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by tooloud
Mon Jul 12, 2021 9:34 am
Forum: Rickenbacker Basses: by Joey Vasco & Tony Cabibe
Topic: Babicz FCH Rickenbacker Bass Bridge
Replies: 48
Views: 19877

Re: Babicz FCH Rickenbacker Bass Bridge

Has anyone here bought one yet? I did. I put it on a project re-build 3001 on the original tailpiece and am quite pleased with it so far. It is quite easy to set up and intonate (according to my luthier) and it looks pretty cool to me to boot. This 3001 didn't have horrible tail-lift (which this br...
by tooloud
Fri Aug 23, 2019 11:09 am
Forum: Rickenbacker General: by Howard Bishop
Topic: Signal Chain placement of Compressor
Replies: 3
Views: 2436

Re: Signal Chain placement of Compressor

Generally speaking, compression should be the first in your chain (so guitar->compressor->overdrive->etc). There are times where compressing overdrive can be interesting, but first in the chain is pretty much the rule of thumb.
by tooloud
Tue Jan 15, 2019 3:19 pm
Forum: Rickenbacker Guitars: by John Simmons
Topic: 350V63 neck shape
Replies: 3
Views: 2649

Re: 350V63 neck shape

I have the 350V63 as well as a 660/6. To me, closer to the nut the 350 neck feels quite a bit deeper feels a lot less "flat" compared to the 660 but is quite a bit more narrow than the 660. The 660 feels more like a shallow capital "D" shape and the 350 more of a lower case c (if...
by tooloud
Tue Jan 15, 2019 3:06 pm
Forum: Rickenbacker General: by Howard Bishop
Topic: Why John disconnect the middle pickup?
Replies: 8
Views: 3445

Re: Why John disconnect the middle pickup?

I am not sure why John did it. I did the mod because without it, to my ears, it wasn't quite what I was wanting to hear. I found that with all 3 pickups engaged, the crossover to the high-end treble using the blend pot came in so far to the extreme, that there was not a lot of difference between the...
by tooloud
Wed Nov 14, 2018 3:35 pm
Forum: Rickenbacker Guitars: by John Simmons
Topic: 350V63 and the iiipopes tone mod
Replies: 4
Views: 2842

350V63 and the iiipopes tone mod

Hi folks. I have been a long time reader of this forum, but this is my first (and lengthy) post. I have picked up a LOT of great info from this group (thanks for that!), but I finally feel that I have something helpful to add. I wanted to provide some insight into my experience with a recent modific...

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