Loose rubber grips on 81 knobs

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Author Message   Growler Username: Growler Registered: 3-2007 Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 11:50 am:    Anyone know what to do about the rubber grips on control knobs that have expanded with age till they're very loose? They're so loose you'd never get them to glue down. Can they be shrunk back to normal size by some method? Anyone done that? It's an '81 AR100 they're on.   Bobzilla Username: Bobzilla Registered: 2-2005 Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 11:57 am:    Splice it, glue it? Just a suggestion.   Dave_g Username: Dave_g Registered: 1-2002 Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 12:05 pm:    Growler, Bobs right on the money. You have to slice them and remove a small section to snug them up and then glue em...   Growler Username: Growler Registered: 3-2007 Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 12:44 pm:    Thanks guys, I guessed that could be the way; carefully cut a small section away and glue back together with superglue. I had a hunch that boiling them in either water or some other liquid may do the trick - anyone tried that? What about new knobs - are they difficult to get hold of?   Lespaul Username: Lespaul Registered: 10-2004 Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 6:10 pm:    What I did to solve this was put a LITTLE superglue underneath the rubber, all around the knob and put a small rubberband around it in a lot of coils. Worked great.   Growler Username: Growler Registered: 3-2007 Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 7:59 pm:    Sounds good! I'll give it a try! Thanks.   Growler Username: Growler Registered: 3-2007 Posted on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 5:40 am:    It works! I used a small amount of household clear glue, and clamped it firmly in place overnight using sections of racing bike innertube. Thanks!   Lespaul Username: Lespaul Registered: 10-2004 Posted on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 12:11 pm:    You're welcome!   Emckenrick Username: Emckenrick Registered: 10-2001 Posted on Monday, March 26, 2007 - 6:27 pm:    This makes me ask.....any thoughts on how I might track down one of those black rubber thingies? My 2619 evidently lost one to expansion.... I don't really want to replace the knob altogether...I suspect this may just be one of those "character traits" that will continue to set my guitar off from others.   Growler Username: Growler Registered: 3-2007 Posted on Monday, March 26, 2007 - 7:18 pm:    Well getting just the knurled rubber band is a long shot given that - in my short time looking for parts - I've found you cannot even buy something like a bridge without scouring the whole world (slight exageration, not much). Either buy a new knob (don't ask me where from!) or improvise using a section of black cycle inner tube from a racing bike (it's smaller diameter). Use two layers if necessary to get the thickness. Clean off any talc with surgical spirit.   Emckenrick Username: Emckenrick Registered: 10-2001 Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2007 - 7:10 am:    Thanks Growler   Pitviper Username: Pitviper Registered: 8-2005 Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 2:43 pm:    I had the same problem and could not find any so I used black leather strips...sewn together by hand and sized correctly of course...looks quite impressive and they function great.   Jchester Username: Jchester Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 7:59 pm:    That sounds like a pretty labor intensive solution, Pit... but I'll bet it looks nice & feels even better! Suede would be REAL touchy-feely.   Pitviper Username: Pitviper Registered: 8-2005 Posted on Monday, April 02, 2007 - 6:49 am:    It really does Jchester...while I would rather have the rubber grips, I could not find them...I'm a handy kind of guy so I thought,.hummm what could I do. I had some real nice black leather and decided to give it a try..after measuring it proper..they fit very tight and I streched them on. The feel is wonderful...interesting because the sewed part has a very small bump and it serves as an arrow..in the dark I can tell exactly where the postition is based on that alone.   Pitviper Username: Pitviper Registered: 8-2005 Posted on Monday, April 02, 2007 - 7:04 am:    I'll resize and post some pictures later today.

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