Looking for a 450 wiring schematic or control cavity photos
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Looking for a 450 wiring schematic or control cavity photos
Hey folks, does anybody have a 450 schematic or photos of their 450 control cavity? I just purchased a 450 and I don't think it's wired correctly. I'll post pics later today.
THANKS!
THANKS!
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Re: Looking for a 450 wiring schematic or control cavity photos
here's a photo of the electronics in my 65, doesn't seem right, and one knob does nothing...
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Re: Looking for a 450 wiring schematic or control cavity photos
schematic won't post
Re: Looking for a 450 wiring schematic or control cavity photos
This schematic is from the RIC website. It is for a 2-PU, 4 control harness with a 3-way switch. It should be close to what you are looking for:
http://www.rickenbacker.com/pdfs/19501.pdf
http://www.rickenbacker.com/pdfs/19501.pdf
Re: Looking for a 450 wiring schematic or control cavity photos
here are some photos from the innards of both my 67 450 and 66 450-12 ... ignore if you can the routing someone did on the 450 in a failed attempt to add a middle pickup (gasp) ...
Re: Looking for a 450 wiring schematic or control cavity photos
Uh, that's pretty hard to ignore!ubdrum wrote:... ignore if you can the routing someone did on the 450 in a failed attempt to add a middle pickup (gasp) ...
Re: Looking for a 450 wiring schematic or control cavity photos
yeah it's bad ... thankfully the butcher mangled that and the pickguard but stopped short of destroying the electronics. I can replace the pickguard (and will) and the remaining damage will be hidden.
Hope these are of some use Bob.
Hope these are of some use Bob.
Re: Looking for a 450 wiring schematic or control cavity photos
At least he tried to be faithful to vintage Rickenbackers by using a forstner bit.
Re: Looking for a 450 wiring schematic or control cavity photos
Here's the wiring on my 1999 450v63 JG:
Note the use of modern-era orange caps.
I don't have a corresponding picture for my 1981 460 BG, else I'd post it, too.
Note the use of modern-era orange caps.
I don't have a corresponding picture for my 1981 460 BG, else I'd post it, too.
It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing. - Seneca
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Re: Looking for a 450 wiring schematic or control cavity photos
steven/gary
thanks for the pics!
steven - why is there an extra cap wired in to your guitar that's not the .047 's on the schematic ? it's the little turquoise one underneath the .047's..
gary- how do you like those caps in your guitar? this is the first rickenbacker i've owned, it obviously needs a set of .047 caps.. i don't care about getting a pair of ajax blue molded .047s right now (unless they sound the best) ..have you had any luck with any caps in particular?
thanks for the pics!
steven - why is there an extra cap wired in to your guitar that's not the .047 's on the schematic ? it's the little turquoise one underneath the .047's..
gary- how do you like those caps in your guitar? this is the first rickenbacker i've owned, it obviously needs a set of .047 caps.. i don't care about getting a pair of ajax blue molded .047s right now (unless they sound the best) ..have you had any luck with any caps in particular?
Re: Looking for a 450 wiring schematic or control cavity photos
I like for the 450, that all you have to do is take off the pickguard, and you've got full access to the guitar without the risk of damaging electronics.
Re: Looking for a 450 wiring schematic or control cavity photos
I like them just fine! The 450v63 JG with its reissue toasters has a great jangly sound to it, more so than my 460 BG with its high-gains (although it, too, can be very jangly!).bobbyemmett wrote:... gary- how do you like those caps in your guitar? ...
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Re: Looking for a 450 wiring schematic or control cavity photos
ubdrum - what is that extra turquoise cap in the circuit for (the one under the .047s) ? i've seen that on a few 450's, but it's not in the schematic..
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But you have to remove the strings!IvanMunoz wrote:I like for the 450, that all you have to do is take off the pickguard, and you've got full access to the guitar without the risk of damaging electronics.
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Re: Looking for a 450 wiring schematic or control cavity photos
anyone with an actual answer to the question?