the strings and shadowing camouflaged part of the truss rod cover edge, but it was the sides and not the ends, even so this scientific conclusion does have some margin for error.
Do you think you could also equalize the scales of the 2 pics and then print out the TRC from the bass I posted, and lay it over the first one, to confirm that they really are different sizes?
I like this explanation better, in fact, it just occurred to me, what if the original owner did do this to at least retain a TRC after replacing the machines?it looks like someone cut the top (the big part we know as the top) off, including the original hole, thus making it shorter overall, and drilled a new hole in the center of the "new top" (what is now the bottom), then put it on upside down, but the new hole doesnt line up with the screw hole in the headstock, since its in the wrong place (the wrong distance now overall, from the other screw hole in the TRC...no matter if u call it top or bottom...) and there is no screw in the (current) bottom of the TRC (just one in the top).
I like this explanation better, in fact, it just occurred to me, what if the original owner did do this to at least retain a TRC after replacing the machines?
In other words, it's not a lefty TRC and it wasn't printed upside down, it was just re-shaped and flipped after the machines were replaced.
Betcha that's what Occam'd say.
Just realized you were the OP.
Do I hear stifled maniacal laughter all the way over here on the left coast at how many of us snapped at that bait?
WELL done.
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Nah I just got turned around mentally, visualizing your analysis.i think u may have missed a few of my key points. it is either a misprint or a lefty if from the factory.
If they did the engraving at the factory then it would be relatively simple to make a "backward" logo TRC to accommodate the clearance issue created by the tuners, which seems a more likely explanation than a "mistake".
For that matter we've seen examples of custom engraved TRC's done that way, right?
So that's still not out of the question although perhaps a bit pricey.
I can honestly say that as of tonight I have turned the Truss Rod Covers on all of my Custom Shop Guild Orpheums upside down on the small chance that Al and the Truss Rod Cover Police catch a view of it. I can't wait to see their reaction!:highly_amused:
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