Tweed Bassman Handle Help needed

[Rick's Fine '52]

I have a '59 Tweed Bassman, that i am looking to replace the plastic dogbone handle with a leather handle. I've bought two of these now, after checking the details, and they hav eboth been wrong when they arrived.

The issue is the fixing screw hole centres on the holding bracket (See pic below), I cant seem to find brackets with correct, wider, spacing.

They must exist surely???

Anybody seen this before, or know where to get wider holding brackets?

I obviously dont want to add extra holes to the top of the tweed casing.

Thanks

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[Subthumper]

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' post='1358232' date='Aug 31 2011, 10:57 PM']I have a '59 Tweed Bassman, that i am looking to replace the plastic dogbone handle with a leather handle. I've bought two of these now, after checking the details, and they hav eboth been wrong when they arrived.

The issue is the fixing screw hole centres on the holding bracket (See pic below), I cant seem to find brackets with correct, wider, spacing.

They must exist surely???

Anybody seen this before, or know where to get wider holding brackets?

I obviously dont want to add extra holes to the top of the tweed casing.

Thanks

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Hi.have a look on www.hotroxuk.com they've got quite a good selection of amp parts for fenders. They got lots of other goodie too so watch for gas.
Cheers Just

[EBS_freak]

Ted Weber does a leather dogbone handle. May be worth dropping him a line to see if the brackets match up - or if not, just use the leather bit with your existing brackets. Looks quite promising from the pic.

[url="https://taweber.powweb.com/store/tolexord.htm"]https://taweber.powweb.com/store/tolexord.htm[/url] (handle-d)

PS the failure rate on the traditional leather straps is high - thats why they were changed for the dog bones.

Just looked at your sig. That's some collection.

Edited September 1, 2011 by EBS_freak

[Rick's Fine '52]

[quote name='Subthumper' post='1359244' date='Sep 1 2011, 09:12 PM']Hi.have a look on www.hotroxuk.com they've got quite a good selection of amp parts for fenders. They got lots of other goodie too so watch for gas.
Cheers Just[/quote]

Thanks so much, i'll have a gander.

Rick

[Rick's Fine '52]

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='1359259' date='Sep 1 2011, 09:34 PM']Ted Weber does a leather dogbone handle. May be worth dropping him a line to see if the brackets match up - or if not, just use the leather bit with your existing brackets. Looks quite promising from the pic.

[url="https://taweber.powweb.com/store/tolexord.htm"]https://taweber.powweb.com/store/tolexord.htm[/url] (handle-d)

PS the failure rate on the traditional leather straps is high - thats why they were changed for the dog bones.

Just looked at your sig. That's some collection.[/quote]

Looks promising indeed, thanks for the info!

Not worried about longevity, it doesnt get moved about too often, the plastic just doesnt look right now i've relic'd and amber tinted the tweed.

Thanks again, and for the comments on the collection, house isnt big enough sadly, theyre all over the place, can't open a cupboard anywhere without a bass falling out....much to the good ladies annoyance!!

Cheers, Rick