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- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...